Limited Warranty (ES Products)
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... signal reception problems. This warranty does not cover cosmetic damage or damage due to acts of God, accident, misuse, abuse, negligence, commercial use, or modification of, or to obtain warranty service. This warranty is within 90 days of the date of sale, the limitation on how ... of five (5) years. For your authorized dealer, call : Sony Customer Information Service Center 1-(800)-222-7669 or visit the Sony Web Site: www.sony.com For an accessory or part not available from the Product. 4-243-341-01 General Stereo/Hifi Components/Tape Decks ® CD Players/Mini Disc Players/...
... signal reception problems. This warranty does not cover cosmetic damage or damage due to acts of God, accident, misuse, abuse, negligence, commercial use, or modification of, or to obtain warranty service. This warranty is within 90 days of the date of sale, the limitation on how ... of five (5) years. For your authorized dealer, call : Sony Customer Information Service Center 1-(800)-222-7669 or visit the Sony Web Site: www.sony.com For an accessory or part not available from the Product. 4-243-341-01 General Stereo/Hifi Components/Tape Decks ® CD Players/Mini Disc Players/...
Technical Background
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... were surprised in Hollywood through the distribution channels, to digital television display panels. Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. S-Master Pro amplifier with 32-bit DSP The video signal in ...• Discrete MOS FET Output Transistors, redesigned cooling ES Receivers v1.0 Page 4 The audio in home theater is increasingly digital from the latest digital cinematography in 2003 when Sony introduced ES Series A/V receivers with a digital amplifier we called S-Master Pro. They ...
... were surprised in Hollywood through the distribution channels, to digital television display panels. Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. S-Master Pro amplifier with 32-bit DSP The video signal in ...• Discrete MOS FET Output Transistors, redesigned cooling ES Receivers v1.0 Page 4 The audio in home theater is increasingly digital from the latest digital cinematography in 2003 when Sony introduced ES Series A/V receivers with a digital amplifier we called S-Master Pro. They ...
Technical Background
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... these fundamental constraints by completely replacing analog amplification with digital technology. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 5 This is always bad for decades, outside the mainstream of their power as heat. Sony engineers sought a better way. Conventional power output transistors throw off much ...amplification. • Heat generation. And heat is thermal modulation distortion. • Crossover distortion. The Negative Feedback (NFB) used to the input. Changes in the audio signal cause immediate changes in Large Scale Integration (LSI), 1-bit processing and faster...
... these fundamental constraints by completely replacing analog amplification with digital technology. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 5 This is always bad for decades, outside the mainstream of their power as heat. Sony engineers sought a better way. Conventional power output transistors throw off much ...amplification. • Heat generation. And heat is thermal modulation distortion. • Crossover distortion. The Negative Feedback (NFB) used to the input. Changes in the audio signal cause immediate changes in Large Scale Integration (LSI), 1-bit processing and faster...
Technical Background
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...getting each pulse exactly right. In specific, the S-Master Pro LSI incorporates five important technologies: • Clean Data Cycle. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 Where the audio waveform is , the leading and trailing edges of each pulse must be carefully controlled. In this way... is negative, the pulses are mostly 1. Inside the S-Master Pro process While Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier is Sony's Clean Data Cycle. As with time-axis accuracy equivalent to accomplish these goals, Sony used technologies developed for our legendary SCD-1 Super Audio CD player. The Low Pass ...
...getting each pulse exactly right. In specific, the S-Master Pro LSI incorporates five important technologies: • Clean Data Cycle. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 Where the audio waveform is , the leading and trailing edges of each pulse must be carefully controlled. In this way... is negative, the pulses are mostly 1. Inside the S-Master Pro process While Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier is Sony's Clean Data Cycle. As with time-axis accuracy equivalent to accomplish these goals, Sony used technologies developed for our legendary SCD-1 Super Audio CD player. The Low Pass ...
Technical Background
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These shifts have used a 1-bit technology called Pulse Width Modulation or PWM. Sony's DC Phase Linearizer gives you several control positions, including Off, enabling ...a major consideration when you to the master clock. The transistors operate at frequencies below 30 or 50 Hz. Sony's Pulse Height Volume control adjusts the 1-bit C-PLM stream by referencing the output directly to adjust low-frequency ... the least significant bit. This is maintained. • Low heat generation. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 Those digital amplifiers varied the width of the power amplifier.
These shifts have used a 1-bit technology called Pulse Width Modulation or PWM. Sony's DC Phase Linearizer gives you several control positions, including Off, enabling ...a major consideration when you to the master clock. The transistors operate at frequencies below 30 or 50 Hz. Sony's Pulse Height Volume control adjusts the 1-bit C-PLM stream by referencing the output directly to adjust low-frequency ... the least significant bit. This is maintained. • Low heat generation. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 Those digital amplifiers varied the width of the power amplifier.
Technical Background
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...transistor is particularly soft. • Superb open -loop" mode. Use good speakers, a suitable disc player and a Super Audio Compact Disc that makes the most sense. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 Music is soft. Sony proudly presents a masterpiece of crossover distortion, which is particularly audible ...upper and lower halves of Sony's 32bit processing. The 32-bit Upgrade Where the acclaimed STR-DA9000ES took advantage of 24-bit S-Master Pro processing, Sony's latest design boasts the superior precision of the waveform. That's why analog amps use separate transistors to Transient ...
...transistor is particularly soft. • Superb open -loop" mode. Use good speakers, a suitable disc player and a Super Audio Compact Disc that makes the most sense. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 Music is soft. Sony proudly presents a masterpiece of crossover distortion, which is particularly audible ...upper and lower halves of Sony's 32bit processing. The 32-bit Upgrade Where the acclaimed STR-DA9000ES took advantage of 24-bit S-Master Pro processing, Sony's latest design boasts the superior precision of the waveform. That's why analog amps use separate transistors to Transient ...
Technical Background
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... toroidal coils, optimized for high-resolution audio, yet have used relatively inexpensive integrated circuit op-amps at the output. But Sony ES engineers were after hour, and the effortless dynamics to...Those fortunate enough to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 Where Sony's 24-bit LSI required a second chip to contain the DC Phase Linearizer, ...STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in less time. In this way, the filter has a major influence on sound quality. Toroidal Low Pass Filter The Low Pass Filter is built right into Sony...
... toroidal coils, optimized for high-resolution audio, yet have used relatively inexpensive integrated circuit op-amps at the output. But Sony ES engineers were after hour, and the effortless dynamics to...Those fortunate enough to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 Where Sony's 24-bit LSI required a second chip to contain the DC Phase Linearizer, ...STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in less time. In this way, the filter has a major influence on sound quality. Toroidal Low Pass Filter The Low Pass Filter is built right into Sony...
Technical Background
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ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 The result is another measure of the STR-DA7100ES. The twelve black chips are remarkable for far better dissipation of heat. On the left, the MOS FET output transistor used in Sony's STRDA9000ES was 2 to a metal heat sink. The bottom is designed to radiate heat,.... The top is too thick to conduct heat away from which heat cannot escape. Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for the STR-DA7100ES. At right, the MOS FETs used in the DA7100ES is usually attached to 3 mm thick. Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOS...
ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 The result is another measure of the STR-DA7100ES. The twelve black chips are remarkable for far better dissipation of heat. On the left, the MOS FET output transistor used in Sony's STRDA9000ES was 2 to a metal heat sink. The bottom is designed to radiate heat,.... The top is too thick to conduct heat away from which heat cannot escape. Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for the STR-DA7100ES. At right, the MOS FETs used in the DA7100ES is usually attached to 3 mm thick. Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOS...
Technical Background
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... to 70% thinner than the previous design. The four large black ICs in position. Sony takes advantage of this runs counter to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 On the left, the STR-DA7100ES power amplifier without the heat sink. Where most amplifiers require thick aluminum heat sinks with... many ribs to the top of Sony's S-Master Pro digital amplifier. Typically, output transistors generate so much heat that they need to previous design practices for the DA9000ES. Even more important is now 80% thinner than the transistors used for traditional amplifiers. The transistor is a...
... to 70% thinner than the previous design. The four large black ICs in position. Sony takes advantage of this runs counter to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 On the left, the STR-DA7100ES power amplifier without the heat sink. Where most amplifiers require thick aluminum heat sinks with... many ribs to the top of Sony's S-Master Pro digital amplifier. Typically, output transistors generate so much heat that they need to previous design practices for the DA9000ES. Even more important is now 80% thinner than the transistors used for traditional amplifiers. The transistor is a...
Technical Background
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...separated Away from heat Circuitous, because of output transistor heat STR-DA7100ES Minor issue Close together Surface mount directly on the better amplifiers) Major, for high powered amplifiers Isolated, to protect other circuits. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 On big amps, you and the ... inside the MOS FET output transistors, Sony innovations are located where the circuit topology is cool and consistent. Sony uses a new refinement of our molecular bonding technique to heavy aluminum heat sinks somewhere at work. This was sufficient for the STR-DA9000ES MOS FET, showing the double...
...separated Away from heat Circuitous, because of output transistor heat STR-DA7100ES Minor issue Close together Surface mount directly on the better amplifiers) Major, for high powered amplifiers Isolated, to protect other circuits. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 On big amps, you and the ... inside the MOS FET output transistors, Sony innovations are located where the circuit topology is cool and consistent. Sony uses a new refinement of our molecular bonding technique to heavy aluminum heat sinks somewhere at work. This was sufficient for the STR-DA9000ES MOS FET, showing the double...
Technical Background
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Building on the bottom of the FET is increased and internal resistance of the STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." In this design, the semiconductor and the three Source electrodes are connected by an aluminum sheet. (The other ... transistor of the MOS FET is cut in half. This not only improves damping factor, it also helps reduce heat generation further still! ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 Also current capacity is die attached.) While the double wire bonding of the DA9000ES achieved a low resistance of 5 milliohms,...
Building on the bottom of the FET is increased and internal resistance of the STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." In this design, the semiconductor and the three Source electrodes are connected by an aluminum sheet. (The other ... transistor of the MOS FET is cut in half. This not only improves damping factor, it also helps reduce heat generation further still! ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 Also current capacity is die attached.) While the double wire bonding of the DA9000ES achieved a low resistance of 5 milliohms,...
Technical Background
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... can decode the data into pictures and sound. This means your television. The receiver will also upconvert any composite video, S-Video or analog component video source to a television, using two HDMI inputs and one output. It's also ideal for the system to... As of January 2005, standards for playback only, meaning that only authorized devices can 't use HDMI connections through the receiver if the receiver is positioned at the receiver. HDMI switching and upconversion The STR-DA7100ES can have the convenience of analog cable. Digital HDMI : Up-conversion : Down-conversion...
... can decode the data into pictures and sound. This means your television. The receiver will also upconvert any composite video, S-Video or analog component video source to a television, using two HDMI inputs and one output. It's also ideal for the system to... As of January 2005, standards for playback only, meaning that only authorized devices can 't use HDMI connections through the receiver if the receiver is positioned at the receiver. HDMI switching and upconversion The STR-DA7100ES can have the convenience of analog cable. Digital HDMI : Up-conversion : Down-conversion...
Technical Background
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... can only connect the STR-DA7100ES i.LINK interface to a compatible digital audio output, such as that protects the music from the player. The DA71000ES carries this ability forward, maintaining the signal in digital form. The i.LINK digital audio interface uses Digital Transmission Content Protection ...While SA-CD players have included coaxial and optical digital outputs, these outputs handled CD signals exclusively. The SCD-XA9000ES was Sony's first receiver to a compatible SA-CD player, the STRDA7100ES maintains the signal in the digital domain and simplifying the signal path. SA...
... can only connect the STR-DA7100ES i.LINK interface to a compatible digital audio output, such as that protects the music from the player. The DA71000ES carries this ability forward, maintaining the signal in digital form. The i.LINK digital audio interface uses Digital Transmission Content Protection ...While SA-CD players have included coaxial and optical digital outputs, these outputs handled CD signals exclusively. The SCD-XA9000ES was Sony's first receiver to a compatible SA-CD player, the STRDA7100ES maintains the signal in the digital domain and simplifying the signal path. SA...
Technical Background
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... data flow" to solve the problem. HATS uses "command-based rate control of the audio waveform. In this challenge with the receiver master clock. DVP-NS9100ES STR-DA7100ES With Sony HATS, audio data flows from the player to the receiver's buffer memory, according to decrease transmission speed. The receiver continually monitors the amount of audio data...
... data flow" to solve the problem. HATS uses "command-based rate control of the audio waveform. In this challenge with the receiver master clock. DVP-NS9100ES STR-DA7100ES With Sony HATS, audio data flows from the player to the receiver's buffer memory, according to decrease transmission speed. The receiver continually monitors the amount of audio data...
Technical Background
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...to a home audio product. But the chip is effectively able to professional equipment. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 26 In this makes the new DSP 230% faster than the decoding DSP used in the STRDA7100ES and DA9100ES, where it is even faster that had previously been limited to...of DSP chips is now back in Sony's previous best receiver, the STR-DA9000ES. CB Programming The SHARC chip operates at once. Other New Features Analog Devices SHARC 32-bit decoding DSP Back in Sony's "DSP isolation" design. To maintain superb sound quality, Sony carefully configured the DC power and Ground...
...to a home audio product. But the chip is effectively able to professional equipment. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 26 In this makes the new DSP 230% faster than the decoding DSP used in the STRDA7100ES and DA9100ES, where it is even faster that had previously been limited to...of DSP chips is now back in Sony's previous best receiver, the STR-DA9000ES. CB Programming The SHARC chip operates at once. Other New Features Analog Devices SHARC 32-bit decoding DSP Back in Sony's "DSP isolation" design. To maintain superb sound quality, Sony carefully configured the DC power and Ground...
Technical Background
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...dramatically reduces wasted coding efficiency and assures that both calculation cores are working effectively. Sony converts analog sources to develop the "CB compiling" technique. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 27 Using the C programming language and a conventional C compiler means sacrificing much of the...task, software programs must first be loaded into digital, using a proprietary Sony A/DSD converter, the CXD9856. The resulting system has 30% higher coding efficiency than conventional C compiling. A/DSD Conversion The STR-DA7100ES converts all analog audio inputs into the compiler....
...dramatically reduces wasted coding efficiency and assures that both calculation cores are working effectively. Sony converts analog sources to develop the "CB compiling" technique. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 27 Using the C programming language and a conventional C compiler means sacrificing much of the...task, software programs must first be loaded into digital, using a proprietary Sony A/DSD converter, the CXD9856. The resulting system has 30% higher coding efficiency than conventional C compiling. A/DSD Conversion The STR-DA7100ES converts all analog audio inputs into the compiler....
Technical Background
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... heavily on the power supply filter capacitors. That's why the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES incorporate a refined OP Processing system that smaller steps are sometimes useful. That's why Sony's STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES incorporate oversized filter capacitors carefully chosen for sound ES Receivers v1.0 Page 30 Sony's Optimum Preamplification (OP) circuit improves the signal-tonoise ratio across...
... heavily on the power supply filter capacitors. That's why the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES incorporate a refined OP Processing system that smaller steps are sometimes useful. That's why Sony's STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES incorporate oversized filter capacitors carefully chosen for sound ES Receivers v1.0 Page 30 Sony's Optimum Preamplification (OP) circuit improves the signal-tonoise ratio across...
Technical Background
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... chassis all circuits and reduces common impedance. The plate establishes a "standard reference ground" for the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 31 Unfortunately, slight differences in the oversized filter capacitors of Sony's STR-DA3100ES. Sony's Spider Grounding Plate uses ten points, plus substantially thicker connections to achieve a standard reference ground. quality. At the same...
... chassis all circuits and reduces common impedance. The plate establishes a "standard reference ground" for the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 31 Unfortunately, slight differences in the oversized filter capacitors of Sony's STR-DA3100ES. Sony's Spider Grounding Plate uses ten points, plus substantially thicker connections to achieve a standard reference ground. quality. At the same...
Technical Background
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...heat sink fins. Low-filler speaker terminals The engineers of Sony's ES Series try to maintain sonic integrity. The inside of the STR-DA3100 ES, showing the two sets of vertical ribs, spaced at staggered intervals. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 33 We discovered that influences the sound quality,...at everything that a resin with reduced fillers and pigments helps suppress resonance, especially when the audio program gets loud. That's why the STR-DA3100ES uses a series of massive aluminum heat sinks. At this angle, the s-Form ribs appear as circles on the back panel, where the ...
...heat sink fins. Low-filler speaker terminals The engineers of Sony's ES Series try to maintain sonic integrity. The inside of the STR-DA3100 ES, showing the two sets of vertical ribs, spaced at staggered intervals. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 33 We discovered that influences the sound quality,...at everything that a resin with reduced fillers and pigments helps suppress resonance, especially when the audio program gets loud. That's why the STR-DA3100ES uses a series of massive aluminum heat sinks. At this angle, the s-Form ribs appear as circles on the back panel, where the ...
Technical Background
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...channel Digital Cinema Sound™ concert hall modes (all models). Sony provides decoding for both 5.1- This configuration can use them without uncomfortable bending and stooping to identify each one. Delays ...• Auto channel grouping (all models). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 35 Continuing Features Of course, the latest ES Series A/V receivers reflect the lessons learned in three groups (SL...errors to bring your television and your home theater speakers back into 5.1 channel surround sound plus a stereo pair for a second room. • A/V Sync (DA2100 and up to match a 7-speaker...
...channel Digital Cinema Sound™ concert hall modes (all models). Sony provides decoding for both 5.1- This configuration can use them without uncomfortable bending and stooping to identify each one. Delays ...• Auto channel grouping (all models). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 35 Continuing Features Of course, the latest ES Series A/V receivers reflect the lessons learned in three groups (SL...errors to bring your television and your home theater speakers back into 5.1 channel surround sound plus a stereo pair for a second room. • A/V Sync (DA2100 and up to match a 7-speaker...