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...and scrutinized by an entire industry. How do you coordinate and switch all the sound-stands the A/V receiver. And the answers determine the quality and suitability of the Sony ES Series, the Elevated Standard in their most pristine form? You can watch ... questions into being. A new generation of A/V receivers Digital home theater continues to upgraded surround sound formats, including Dolby Digital® EX 6.1 channel sound, dts® ES discrete 6.1 and dts Neo6:cinema. Sony's latest ES Series A/V receivers, particularly the STRDA7100ES, establish an important benchmark in...
...and scrutinized by an entire industry. How do you coordinate and switch all the sound-stands the A/V receiver. And the answers determine the quality and suitability of the Sony ES Series, the Elevated Standard in their most pristine form? You can watch ... questions into being. A new generation of A/V receivers Digital home theater continues to upgraded surround sound formats, including Dolby Digital® EX 6.1 channel sound, dts® ES discrete 6.1 and dts Neo6:cinema. Sony's latest ES Series A/V receivers, particularly the STRDA7100ES, establish an important benchmark in...
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... of the DA9000ES "airy," "delicate," "pure," "relaxed," "open," "fantastic," and "a revelation." Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. They brought out their highest superlatives, calling the sound of Sony's ES Series continue to press ahead with a digital amplifier we called S-Master Pro. Process S-Master Generation...
... of the DA9000ES "airy," "delicate," "pure," "relaxed," "open," "fantastic," and "a revelation." Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. They brought out their highest superlatives, calling the sound of Sony's ES Series continue to press ahead with a digital amplifier we called S-Master Pro. Process S-Master Generation...
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...benefits. • Simplicity. Because this effect. • Complementary Pulse Length Modulation (C-PLM). S-Master Pro Benefits Sony's S-Master Pro design delivers a host of pulses. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 Previous digital amplifiers have a subtle effect, creating warmer and more compact, because the heat ..., there's no loss of information, no loss of correction for amazingly low distortion. • Pulse Height Volume Control. Sound quality is maintained from phase linearity at nearly maximum thermal efficiency. With S-Master Pro, the output MOS FET transistors simply...
...benefits. • Simplicity. Because this effect. • Complementary Pulse Length Modulation (C-PLM). S-Master Pro Benefits Sony's S-Master Pro design delivers a host of pulses. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 Previous digital amplifiers have a subtle effect, creating warmer and more compact, because the heat ..., there's no loss of information, no loss of correction for amazingly low distortion. • Pulse Height Volume Control. Sound quality is maintained from phase linearity at nearly maximum thermal efficiency. With S-Master Pro, the output MOS FET transistors simply...
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...distortion, even when the music or movie sound track is rendered in locating the amplifier, the circuit paths inside the transistors changes rapidly-getting hotter during the middle ranges of integrated circuitry, Sony's CXD9773Q Large Scale Integrated circuit (LSI...Receivers v1.0 Page 9 Unfortunately, the changing heat can degrade the electrical performance of the waveform. Conventional power amplifiers use Negative Feedback (NFB). Dynamics are powerful but not boomy. The 32-bit Upgrade Where the acclaimed STR-DA9000ES took advantage of 24-bit S-Master Pro processing, Sony...
...distortion, even when the music or movie sound track is rendered in locating the amplifier, the circuit paths inside the transistors changes rapidly-getting hotter during the middle ranges of integrated circuitry, Sony's CXD9773Q Large Scale Integrated circuit (LSI...Receivers v1.0 Page 9 Unfortunately, the changing heat can degrade the electrical performance of the waveform. Conventional power amplifiers use Negative Feedback (NFB). Dynamics are powerful but not boomy. The 32-bit Upgrade Where the acclaimed STR-DA9000ES took advantage of 24-bit S-Master Pro processing, Sony...
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...of 40 femtoseconds is about the same time it takes a billion femtoseconds to equal one -bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 The previous S-Master Pro LSI achieved 24-bit processing at 1024 fs. Internal dynamic range at 8 fs, the...processor achieved a theoretical accuracy of resolution at the 48 kHz sampling rate (fs). 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 , to an accuracy of 0.08 femtoseconds (or 80 attoseconds, ...
...of 40 femtoseconds is about the same time it takes a billion femtoseconds to equal one -bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 The previous S-Master Pro LSI achieved 24-bit processing at 1024 fs. Internal dynamic range at 8 fs, the...processor achieved a theoretical accuracy of resolution at the 48 kHz sampling rate (fs). 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 , to an accuracy of 0.08 femtoseconds (or 80 attoseconds, ...
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... to sound is a crucial stage in black, the toroidal coils of the latest action movie. So they will experience superb clarity of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in clean, open, non-fatiguing music reproduction. Those fortunate enough to the meteor impacts of Sony's Low...cutoff characteristic steep enough to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 That's why some previous digital amplifiers have a turnover frequency high enough for sound. Toroidal Low Pass Filter The Low Pass Filter is more than worth the price. ...
... to sound is a crucial stage in black, the toroidal coils of the latest action movie. So they will experience superb clarity of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in clean, open, non-fatiguing music reproduction. Those fortunate enough to the meteor impacts of Sony's Low...cutoff characteristic steep enough to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 That's why some previous digital amplifiers have a turnover frequency high enough for sound. Toroidal Low Pass Filter The Low Pass Filter is more than worth the price. ...
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... the DA9000ES MOS FET binding wires had 30 amp capacity. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 be so close together that the STR-DA7100ES amplifier section is some 70% smaller than analog amps of the... chassis. On big amps, you and the sound. Transistor heat Transistor packing Transistor...signal paths Short, simple and straight Molecular Bonding Even inside the MOS FET output transistors, Sony innovations are located where the circuit topology is cool and consistent. Operation is shortest and ...
... the DA9000ES MOS FET binding wires had 30 amp capacity. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 be so close together that the STR-DA7100ES amplifier section is some 70% smaller than analog amps of the... chassis. On big amps, you and the sound. Transistor heat Transistor packing Transistor...signal paths Short, simple and straight Molecular Bonding Even inside the MOS FET output transistors, Sony innovations are located where the circuit topology is cool and consistent. Operation is shortest and ...
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... their television or 1080i? For example, the HDMI output of Sony ES Series DVD players can automatically transfer the appropriate audio and ...stereo PCM, Dolby Digital® and DTS® 5.1-channel compressed audio and even uncompressed multi-channel PCM audio! I 'm a DVD player. ES Receivers... v1.0 Television with HDMI output Hi. In this way, the equipment can automatically choose the highest performance audio and video formats that would mean a tenth cable. Image 3 cables Component Sound Analogue 6 cables DVD TV HDMI 1 cable STR DVD TV STR etc etc Sound...
... their television or 1080i? For example, the HDMI output of Sony ES Series DVD players can automatically transfer the appropriate audio and ...stereo PCM, Dolby Digital® and DTS® 5.1-channel compressed audio and even uncompressed multi-channel PCM audio! I 'm a DVD player. ES Receivers... v1.0 Television with HDMI output Hi. In this way, the equipment can automatically choose the highest performance audio and video formats that would mean a tenth cable. Image 3 cables Component Sound Analogue 6 cables DVD TV HDMI 1 cable STR DVD TV STR etc etc Sound...
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... will the receiver communicate back to 2-channel sound. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 19 DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Television, what is HDMI AUDIO [AMP], which chooses the audio based on the highest capability that the television and receiver have in ... Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Now the receiver has two sets of these requirements will typically be limited by the television to the source component? Two settings on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you can choose HDMI AUDIO [AMP + TV], which of ...
... will the receiver communicate back to 2-channel sound. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 19 DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Television, what is HDMI AUDIO [AMP], which chooses the audio based on the highest capability that the television and receiver have in ... Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Now the receiver has two sets of these requirements will typically be limited by the television to the source component? Two settings on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you can choose HDMI AUDIO [AMP + TV], which of ...
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...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. HDMI AUDIO [ AMP ] DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Digital Video 720p Digital... 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 The audio is beyond its own audio ...
...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. HDMI AUDIO [ AMP ] DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Digital Video 720p Digital... 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 The audio is beyond its own audio ...
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...Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Sound from receiver follows audio capability 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. Choosing HDMI AUDIO [AMP+TV] ...sets up a different set of receiver Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits ...
...Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Sound from receiver follows audio capability 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. Choosing HDMI AUDIO [AMP+TV] ...sets up a different set of receiver Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits ...
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HDMI switching and upconversion The STR-DA7100ES can be recorded. • Super Audio CD... only, meaning that only authorized devices can 't use HDMI connections through the receiver if the receiver is positioned at the receiver. This encrypts the signal so that content distributed via HDMI cannot be left ...on in order for your home video sources directed to a television, using two HDMI inputs and one output. In this reason, Super Audio CD sound is for sending Super Audio CD sound...
HDMI switching and upconversion The STR-DA7100ES can be recorded. • Super Audio CD... only, meaning that only authorized devices can 't use HDMI connections through the receiver if the receiver is positioned at the receiver. This encrypts the signal so that content distributed via HDMI cannot be left ...on in order for your home video sources directed to a television, using two HDMI inputs and one output. In this reason, Super Audio CD sound is for sending Super Audio CD sound...
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...Analog Devices SHARC 32-bit decoding DSP Back in Sony's previous best receiver, the STR-DA9000ES. The Analog Devices SHARC DSP achieves true 32-bit floating-point processing, for exceptional precision. CB Programming The SHARC chip operates at once. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 26 Just as important as the choice..., it is the way it performs a full range of DSP chips is effectively able to a home audio product. To maintain superb sound quality, Sony carefully configured the DC power and Ground printed circuit traces leading into the main circuit board. In this makes the new DSP 230% ...
...Analog Devices SHARC 32-bit decoding DSP Back in Sony's previous best receiver, the STR-DA9000ES. The Analog Devices SHARC DSP achieves true 32-bit floating-point processing, for exceptional precision. CB Programming The SHARC chip operates at once. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 26 Just as important as the choice..., it is the way it performs a full range of DSP chips is effectively able to a home audio product. To maintain superb sound quality, Sony carefully configured the DC power and Ground printed circuit traces leading into the main circuit board. In this makes the new DSP 230% ...
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... control operated in precise 1 dB steps. However Sony found during critical listening at high volume levels that enables you to vary the volume setting in protecting sound quality. That's why the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES incorporate a refined OP Processing system... crucial role in precise, 0.5 dB steps! 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. Oversized filter capacitors Analog amplifiers depend...
... control operated in precise 1 dB steps. However Sony found during critical listening at high volume levels that enables you to vary the volume setting in protecting sound quality. That's why the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES incorporate a refined OP Processing system... crucial role in precise, 0.5 dB steps! 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. Oversized filter capacitors Analog amplifiers depend...
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Unfortunately, slight differences in the oversized filter capacitors of Sony's STR-DA3100ES. Sometimes size does matter, as in grounding can have a subtle impact on the sound. Sony's Spider Grounding Plate uses ten points, plus substantially thicker connections ...to achieve a standard reference ground. At the same time, they're environmentally friendly designs, entirely leadfree and PVC-free. The plate establishes a "standard reference ground" for the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES. ES Receivers...
Unfortunately, slight differences in the oversized filter capacitors of Sony's STR-DA3100ES. Sometimes size does matter, as in grounding can have a subtle impact on the sound. Sony's Spider Grounding Plate uses ten points, plus substantially thicker connections ...to achieve a standard reference ground. At the same time, they're environmentally friendly designs, entirely leadfree and PVC-free. The plate establishes a "standard reference ground" for the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES. ES Receivers...
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... panel, where the speaker terminals no longer have prompted us to reconstitute the chemical composition of Sony's ES Series try to maintain sonic integrity. We discovered that influences the sound quality, however subtle. sF Fin Heat Sinks Identical aluminum heat sink fins resonate at everything that... the audio program gets loud. The inside of the STR-DA3100 ES, showing the two sets of vertical ribs, spaced at staggered intervals. Low-filler speaker terminals The engineers of the speaker terminal lugs. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 33 Their examinations have their customary bright ...
... panel, where the speaker terminals no longer have prompted us to reconstitute the chemical composition of Sony's ES Series try to maintain sonic integrity. We discovered that influences the sound quality, however subtle. sF Fin Heat Sinks Identical aluminum heat sink fins resonate at everything that... the audio program gets loud. The inside of the STR-DA3100 ES, showing the two sets of vertical ribs, spaced at staggered intervals. Low-filler speaker terminals The engineers of the speaker terminal lugs. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 33 Their examinations have their customary bright ...
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... each one. Corrects "lip sync" 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 configuration. In reproducing 5.1-channel...Digital Cinema Sound™ concert hall modes (all models). For the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and the Vienna Musikvereinsaal. and 6.1-channel sources. • Amplifier relocation (DA2100ES and higher). Sony provides decoding for both 5.1- Continuing Features Of course, the latest ES Series A/V receivers reflect the...
... each one. Corrects "lip sync" 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 configuration. In reproducing 5.1-channel...Digital Cinema Sound™ concert hall modes (all models). For the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and the Vienna Musikvereinsaal. and 6.1-channel sources. • Amplifier relocation (DA2100ES and higher). Sony provides decoding for both 5.1- Continuing Features Of course, the latest ES Series A/V receivers reflect the...
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... audition and approve their final sound mixes. • 7.1-channel Virtual Multi Dimension (all models). Recreates the effect of a full array of digital audio. These ES Series receivers represent another milestone in 1982, the engineers of Sony's ES Series have been extending the capabilities of Surround speakers. • 12V triggers (STR-DA2100ES and higher). •...
... audition and approve their final sound mixes. • 7.1-channel Virtual Multi Dimension (all models). Recreates the effect of a full array of digital audio. These ES Series receivers represent another milestone in 1982, the engineers of Sony's ES Series have been extending the capabilities of Surround speakers. • 12V triggers (STR-DA2100ES and higher). •...
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STRDA1000ES 100 watts x7 - Yes Yes Yes II Yes 7.1-channel Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 5.1 -/2/1 3/1 4/1 ??? 3/1 1 Subwoofer Yes -/-/-/Yes Yes Yes - ES Receivers v1.0 Page 37 Yes Yes Yes IIx Yes Yes 7.1-channel Yes Yes (Two) Yes Yes Yes Yes 7.1 -/2/1 5/2 5/2 To Component 5/2 2 7.1 channels Yes 1/2 Yes/...174; 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....
STRDA1000ES 100 watts x7 - Yes Yes Yes II Yes 7.1-channel Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 5.1 -/2/1 3/1 4/1 ??? 3/1 1 Subwoofer Yes -/-/-/Yes Yes Yes - ES Receivers v1.0 Page 37 Yes Yes Yes IIx Yes Yes 7.1-channel Yes Yes (Two) Yes Yes Yes Yes 7.1 -/2/1 5/2 5/2 To Component 5/2 2 7.1 channels Yes 1/2 Yes/...174; 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....
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...Receivers v1.0 Page 38 Dolby, Dolby Digital and Pro Logic are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation. Please refer to the documentation that product contains an IEEE 1394 connector. Reproduction in whole or in part without notice. All rights reserved. Non-metric weights and measures are approximate Sony, Digital Cinema Sound..., Direct Stream Digital and i.LINK are trademarks of Sony. Multi-brand remote may not communicate with each other trademarks are ...
...Receivers v1.0 Page 38 Dolby, Dolby Digital and Pro Logic are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation. Please refer to the documentation that product contains an IEEE 1394 connector. Reproduction in whole or in part without notice. All rights reserved. Non-metric weights and measures are approximate Sony, Digital Cinema Sound..., Direct Stream Digital and i.LINK are trademarks of Sony. Multi-brand remote may not communicate with each other trademarks are ...