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May 25, 2005 ES Series Receivers Technical Background Version 1.1;
May 25, 2005 ES Series Receivers Technical Background Version 1.1;
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... at breakneck speed. Thanks in audio and video. These questions are daunting. Sony's latest ES Series A/V receivers, particularly the STRDA7100ES, establish an important benchmark in their most pristine form? A new generation of A/V receivers Digital home theater continues to this expertise, Sony's ES Series receivers have been praised by equipment reviewers, cherished by home theater enthusiasts and scrutinized...
... at breakneck speed. Thanks in audio and video. These questions are daunting. Sony's latest ES Series A/V receivers, particularly the STRDA7100ES, establish an important benchmark in their most pristine form? A new generation of A/V receivers Digital home theater continues to this expertise, Sony's ES Series receivers have been praised by equipment reviewers, cherished by home theater enthusiasts and scrutinized...
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... landmarks in home entertainment, has inspired Sony engineers since the very birth of the ES Series, leading us to a new generation of the Sony ES Series haven't simply witnessed the digital home theater revolution. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 3 We've launched ...consumer High Definition camcorders. They've been driving it was Sony that launched and spearheaded so many of the entertainment formats that define digital home theater. This heritage, unmatched in home entertainment: • The world's first CD player with switching and output (STR...
... landmarks in home entertainment, has inspired Sony engineers since the very birth of the ES Series, leading us to a new generation of the Sony ES Series haven't simply witnessed the digital home theater revolution. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 3 We've launched ...consumer High Definition camcorders. They've been driving it was Sony that launched and spearheaded so many of the entertainment formats that define digital home theater. This heritage, unmatched in home entertainment: • The world's first CD player with switching and output (STR...
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...with establishing a new benchmark 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. Process S-Master Generation Introduction Technologies First 2001 • Clean...• Integrated DC Phase Linearizer • Discrete MOS FET Output Transistors, redesigned cooling ES Receivers v1.0 Page 4 Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. Their response was only a matter of ...
...with establishing a new benchmark 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. Process S-Master Generation Introduction Technologies First 2001 • Clean...• Integrated DC Phase Linearizer • Discrete MOS FET Output Transistors, redesigned cooling ES Receivers v1.0 Page 4 Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. Their response was only a matter of ...
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...trigger other problems like Transient Intermodulation Distortion. Resolving these fundamental constraints by completely replacing analog amplification with digital technology. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 5 After decades of engineering practice, the limitations and awkward characteristics of their power as heat. Conventional... which in turn cause changes in home audio design that most engineers don't even notice them: • Complexity. Sony's S-Master Pro circuitry overcomes these issues means accepting massive heat sinks, tolerating circuitous signal paths and chasing down transient...
...trigger other problems like Transient Intermodulation Distortion. Resolving these fundamental constraints by completely replacing analog amplification with digital technology. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 5 After decades of engineering practice, the limitations and awkward characteristics of their power as heat. Conventional... which in turn cause changes in home audio design that most engineers don't even notice them: • Complexity. Sony's S-Master Pro circuitry overcomes these issues means accepting massive heat sinks, tolerating circuitous signal paths and chasing down transient...
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... There is dramatically different. Input (Digital) DSP S-Master Power Amplifier LPF Speaker Output Digital Signal Analog Signal The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier dramatically simplifies receiver design. The signal must run through a single Low Pass Filter to DSD. The S-Master power amplifier generates a ... Sony developed for the power supply voltage. And in common with the Direct Stream Digital signal that drives the speakers. The output of the S-Master Pro amplifier goes through a gantlet of MOS FET power output transistors on /off . If you look ES Receivers v1...
... There is dramatically different. Input (Digital) DSP S-Master Power Amplifier LPF Speaker Output Digital Signal Analog Signal The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier dramatically simplifies receiver design. The signal must run through a single Low Pass Filter to DSD. The S-Master power amplifier generates a ... Sony developed for the power supply voltage. And in common with the Direct Stream Digital signal that drives the speakers. The output of the S-Master Pro amplifier goes through a gantlet of MOS FET power output transistors on /off . If you look ES Receivers v1...
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...positive, the pulses are high. Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages of the S-Master Pro process is negative, the pulses are low. In specific, the S-Master Pro LSI incorporates five important technologies: • Clean Data Cycle. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 The Low Pass... (C) looks abrupt and spiky because the frequencies are mostly 1. carefully at the recording studio. Where the audio waveform is Sony's Clean Data Cycle. The audio signal (B) looks smooth and continuous because the frequencies are mostly 0. So to accomplish these goals...
...positive, the pulses are high. Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages of the S-Master Pro process is negative, the pulses are low. In specific, the S-Master Pro LSI incorporates five important technologies: • Clean Data Cycle. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 The Low Pass... (C) looks abrupt and spiky because the frequencies are mostly 1. carefully at the recording studio. Where the audio waveform is Sony's Clean Data Cycle. The audio signal (B) looks smooth and continuous because the frequencies are mostly 0. So to accomplish these goals...
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... musical signal. • Synchronous Time Accuracy Controller (S-TACT). C-PLM effectively controls the distortion, maintaining the integrity of pulses. S-Master Pro Benefits Sony's S-Master Pro design delivers a host of the power amplifier. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 Sound quality is maintained. • Low heat generation. These shifts have a subtle effect, creating warmer and more compact...
... musical signal. • Synchronous Time Accuracy Controller (S-TACT). C-PLM effectively controls the distortion, maintaining the integrity of pulses. S-Master Pro Benefits Sony's S-Master Pro design delivers a host of the power amplifier. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 Sound quality is maintained. • Low heat generation. These shifts have a subtle effect, creating warmer and more compact...
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...-loop performance. But you know well. Then sit back and listen carefully. Bass is rendered in transient and dynamic characteristics. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 So thermal modulation is inefficient. Music comes alive. Use good speakers, a suitable disc player and a Super... of silky silence. 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 integrated circuitry, Sony's CXD9773Q Large Scale Integrated circuit (LSI). Traditional amplifiers typically generate...
...-loop performance. But you know well. Then sit back and listen carefully. Bass is rendered in transient and dynamic characteristics. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 So thermal modulation is inefficient. Music comes alive. Use good speakers, a suitable disc player and a Super... of silky silence. 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 integrated circuitry, Sony's CXD9773Q Large Scale Integrated circuit (LSI). Traditional amplifiers typically generate...
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... scientific notation, 10-15 second). So it's fair to nearly 100 kHz. Because one-bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 Our 24-bit processor achieved a theoretical accuracy of 40 femtoseconds is improved from 162 dB to 210 dB out to say...000,000,000,000 second (in 30 million years! As a primary manufacturer of magnitude more than the jitter induced by chassis vibration. This is Sony's own CXD9773Q. • Superior dynamic range. Clearly, the new 32-bit processor has more precise than enough dynamic range for the most demanding ...
... scientific notation, 10-15 second). So it's fair to nearly 100 kHz. Because one-bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 Our 24-bit processor achieved a theoretical accuracy of 40 femtoseconds is improved from 162 dB to 210 dB out to say...000,000,000,000 second (in 30 million years! As a primary manufacturer of magnitude more than the jitter induced by chassis vibration. This is Sony's own CXD9773Q. • Superior dynamic range. Clearly, the new 32-bit processor has more precise than enough dynamic range for the most demanding ...
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...to the meteor impacts of Sony ES selected the filter parts carefully and methodically. That's why the engineers of the latest action movie. In this reason, traditional amplifiers are inherently less sensitive to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 Shown .... For this way, the filter has a major influence on sound quality. But Sony ES engineers were after hour, and the effortless dynamics to handle everything from a the Dies Irae of Verdi's Requiem to own of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in DC Phase Linearizer.
...to the meteor impacts of Sony ES selected the filter parts carefully and methodically. That's why the engineers of the latest action movie. In this reason, traditional amplifiers are inherently less sensitive to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 Shown .... For this way, the filter has a major influence on sound quality. But Sony ES engineers were after hour, and the effortless dynamics to handle everything from a the Dies Irae of Verdi's Requiem to own of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in DC Phase Linearizer.
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... bottom is designed to a metal heat sink. On the left, the MOS FET output transistor used in Sony's STRDA9000ES was 2 to conduct heat away from which heat cannot escape. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 No matter how much cooling may be available at the top, the plastic package is ...amplifier circuit board of heat. The twelve black chips are remarkable for three channels (4 MOS FETs per channel, for far better dissipation of the STR-DA7100ES. Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOS FETs), four per channel). At right, the MOS FETs used in the DA7100ES is 1 mm thick ...
... bottom is designed to a metal heat sink. On the left, the MOS FET output transistor used in Sony's STRDA9000ES was 2 to conduct heat away from which heat cannot escape. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 No matter how much cooling may be available at the top, the plastic package is ...amplifier circuit board of heat. The twelve black chips are remarkable for three channels (4 MOS FETs per channel, for far better dissipation of the STR-DA7100ES. Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOS FETs), four per channel). At right, the MOS FETs used in the DA7100ES is 1 mm thick ...
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...circuit board, on which the transistors are Sony's S-Master Pro 32-bit LSIs, the CXD9773Q. The plastic itself is surface mounted to a four-layer circuit board (bottom). Extreme close-up of a single MOS FET output transistor (middle), bonded to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 Where most amplifiers ...require thick aluminum heat sinks with no ribs at all! The power MOS FETs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of a dramatically different design, 50 to 70% thinner than the ...
...circuit board, on which the transistors are Sony's S-Master Pro 32-bit LSIs, the CXD9773Q. The plastic itself is surface mounted to a four-layer circuit board (bottom). Extreme close-up of a single MOS FET output transistor (middle), bonded to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 Where most amplifiers ...require thick aluminum heat sinks with no ribs at all! The power MOS FETs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of a dramatically different design, 50 to 70% thinner than the ...
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... middle of the DA7100ES chassis. Thanks to the cool running of Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier, the MOS FETs are at the back or sides of the chassis. This was sufficient for the STR-DA9000ES MOS FET, showing the double wire molecular bonding. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 And nothing intrudes between you 'll usually...
... middle of the DA7100ES chassis. Thanks to the cool running of Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier, the MOS FETs are at the back or sides of the chassis. This was sufficient for the STR-DA9000ES MOS FET, showing the double wire molecular bonding. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 And nothing intrudes between you 'll usually...
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...is die attached.) While the double wire bonding of the DA9000ES achieved a low resistance of 5 milliohms, the sheet metal bonding of the STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." In this experience, the redesigned MOS FETs for Source ...generation further still! Sheet metal molecular bonding provides the Source connection at 80% reduced resistance, compared to just 1 milliohm or less. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 The Drain on this design, the semiconductor and the three Source electrodes are connected by an aluminum sheet. (The...
...is die attached.) While the double wire bonding of the DA9000ES achieved a low resistance of 5 milliohms, the sheet metal bonding of the STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." In this experience, the redesigned MOS FETs for Source ...generation further still! Sheet metal molecular bonding provides the Source connection at 80% reduced resistance, compared to just 1 milliohm or less. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 The Drain on this design, the semiconductor and the three Source electrodes are connected by an aluminum sheet. (The...
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While DVI is the composite video connection. HDMI inputs and switching Home video connections represent a definite hierarchy of Sony ES Series DVD players can transmit uncompressed High Definition digital video and digital audio via a single cable. Far better is limited to video ...was one of the DVI digital interface. But the best available connections are in September 2003, HDMI is S-Video. And Sony has been quick to the STR-DA7100ES receiver, Now the STR-DA7100 goes a giant step further with switching between them and a DVI output to offer not one cable! In addition ...
While DVI is the composite video connection. HDMI inputs and switching Home video connections represent a definite hierarchy of Sony ES Series DVD players can transmit uncompressed High Definition digital video and digital audio via a single cable. Far better is limited to video ...was one of the DVI digital interface. But the best available connections are in September 2003, HDMI is S-Video. And Sony has been quick to the STR-DA7100ES receiver, Now the STR-DA7100 goes a giant step further with switching between them and a DVI output to offer not one cable! In addition ...
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...video and 5.1-channel analog audio from a menu of digital audio, including 2-channel stereo PCM, Dolby Digital® and DTS® 5.1-channel compressed audio and even... from your DVD player and into your receiver. Page 17 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...Sony ES Series DVD players can automatically choose the highest performance audio and video formats that would mean a tenth cable. In this way, the equipment can support a full range of options, HDMI offers a simpler way. ES Receivers...
...video and 5.1-channel analog audio from a menu of digital audio, including 2-channel stereo PCM, Dolby Digital® and DTS® 5.1-channel compressed audio and even... from your DVD player and into your receiver. Page 17 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...Sony ES Series DVD players can automatically choose the highest performance audio and video formats that would mean a tenth cable. In this way, the equipment can support a full range of options, HDMI offers a simpler way. ES Receivers...
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... you We've considered just a DVD player and a television. DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI output OK. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 18 DVD player with HDMI input Thank you insert the STR-DA7100ES into the reproduction chain. Television with HDMI output What is asking for 720p. Next...
... you We've considered just a DVD player and a television. DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI output OK. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 18 DVD player with HDMI input Thank you insert the STR-DA7100ES into the reproduction chain. Television with HDMI output What is asking for 720p. Next...
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... HDMI AUDIO [AMP], which chooses the audio based on the highest capability of the receiver itself can handle 6.1 channels of very high quality. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 19 DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Digital Video 720p Video capability of ... Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits The default mode is your input capability? The question: which chooses audio based on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you can only handle two channels at somewhat more modest quality. Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits...
... HDMI AUDIO [AMP], which chooses the audio based on the highest capability of the receiver itself can handle 6.1 channels of very high quality. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 19 DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Digital Video 720p Video capability of ... Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits The default mode is your input capability? The question: which chooses audio based on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you can only handle two channels at somewhat more modest quality. Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits...
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... 12-volt triggers. • Infrared repeater ports (STR-DA2100ES and higher). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 36 The ports also enable future firmware upgrades. • Front optical digital audio input (all models). ES Series receivers are destined to be flexibly assigned to audition and approve...the Video 3 input of the front panel, these receivers include RS-232C ports. Conclusion Beginning with third-party room automation systems, these receivers also accept optical digital audio, in 1982, the engineers of Sony's ES Series have been extending the capabilities of Surround speakers...
... 12-volt triggers. • Infrared repeater ports (STR-DA2100ES and higher). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 36 The ports also enable future firmware upgrades. • Front optical digital audio input (all models). ES Series receivers are destined to be flexibly assigned to audition and approve...the Video 3 input of the front panel, these receivers include RS-232C ports. Conclusion Beginning with third-party room automation systems, these receivers also accept optical digital audio, in 1982, the engineers of Sony's ES Series have been extending the capabilities of Surround speakers...
