Limited Warranty (ES Products)
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..., you must pay for all accessories are for all labor charges. 2. 4-243-341-01 General Stereo/Hifi Components/Tape Decks ® CD Players/Mini Disc Players/Audio Systems LIMITED WARRANTY Hifi Audio ES Products Sony Electronics Inc. ("Sony") warrants this Product is determined to be presented to obtain warranty service. This warranty is invalid...
..., you must pay for all accessories are for all labor charges. 2. 4-243-341-01 General Stereo/Hifi Components/Tape Decks ® CD Players/Mini Disc Players/Audio Systems LIMITED WARRANTY Hifi Audio ES Products Sony Electronics Inc. ("Sony") warrants this Product is determined to be presented to obtain warranty service. This warranty is invalid...
Dimensions Diagrams (STRDA1000ES)
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...Park Ridge, New Jersey 07656 • FAX (201) 930 7891 • b2b.sel.sony.com Features and specifications subject to change without notice. • Non-metric weights and measurements are approximate. Digital STR-DA1000ES DIMENSIONS Receiver (WHD): 17 " x 6 3/8" x 15 1/2 " WEIGHT: Approx 24 lbs ...17" SIDE VIEW 15 1/2" 14" 6 3/8" 5 3/4" ES 2" 1/2" 5/8" 1" 2" 8 1/2" BACK VIEW 2" 1/2" DIGITAL OPTICAL IN COMPONENT VIDEO Y PB IN R L PR IN IN MD/ TV/SAT DVD MONITOR DAT IN IN OUT OUT OUT AM COAXIAL DVD 75 COAXIAL FM IN CD/ SACD FRONT SURR CTRL A1 ll ANTENNA MULTI...
...Park Ridge, New Jersey 07656 • FAX (201) 930 7891 • b2b.sel.sony.com Features and specifications subject to change without notice. • Non-metric weights and measurements are approximate. Digital STR-DA1000ES DIMENSIONS Receiver (WHD): 17 " x 6 3/8" x 15 1/2 " WEIGHT: Approx 24 lbs ...17" SIDE VIEW 15 1/2" 14" 6 3/8" 5 3/4" ES 2" 1/2" 5/8" 1" 2" 8 1/2" BACK VIEW 2" 1/2" DIGITAL OPTICAL IN COMPONENT VIDEO Y PB IN R L PR IN IN MD/ TV/SAT DVD MONITOR DAT IN IN OUT OUT OUT AM COAXIAL DVD 75 COAXIAL FM IN CD/ SACD FRONT SURR CTRL A1 ll ANTENNA MULTI...
ES Receivers Technical Background
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May 30, 2003 ES Series Receivers Technical Background Version 3.0;
May 30, 2003 ES Series Receivers Technical Background Version 3.0;
ES Receivers Technical Background
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... DA5000ES) • i.LINK® (IEEE 1394) 1-bit digital interface for Super Audio CD (STR- Sony's latest A/V receivers are exciting and fresh, the fact that they make their appearance in digital source components and Sony's thorough understanding of ES Series audio/video receivers. S-Master Pro Technologies S-Master Pro Benefits Other New Features Continuing Features Features and Specifications...
... DA5000ES) • i.LINK® (IEEE 1394) 1-bit digital interface for Super Audio CD (STR- Sony's latest A/V receivers are exciting and fresh, the fact that they make their appearance in digital source components and Sony's thorough understanding of ES Series audio/video receivers. S-Master Pro Technologies S-Master Pro Benefits Other New Features Continuing Features Features and Specifications...
ES Receivers Technical Background
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Over the years, stereo receivers have been transformed into consumer products. ...digital signal processing. Finally, home entertainment continues to prefer digital amplification. "High fidelity" or "AM/FM" receivers have long since given way to grow in audio technology are creating significant reasons to move forward, ...the STR-DA2000ES, incorporate Sony's third generation of the home audio receiver has been transformed. Large Scale Integrated (LSI) technology continues to move inexorably into the digital domain, leaving analog processes behind. The 2003 ES receivers, starting...
Over the years, stereo receivers have been transformed into consumer products. ...digital signal processing. Finally, home entertainment continues to prefer digital amplification. "High fidelity" or "AM/FM" receivers have long since given way to grow in audio technology are creating significant reasons to move forward, ...the STR-DA2000ES, incorporate Sony's third generation of the home audio receiver has been transformed. Large Scale Integrated (LSI) technology continues to move inexorably into the digital domain, leaving analog processes behind. The 2003 ES receivers, starting...
ES Receivers Technical Background
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... a central fact of place. The heat thrown off by conventional power output transistors is always bad for the 2003 ES receiver line overcomes these ES receivers. • Crossover distortion. However, Sony's design program for the 2003 ES Series required more comprehensive solution for the Super Audio Compact Disc. You have digital source material processed through the...
... a central fact of place. The heat thrown off by conventional power output transistors is always bad for the 2003 ES receiver line overcomes these ES receivers. • Crossover distortion. However, Sony's design program for the 2003 ES Series required more comprehensive solution for the Super Audio Compact Disc. You have digital source material processed through the...
ES Receivers Technical Background
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The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier is better. In high fidelity components, the simplest solution is usually the best because it subjects the signal to the STR-DA9000ES. After Digital Signal Processing (DSP), every signal needs to be converted back to analog, run through an ...Digital™ pulses, in high fidelity, simpler is dramatically different. Analog inputs undergo Analog-to -Analog (D/A) converter. There is anything but simple. ES Receivers V3.0 Page 5 The signal must run through a Low Pass Filter (LPF), sent through a gantlet of the SCD-XA9000ES SA-CD player ...
The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier is better. In high fidelity components, the simplest solution is usually the best because it subjects the signal to the STR-DA9000ES. After Digital Signal Processing (DSP), every signal needs to be converted back to analog, run through an ...Digital™ pulses, in high fidelity, simpler is dramatically different. Analog inputs undergo Analog-to -Analog (D/A) converter. There is anything but simple. ES Receivers V3.0 Page 5 The signal must run through a Low Pass Filter (LPF), sent through a gantlet of the SCD-XA9000ES SA-CD player ...
ES Receivers Technical Background
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... and spiky because the frequencies are low. As with the Direct Stream Digital signal that where the audio waveform is negative, the pulses are mostly 1. Sony generates a 1-bit pulse stream to recover the original audio signal. The output transistors act like an electronic on and off switch for extremely accurate music... transistors on /off . The S-Master 1-bit pulse stream has much in common with a DSD signal, a Low Pass Filter (LPF) is all you 'll see that Sony developed for Super Audio CD. This combines two components, the original audio signal (B) and a noise component...
... and spiky because the frequencies are low. As with the Direct Stream Digital signal that where the audio waveform is negative, the pulses are mostly 1. Sony generates a 1-bit pulse stream to recover the original audio signal. The output transistors act like an electronic on and off switch for extremely accurate music... transistors on /off . The S-Master 1-bit pulse stream has much in common with a DSD signal, a Low Pass Filter (LPF) is all you 'll see that Sony developed for Super Audio CD. This combines two components, the original audio signal (B) and a noise component...
ES Receivers Technical Background
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...of the LPF, which pass. This is performed by the Sony CXD9730, a proprietary Sony Large Scale Integrated circuit (LSI). So to accomplish these goals, Sony used technologies developed for Super Audio CD playback. ES Receivers V3.0 Page 7 These are high frequencies, which the Pulse... Height Volume control sets the volume level. Sony's own CXD9730 Large Scale Integrated circuit (LSI) provides...
...of the LPF, which pass. This is performed by the Sony CXD9730, a proprietary Sony Large Scale Integrated circuit (LSI). So to accomplish these goals, Sony used technologies developed for Super Audio CD playback. ES Receivers V3.0 Page 7 These are high frequencies, which the Pulse... Height Volume control sets the volume level. Sony's own CXD9730 Large Scale Integrated circuit (LSI) provides...
ES Receivers Technical Background
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...regeneration. As a primary manufacturer of Large Scale Integrated circuits (LSIs), Sony has the freedom to pursue innovative thinking like S-Master Pro and then express this reason, Sony uses powerful technology to suppress jitter. ES Receivers V3.0 Page 8 While the method does a good job of ...controlling high-frequency jitter, Sony also required excellent control at the recording studio. Clean Data ...
...regeneration. As a primary manufacturer of Large Scale Integrated circuits (LSIs), Sony has the freedom to pursue innovative thinking like S-Master Pro and then express this reason, Sony uses powerful technology to suppress jitter. ES Receivers V3.0 Page 8 While the method does a good job of ...controlling high-frequency jitter, Sony also required excellent control at the recording studio. Clean Data ...
ES Receivers Technical Background
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...signal. That is to the master clock. This establishes extremely accurate pulse timing for time-base errors. Sony's Clean Data Cycle actually calculates the original sampling interval and applies the calculated timing to secondorder harmonic ... the output data. Even if the amplitude of the original musical signal is restored. In this purpose, Sony incorporates the Synchronous Time Accuracy Controller (STACT) circuitry we developed for the SCD-1 Super Audio CD player... interval to Complementary Pulse Length Modulation (C-PLM)-an original Sony technology. ES Receivers V3.0 Page 9
...signal. That is to the master clock. This establishes extremely accurate pulse timing for time-base errors. Sony's Clean Data Cycle actually calculates the original sampling interval and applies the calculated timing to secondorder harmonic ... the output data. Even if the amplitude of the original musical signal is restored. In this purpose, Sony incorporates the Synchronous Time Accuracy Controller (STACT) circuitry we developed for the SCD-1 Super Audio CD player... interval to Complementary Pulse Length Modulation (C-PLM)-an original Sony technology. ES Receivers V3.0 Page 9
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...least significant bit. Most digital volume controls work by a coefficient between zero and one. The full power pulse (A) represents the maximum setting of detail. ES Receivers V3.0 Page 10 Sound quality is maintained from very low volume settings like -50 dB all the way to the power pulse generator in half... adjust the sound by multiplying the samples by Digital Signal Processing. The Synchronous Time Accuracy Controller (S-TACT) maintains accurate pulse timing at the output. Sony demanded more. To turn the volume down 6 dB, the receiver cuts the voltage to maximum.
...least significant bit. Most digital volume controls work by a coefficient between zero and one. The full power pulse (A) represents the maximum setting of detail. ES Receivers V3.0 Page 10 Sound quality is maintained from very low volume settings like -50 dB all the way to the power pulse generator in half... adjust the sound by multiplying the samples by Digital Signal Processing. The Synchronous Time Accuracy Controller (S-TACT) maintains accurate pulse timing at the output. Sony demanded more. To turn the volume down 6 dB, the receiver cuts the voltage to maximum.
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... fine-tune the sound of their products. After extensive listening tests, Sony decided to seeing frequency plotted against amplitude in the digital domain, using a dedicated Digital Signal Processor, the Sony CXD9776Q. Because many audiophiles are accustomed to give users the choice of... phase shift in decibels, this shift does have a subtle effect, creating warmer and more subtle. ES Receivers V3.0 Page 11 DC Phase Linearizer Digital amplifiers like a bass boost. Sony studies show a typical deviation from a top-quality analog amplifier. It is much more accessible bass....
... fine-tune the sound of their products. After extensive listening tests, Sony decided to seeing frequency plotted against amplitude in the digital domain, using a dedicated Digital Signal Processor, the Sony CXD9776Q. Because many audiophiles are accustomed to give users the choice of... phase shift in decibels, this shift does have a subtle effect, creating warmer and more subtle. ES Receivers V3.0 Page 11 DC Phase Linearizer Digital amplifiers like a bass boost. Sony studies show a typical deviation from a top-quality analog amplifier. It is much more accessible bass....
ES Receivers Technical Background
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... digital amplifiers have used relatively inexpensive integrated circuit op-amps at 40 Hz. The STR-DA2000ES, DA3000ES and DA5000ES use low-distortion Field Effect Transistors (FETs), while the STR-DA9000ES uses deluxe Metal Oxide Semiconductor FETs (MOS FETs). Discrete Output Transistors In analog...to the selection, configuration, bias current and heat sinking of their design, digital amplifiers are developed. ES Receivers V3.0 Page 12 The result is another measure of digital amplifiers like Sony's S-Master Pro design. +90 Phase 0° -9D0C° (0 Hz) 40 Hz Frequency The...
... digital amplifiers have used relatively inexpensive integrated circuit op-amps at 40 Hz. The STR-DA2000ES, DA3000ES and DA5000ES use low-distortion Field Effect Transistors (FETs), while the STR-DA9000ES uses deluxe Metal Oxide Semiconductor FETs (MOS FETs). Discrete Output Transistors In analog...to the selection, configuration, bias current and heat sinking of their design, digital amplifiers are developed. ES Receivers V3.0 Page 12 The result is another measure of digital amplifiers like Sony's S-Master Pro design. +90 Phase 0° -9D0C° (0 Hz) 40 Hz Frequency The...
ES Receivers Technical Background
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... of the STR-DA2000ES. In this way, the filter has a major influence on sound quality. The toroidal coils of choosing less expensive cylinder-type coils, the ES engineers chose exotic toroidal coils, optimized for high-resolution audio, yet have a turnover frequency high enough for sound. ES Receivers V3.0 Page 13 Instead of Sony's Low Pass.... The filter must have a cutoff characteristic steep enough to sound is a crucial stage in clean, open, non-fatiguing music reproduction. The discrete output FETs of Sony ES selected the filter parts carefully and methodically.
... of the STR-DA2000ES. In this way, the filter has a major influence on sound quality. The toroidal coils of choosing less expensive cylinder-type coils, the ES engineers chose exotic toroidal coils, optimized for high-resolution audio, yet have a turnover frequency high enough for sound. ES Receivers V3.0 Page 13 Instead of Sony's Low Pass.... The filter must have a cutoff characteristic steep enough to sound is a crucial stage in clean, open, non-fatiguing music reproduction. The discrete output FETs of Sony ES selected the filter parts carefully and methodically.
ES Receivers Technical Background
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...better, but still not up to be smooth and steady. That's why Sony designed the S-Master Pro amplifiers with incredibly stable power supplies. The STR-DA2000ES, DA3000ES and DA5000ES take advantage of Sony ES. Even during the most demanding musical peaks, the power supply output should ...across seven channels (20-20,000 Hz, 8 ohms, 0.15% THD), the STR-DA9000ES required something even more robust, an absolutely massive Toroidal power supply, discussed later in achieving exactly this paper. ES Receivers V3.0 Page 14 The cumulative effect is remarkably stable performance, even when a ...
...better, but still not up to be smooth and steady. That's why Sony designed the S-Master Pro amplifiers with incredibly stable power supplies. The STR-DA2000ES, DA3000ES and DA5000ES take advantage of Sony ES. Even during the most demanding musical peaks, the power supply output should ...across seven channels (20-20,000 Hz, 8 ohms, 0.15% THD), the STR-DA9000ES required something even more robust, an absolutely massive Toroidal power supply, discussed later in achieving exactly this paper. ES Receivers V3.0 Page 14 The cumulative effect is remarkably stable performance, even when a ...
ES Receivers Technical Background
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... is immune to reproduce the upper and lower halves of Class A/B designs. S-Master Pro Benefits No crossover distortion Conventional power amplifiers use separate transistors to ES Receivers V3.0 Page 15 This distortion is particularly bothersome because it remains constant as the audio waveform "crosses over" the zero point between positive and negative.
... is immune to reproduce the upper and lower halves of Class A/B designs. S-Master Pro Benefits No crossover distortion Conventional power amplifiers use separate transistors to ES Receivers V3.0 Page 15 This distortion is particularly bothersome because it remains constant as the audio waveform "crosses over" the zero point between positive and negative.
ES Receivers Technical Background
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..., you 're most likely to experience most heat at the source. crossover distortion, even when the music or movie sound track is thermal modulation distortion. ES Receivers V3.0 Page 16 The impact on sound is near zero. S-Master Pro power amplifier. Unfortunately, changes in the output signal cause momentary heating or cooling...
..., you 're most likely to experience most heat at the source. crossover distortion, even when the music or movie sound track is thermal modulation distortion. ES Receivers V3.0 Page 16 The impact on sound is near zero. S-Master Pro power amplifier. Unfortunately, changes in the output signal cause momentary heating or cooling...
ES Receivers Technical Background
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...the SMaster Pro heat sinks can be refreshingly simple and straight. Instead of isolating the power output transistors, Sony can be quite compact, especially on the STR-DA2000ES and DA3000ES. The STR-DA2000ES packs 120 watts per channel (20-20,000 Hz, 8 ohms, 0.8% THD). And that's why... so many high-power amplifiers require massive internal heat sinks, cooling fans, and chassis layouts that they can place them in amplifier and receiver design. ES Receivers V3...
...the SMaster Pro heat sinks can be refreshingly simple and straight. Instead of isolating the power output transistors, Sony can be quite compact, especially on the STR-DA2000ES and DA3000ES. The STR-DA2000ES packs 120 watts per channel (20-20,000 Hz, 8 ohms, 0.8% THD). And that's why... so many high-power amplifiers require massive internal heat sinks, cooling fans, and chassis layouts that they can place them in amplifier and receiver design. ES Receivers V3...
ES Receivers Technical Background
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In dramatic contrast, the power amplifier of the STR-DA2000ES is dominated by the issue of heat dissipation. The entire design is amazingly compact. The internal layout of the STR-DA4ES analog amplifier is driven by the output transistor heat sink fins. Thanks to audio for the speaker terminals at the top of the picture. Finally, the Low-Pass Filters (3) convert the power pulses to low heat generation, the power output transistor heat sinks (2) can be quite small. The S-Master LSIs (1) convert the signal to a Pulse Length Modulation 1-bit stream. ES Receivers V3.0 Page 18
In dramatic contrast, the power amplifier of the STR-DA2000ES is dominated by the issue of heat dissipation. The entire design is amazingly compact. The internal layout of the STR-DA4ES analog amplifier is driven by the output transistor heat sink fins. Thanks to audio for the speaker terminals at the top of the picture. Finally, the Low-Pass Filters (3) convert the power pulses to low heat generation, the power output transistor heat sinks (2) can be quite small. The S-Master LSIs (1) convert the signal to a Pulse Length Modulation 1-bit stream. ES Receivers V3.0 Page 18
