Yamaha YSP-1 User Manual download pdf

Introduction

Years from now home theater enthusiasts may

be reading whole articles on the available models

within the Digital Sound Projector category. For

the present though, there exists only the

category-defining Yamaha YSP-1, a brilliant

marriage of compact form with simply amazing

multi-channel synthesis capability.

What It Is, What It Is Not

The Yamaha YSP-1 is, quite simply,

a single-

box, high performance home theater solution

which, by its very nature, integrates more easily

into a typical home environment than any product

that has come before.

To define it component-wise using standard

audio categories, the YSP-1's internal sub-

systems would break down roughly as follows:

2. It has forty-two channels of digital

amplification. The YSP-1 has forty 2.5

watt digital amplifiers, each tied directly

to its own 1.25" transducer within the

array. There are also two 20-watt digital

amplifiers which deliver power to two

4.5" mid-woofers.

3. The YSP-1 has a proprietary (1 Ltd)

digital signal allocation and "beam

steering" audio processor chip. All of

the transducers are used for ALL of the 5

different steered channels – they are NOT

used as subsets; i.e. some for each beam

only.

4. It is a button-push configurable two-

channel, three channel, five-channel

and three LCR channel + 2 channel

surround-capable speaker system.

Forty-two transducers total; two 4.5" left

1. It is an Audio Preamp/Processor which

integrates with analog or digital video

sources. The YSP-1 hooks up to both

digital and analog audio sources. Dolby

Digital and DTS are built-in for movies

while Dolby Pro Logic II and DTS Neo 6

can transform two-channel music into five

channel surround. The number of inputs

has been kept to a bare minimum but, as

will be seen, they will support the most

common configurations for which this unit

will likely be used. This includes the

capability to hook up to a DVD player, a

cable or satellite receiver box (analog audio,

digital video), an analog or digital TV and

even analog audio from a VCR. Then there

is the ever-present aux digital input which

can be used for a digital cable TV, digital

satellite TV or game console.

Yamaha YSP-1 Digital Sound

Projector: A Milestone in

Home Theater History

The promise of a high

performance, simple

hook-up, one-box,

surround-sound

system fulfilled

by Patrick Hart of Audioholics.com

WWW.AUDIOHOLICS.COM

3.05.05

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Summary of Contents

Page 1 - Home Theater History

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Page 3 - Sound Projector

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Page 4 - Listening Impressions

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Page 6 - Subjective Score Card

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