Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: DTS XD10 AES/EBU option

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Posted by Fabian Schreyer (Member # 5120) on 04-06-2015, 10:17 AM:

Does anyone recall how much was quoted for the AES/EBU option for the XD10 units?

By the way: Were these things sold more often in the US? Here in Germany I have only come across one in many years. And I still have no idea, why it was installed.

Posted by Steve Guttag (Member # 268) on 04-06-2015, 10:39 AM:

It had a US list price of $495.00

Back in the day, DTS partnered with USL to make the XD-10P. One could order the XD10/XD10P combination and they would be connected DIGITALLY so it was "better." Fewer D/A A/D stages. With the "combo" deal, they threw in the Digital out card "for free." The list price for the combo deal was $10,200 US. So think about that the next time anyone bitches about the cost of the various DCinema audio offerings!

I think the XD10P was very poorly named...a mistake they didn't make on the AP20. AP10 would have been a good name.

Any who...the XD10P though nearly identical to the USL JSD80, while having the digital audio input standard, didn't do the AC3 decoding that a JSD80 would do.

Posted by Fabian Schreyer (Member # 5120) on 04-06-2015, 01:33 PM:

Thank you, Steve!

If anyone wonders what this $495.00 board looks like, here is a photo of it:

(I hope this complies with the board rules; on the rules page it says under 550px wide, on the upload page it says there is a maximum of 800px. I guess the last one is the more up-to-date information?)