The RT-10 not only plays virtually every 5-inch optical disc format (see specifications), but it gives users a multiplicity of output choices. According to Lexicon, the analog supply's lower noise level and lack of digital artifacts substantially improves the RT-10's sonic capabilities. Lexicon also opted for an analog linear power supply for the audio circuits instead of a digital switching supply. Instead of more conventional, less expensive audio op-amps, Lexicon has developed a custom, high-speed line-driver audio amp built solely of discrete components. Finally, Lexicon's Pure Cinema function performs all 3:2 pulldown correction and deinterlacing. A special high-speed video amplifier drives the BNC component-video outputs.
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This filter uses discrete inductor and capacitor elements and is designed to minimize phase errors at high frequencies. Lexicon also developed a new analog video filter, inserted in the circuit after the video DACs. On the video side, the RT-10 uses 12-bit/108MHz D/A converters for all video signals. One handles the AES/EBU digital audio output, another the BNC component-video output and the IR and DC trigger inputs. The RT-10 includes several proprietary printed circuit boards. The RT-10 is based on a Pioneer-Marantz disc platform, but Lexicon's many modifications begin with the circuit boards and proceed outward. Lexicon's new RT-10 represents the first high-end player I've experienced that delivers premium performance and features without forcing the buyer to choose between DVD-A and SACD. The predictable results were that most buyers avoided the issue entirely. Audiophiles have had to choose between DVD-A and SACD machines. Until very recently, no universal players have been available from high-end manufacturers.
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A universal player is a necessary and fundamental building block of an ergonomically friendly home theater. The solution is simple: Short of a PB&J sandwich, a home-theater disc player should be able to handle anything loaded into its tray. You can't expect an unsophisticated user to know what discs will and won't work in a particular player. Few players are made to handle the new, mutually incompatible formats of DVD-Audio and SACD along with DVD-Video and conventional CD. One of the many reasons for home theaters' vexing complexity stems from the 5-inch discs that contain the vast majority of program material.