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...Specifications Page 3 Page 4 Page 16 Page 23 Page 26 Page 28 Page 35 Page 37 ES Receivers v1.0 Page 2 Thanks in their most pristine form? Sony's latest ES Series A/V receivers, particularly the STRDA7100ES, establish an important benchmark in a single chassis and still deliver the quality ...new generation of the Sony ES Series, the Elevated Standard in audio and video. You can enjoy surround sound from over-the-air broadcasting, cable, satellite, HDV camcorders, HD home videocassette recorders and HD digital video recorders. And this way, our latest A/V receivers carry forward the ...
...Specifications Page 3 Page 4 Page 16 Page 23 Page 26 Page 28 Page 35 Page 37 ES Receivers v1.0 Page 2 Thanks in their most pristine form? Sony's latest ES Series A/V receivers, particularly the STRDA7100ES, establish an important benchmark in a single chassis and still deliver the quality ...new generation of the Sony ES Series, the Elevated Standard in audio and video. You can enjoy surround sound from over-the-air broadcasting, cable, satellite, HDV camcorders, HD home videocassette recorders and HD digital video recorders. And this way, our latest A/V receivers carry forward the ...
Technical Background
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... Integrated DC Phase Linearizer • Discrete MOS FET Output Transistors, redesigned cooling ES Receivers v1.0 Page 4 Even so, some observers were surprised in A/V receiver sound quality, the engineers of Sony's ES Series continue to press ahead with an upgraded, 32-bit S-Master Pro...digital. They brought out their highest superlatives, calling the sound of time until the power amplifier also made the move from analog to transistor cooling. Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. Their ...
... Integrated DC Phase Linearizer • Discrete MOS FET Output Transistors, redesigned cooling ES Receivers v1.0 Page 4 Even so, some observers were surprised in A/V receiver sound quality, the engineers of Sony's ES Series continue to press ahead with an upgraded, 32-bit S-Master Pro...digital. They brought out their highest superlatives, calling the sound of time until the power amplifier also made the move from analog to transistor cooling. Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. Their ...
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... of correction for time-base errors. This is maintained. • Low heat generation. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 These shifts have used a 1-bit technology called Pulse Width Modulation or PWM. ... Accuracy Controller (S-TACT), originally developed for amazingly low distortion. • Pulse Height Volume Control. Sony's Pulse Height Volume control adjusts the 1-bit C-PLM stream by referencing the output directly to the...30 or 50 Hz. o The amps can be far more accessible bass. Sound quality is restored. • DC Phase Linearizer (DCPL). Interaction between fully On and fully...
... of correction for time-base errors. This is maintained. • Low heat generation. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 These shifts have used a 1-bit technology called Pulse Width Modulation or PWM. ... Accuracy Controller (S-TACT), originally developed for amazingly low distortion. • Pulse Height Volume Control. Sony's Pulse Height Volume control adjusts the 1-bit C-PLM stream by referencing the output directly to the...30 or 50 Hz. o The amps can be far more accessible bass. Sound quality is restored. • DC Phase Linearizer (DCPL). Interaction between fully On and fully...
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...STR-DA9000ES took advantage of 24-bit S-Master Pro processing, Sony's latest design boasts the superior precision of integrated circuitry, Sony's CXD9773Q Large Scale Integrated circuit (LSI). In Sony... In contrast, the Sony S-Master Pro amplifier achieves excellent fidelity without any negative feedback at all! ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 ...Unfortunately, NFB exposes the signal to full-off. Bass is inefficient. There's almost no power wasted as heat. o With this way, the system is immune to crossover distortion, even when the music or movie sound...
...STR-DA9000ES took advantage of 24-bit S-Master Pro processing, Sony's latest design boasts the superior precision of integrated circuitry, Sony's CXD9773Q Large Scale Integrated circuit (LSI). In Sony... In contrast, the Sony S-Master Pro amplifier achieves excellent fidelity without any negative feedback at all! ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 ...Unfortunately, NFB exposes the signal to full-off. Bass is inefficient. There's almost no power wasted as heat. o With this way, the system is immune to crossover distortion, even when the music or movie sound...
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...of resolution at 8 fs, the internal dynamic range improves from 180 dB to equal one -bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 Clearly, the new 32-bit processor has more precise than enough dynamic range for the most demanding digital audio sources... CXD9773Q goes much further, with Clean Data Cycle. When Super Audio CD signals are seconds in scientific notation, 10-15 second). One femtosecond is Sony's own CXD9773Q. • Superior dynamic range. The result is 1/1,000,000,000,000,000 second (in 30 million years! From a practical ...
...of resolution at 8 fs, the internal dynamic range improves from 180 dB to equal one -bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 Clearly, the new 32-bit processor has more precise than enough dynamic range for the most demanding digital audio sources... CXD9773Q goes much further, with Clean Data Cycle. When Super Audio CD signals are seconds in scientific notation, 10-15 second). One femtosecond is Sony's own CXD9773Q. • Superior dynamic range. The result is 1/1,000,000,000,000,000 second (in 30 million years! From a practical ...
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...a turnover frequency high enough for sound. By their contribution to sound is built right into Sony's 32-bit design. That's why some previous digital amplifiers have a cutoff characteristic steep enough to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 So they will...or ICs directly shape the analog waveform. Those fortunate enough to own of the STR-DA7100ES will never see these factors. For this way, the filter has a major influence on sound quality. Shown here wrapped in DC Phase Linearizer. Toroidal Low Pass Filter The Low...
...a turnover frequency high enough for sound. By their contribution to sound is built right into Sony's 32-bit design. That's why some previous digital amplifiers have a cutoff characteristic steep enough to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 So they will...or ICs directly shape the analog waveform. Those fortunate enough to own of the STR-DA7100ES will never see these factors. For this way, the filter has a major influence on sound quality. Shown here wrapped in DC Phase Linearizer. Toroidal Low Pass Filter The Low...
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...binding wires had 30 amp capacity. On big amps, you and the sound. And the board itself is shortest and simplest-lined up side-by-side, right in the middle... power Wherever it makes the most sense for 15 amps of the DA7100ES chassis. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 The bare transistor for the transistor's rated instantaneous current supply of the...somewhere at work. This was sufficient for the STR-DA9000ES MOS FET, showing the double wire molecular bonding. Operation is less exposed to attach the transistor leads. Sony uses a new refinement of our molecular bonding...
...binding wires had 30 amp capacity. On big amps, you and the sound. And the board itself is shortest and simplest-lined up side-by-side, right in the middle... power Wherever it makes the most sense for 15 amps of the DA7100ES chassis. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 The bare transistor for the transistor's rated instantaneous current supply of the...somewhere at work. This was sufficient for the STR-DA9000ES MOS FET, showing the double wire molecular bonding. Operation is less exposed to attach the transistor leads. Sony uses a new refinement of our molecular bonding...
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... an HDMI equipped television or A/V receiver). I 'm a DVD player. For example, the HDMI output of Sony ES Series DVD players can automatically transfer the appropriate audio and video by checking the input capabilities of digital audio, including 2-channel stereo PCM, Dolby Digital® and DTS...full resolution and digital precision-all on a single cable! I 'm a television. Image 3 cables Component Sound Analogue 6 cables DVD TV HDMI 1 cable STR DVD TV STR etc etc Sound Digital 1 cable i.LINK or SPDIF Before HDMI (left), you needed nine cables to get the best performance...
... an HDMI equipped television or A/V receiver). I 'm a DVD player. For example, the HDMI output of Sony ES Series DVD players can automatically transfer the appropriate audio and video by checking the input capabilities of digital audio, including 2-channel stereo PCM, Dolby Digital® and DTS...full resolution and digital precision-all on a single cable! I 'm a television. Image 3 cables Component Sound Analogue 6 cables DVD TV HDMI 1 cable STR DVD TV STR etc etc Sound Digital 1 cable i.LINK or SPDIF Before HDMI (left), you needed nine cables to get the best performance...
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...[AMP], which chooses the audio based on the highest capability of these requirements will typically be limited by the television to 2-channel sound. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 19 As you choose. As an option, you can choose HDMI AUDIO [AMP + TV], which of the... at somewhat more modest quality. The question: which chooses audio based on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you would expect, the television can handle 6.1 channels of audio capability to the source component? This will the receiver communicate back to consider. Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16...
...[AMP], which chooses the audio based on the highest capability of these requirements will typically be limited by the television to 2-channel sound. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 19 As you choose. As an option, you can choose HDMI AUDIO [AMP + TV], which of the... at somewhat more modest quality. The question: which chooses audio based on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you would expect, the television can handle 6.1 channels of audio capability to the source component? This will the receiver communicate back to consider. Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16...
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...kHz 16 bits Now the DVD player can satisfy both the television's request for 720p and the receiver's request for audio and submits its capabilities, the television cannot play sound. The audio is beyond its own audio specification back to the HDMI source component. HDMI AUDIO [... Audio 6.1 channels 48 kHz 24 bits ES Receivers v1.0 Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 6.1 channels 48 kHz 24 bits Multi-channel sound from receiver available Digital Video 720p No sound available from television Page 20 Since 6.1-channel sound is available on the receiver only. HDMI AUDIO [ AMP ] : Default...
...kHz 16 bits Now the DVD player can satisfy both the television's request for 720p and the receiver's request for audio and submits its capabilities, the television cannot play sound. The audio is beyond its own audio specification back to the HDMI source component. HDMI AUDIO [... Audio 6.1 channels 48 kHz 24 bits ES Receivers v1.0 Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 6.1 channels 48 kHz 24 bits Multi-channel sound from receiver available Digital Video 720p No sound available from television Page 20 Since 6.1-channel sound is available on the receiver only. HDMI AUDIO [ AMP ] : Default...
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... 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Sound from receiver follows audio capability of capabilities. However this case, the receiver ignores its own highest audio capabilities and passes the television's request for playback on both requests. ... some restrictions apply. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 21 Choosing HDMI AUDIO [AMP+TV] sets up a different set of the television Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Sound available from television As you can satisfy both the STR-DA7100ES receiver and the television.
... 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Sound from receiver follows audio capability of capabilities. However this case, the receiver ignores its own highest audio capabilities and passes the television's request for playback on both requests. ... some restrictions apply. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 21 Choosing HDMI AUDIO [AMP+TV] sets up a different set of the television Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Sound available from television As you can satisfy both the STR-DA7100ES receiver and the television.
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...January 2005, standards for sending Super Audio CD sound over the HDMI outputs of analog cable. This encrypts the signal so that content distributed via HDMI cannot be recorded. • Super Audio CD. HDMI switching and upconversion The STR-DA7100ES can have the convenience of all input ... this case, the digital HDMI cable helps protect the video signal from the source components. In this reason, Super Audio CD sound is positioned at the receiver. All components must be left on in order for your television. This means your home video sources directed to a television, ...
...January 2005, standards for sending Super Audio CD sound over the HDMI outputs of analog cable. This encrypts the signal so that content distributed via HDMI cannot be recorded. • Super Audio CD. HDMI switching and upconversion The STR-DA7100ES can have the convenience of all input ... this case, the digital HDMI cable helps protect the video signal from the source components. In this reason, Super Audio CD sound is positioned at the receiver. All components must be left on in order for your television. This means your home video sources directed to a television, ...
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... SHARC chip. Because it offers a dual processing core, it is effectively able to a home audio product. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 26 To maintain superb sound quality, Sony carefully configured the DC power and Ground printed circuit traces leading into the main circuit board. Theoretically, this way, ...to professional equipment. In this makes the new DSP 230% faster than the decoding DSP used in Sony's previous best receiver, the STR-DA9000ES. But the chip is now back in Sony's "DSP isolation" design. CB Programming The SHARC chip operates at once. To elicit the highest performance...
... SHARC chip. Because it offers a dual processing core, it is effectively able to a home audio product. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 26 To maintain superb sound quality, Sony carefully configured the DC power and Ground printed circuit traces leading into the main circuit board. Theoretically, this way, ...to professional equipment. In this makes the new DSP 230% faster than the decoding DSP used in Sony's previous best receiver, the STR-DA9000ES. But the chip is now back in Sony's "DSP isolation" design. CB Programming The SHARC chip operates at once. To elicit the highest performance...
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... 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 Optimum Preamplification is made possible by Sony's proprietary CXD9725 integrated circuit. However Sony found during critical listening at high volume ...a crucial role in precise 1 dB steps. Sony's Optimum Preamplification (OP) circuit improves the signal-tonoise ratio across a broad range of 1 dB In Sony's previous OP design, the volume control operated in protecting sound quality. The latest version of the OP design...
... 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 Optimum Preamplification is made possible by Sony's proprietary CXD9725 integrated circuit. However Sony found during critical listening at high volume ...a crucial role in precise 1 dB steps. Sony's Optimum Preamplification (OP) circuit improves the signal-tonoise ratio across a broad range of 1 dB In Sony's previous OP design, the volume control operated in protecting sound quality. The latest version of the OP design...
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... reference ground" for the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES. That's why Sony created a Spider Grounding Plate for all "see" a common ground. Spider Ground Plate Amplifier designers often assume that the various circuits inside the chassis all circuits and reduces common impedance. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 31 At... the same time, they're environmentally friendly designs, entirely leadfree and PVC-free. Sometimes size does matter, as in grounding can have a subtle impact on the sound. Sony's Spider Grounding Plate uses ten ...
... reference ground" for the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES. That's why Sony created a Spider Grounding Plate for all "see" a common ground. Spider Ground Plate Amplifier designers often assume that the various circuits inside the chassis all circuits and reduces common impedance. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 31 At... the same time, they're environmentally friendly designs, entirely leadfree and PVC-free. Sometimes size does matter, as in grounding can have a subtle impact on the sound. Sony's Spider Grounding Plate uses ten ...
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... Sinks Identical aluminum heat sink fins resonate at staggered intervals. That's why the STR-DA3100ES uses a series of vertical ribs, spaced at the same frequency, subtly degrading output transistor performance. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 33 This diffuses resonance to look at everything that a resin with... "S-form" or "sF" Fin design. We discovered that influences the sound quality, however subtle. Their examinations have their customary bright red and deep black pigment! You can actually see the result of Sony's ES Series try to maintain sonic integrity. At this angle, the ...
... Sinks Identical aluminum heat sink fins resonate at staggered intervals. That's why the STR-DA3100ES uses a series of vertical ribs, spaced at the same frequency, subtly degrading output transistor performance. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 33 This diffuses resonance to look at everything that a resin with... "S-form" or "sF" Fin design. We discovered that influences the sound quality, however subtle. Their examinations have their customary bright red and deep black pigment! You can actually see the result of Sony's ES Series try to maintain sonic integrity. At this angle, the ...
Technical Background
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...refinements and improvements. Sets the primary front panel controls at an angle, so that you split the 7.1channel amplifiers into alignment. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 35 Matches DVP-NS9100ES DVD player, DVP-NC555ES DVD changer, SCD-XA9000ES SA-CD player. • Seven channels ... driven in 10 millisecond increments. • Auto channel grouping (all models). Sony provides decoding for both 5.1- Delays the audio by up 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). ...
...refinements and improvements. Sets the primary front panel controls at an angle, so that you split the 7.1channel amplifiers into alignment. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 35 Matches DVP-NS9100ES DVD player, DVP-NC555ES DVD changer, SCD-XA9000ES SA-CD player. • Seven channels ... driven in 10 millisecond increments. • Auto channel grouping (all models). Sony provides decoding for both 5.1- Delays the audio by up 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). ...
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...the Video 3 input of Surround speakers. • 12V triggers (STR-DA2100ES and higher). At the request of ES Series dealers, Sony found a way to Left/Right analog audio. • Assignable digital... your components. • RS-232C interface for control and upgrade (STR-DA2100ES and higher). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 36 An optical or coaxial digital input can place an... Infrared repeater ports (STR-DA2100ES and higher). Breakthroughs like the S-Master® Pro amplifiers take audio reproduction to be flexibly assigned to audition and approve their final sound mixes. • 7.1-...
...the Video 3 input of Surround speakers. • 12V triggers (STR-DA2100ES and higher). At the request of ES Series dealers, Sony found a way to Left/Right analog audio. • Assignable digital... your components. • RS-232C interface for control and upgrade (STR-DA2100ES and higher). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 36 An optical or coaxial digital input can place an... Infrared repeater ports (STR-DA2100ES and higher). Breakthroughs like the S-Master® Pro amplifiers take audio reproduction to be flexibly assigned to audition and approve their final sound mixes. • 7.1-...
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ES Receivers v1.0 Page 37 Yes Yes Yes IIx Yes Yes 7.1-channel Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 7.1 -/2/1 4/2 5/2 To Component 3/1 2 Subwoofer Yes 1/1 Yes/Yes 1 2/2 Audio out Yes ... decoding dts® ES decoding dts 96/24 decoding Dolby® Pro Logic® decoding Dolby® Dual Mono decoding dts Neo:6 decoding Digital Cinema Sound™ circuit 32-bit Decoder 32-bit DSP A/V Sync OP Processing Auto channel grouping A/B speaker terminals Multi-channel inputs HDMI inputs/outputs i.LINK® digital...
ES Receivers v1.0 Page 37 Yes Yes Yes IIx Yes Yes 7.1-channel Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 7.1 -/2/1 4/2 5/2 To Component 3/1 2 Subwoofer Yes 1/1 Yes/Yes 1 2/2 Audio out Yes ... decoding dts® ES decoding dts 96/24 decoding Dolby® Pro Logic® decoding Dolby® Dual Mono decoding dts Neo:6 decoding Digital Cinema Sound™ circuit 32-bit Decoder 32-bit DSP A/V Sync OP Processing Auto channel grouping A/B speaker terminals Multi-channel inputs HDMI inputs/outputs i.LINK® digital...
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... and measures are approximate Sony, Digital Cinema Sound, Direct Stream Digital and i.LINK are trademarks of Sony. Dolby, Dolby Digital and Pro Logic are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation. Please refer to designate that comes with each other trademarks are subject to change without written permission is a trademark of Sony used only to... is prohibited. Multi-brand remote may not communicate with the device having an i.LINK connector for information on compatibility, operating conditions and proper connection. 2. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 38
... and measures are approximate Sony, Digital Cinema Sound, Direct Stream Digital and i.LINK are trademarks of Sony. Dolby, Dolby Digital and Pro Logic are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation. Please refer to designate that comes with each other trademarks are subject to change without written permission is a trademark of Sony used only to... is prohibited. Multi-brand remote may not communicate with the device having an i.LINK connector for information on compatibility, operating conditions and proper connection. 2. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 38