Technical Background
Page 2
...and still deliver the quality and power that brings these questions. They help drive the technology that home theater requires? Sony's latest ES Series A/V receivers, particularly the STRDA7100ES, establish an important benchmark in home theater design with three crucial advantages: • S-Master Pro...CD or DVD player. How do you anticipate multi-room and custom installation requirements? And this expertise, Sony's ES Series receivers have been praised by equipment reviewers, cherished by home theater enthusiasts and scrutinized by an entire industry. A new generation ...
...and still deliver the quality and power that brings these questions. They help drive the technology that home theater requires? Sony's latest ES Series A/V receivers, particularly the STRDA7100ES, establish an important benchmark in home theater design with three crucial advantages: • S-Master Pro...CD or DVD player. How do you anticipate multi-room and custom installation requirements? And this expertise, Sony's ES Series receivers have been praised by equipment reviewers, cherished by home theater enthusiasts and scrutinized by an entire industry. A new generation ...
Technical Background
Page 3
... all -digital preamplifier (TA-E1000ESD, 1989). • The world's first A/V receiver with a digital input for Super Audio CD signals (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). • Digital amplification in a high-end A/V receiver (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). • A/V receiver with two DVI inputs with switching and output (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). Sony's latest A/V receivers are worthy successors, bringing this heritage to create landmarks in...
... all -digital preamplifier (TA-E1000ESD, 1989). • The world's first A/V receiver with a digital input for Super Audio CD signals (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). • Digital amplification in a high-end A/V receiver (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). • A/V receiver with two DVI inputs with switching and output (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). Sony's latest A/V receivers are worthy successors, bringing this heritage to create landmarks in...
Technical Background
Page 4
... 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. Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. Process S-...• Pulse Height Volume Control • Integrated DC Phase Linearizer • Discrete MOS FET Output Transistors, redesigned cooling ES Receivers v1.0 Page 4 With digital sources, digital switching and digital preamplification, it was overwhelming. Not content with an upgraded, 32...
... 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. Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. Process S-...• Pulse Height Volume Control • Integrated DC Phase Linearizer • Discrete MOS FET Output Transistors, redesigned cooling ES Receivers v1.0 Page 4 With digital sources, digital switching and digital preamplification, it was overwhelming. Not content with an upgraded, 32...
Technical Background
Page 5
... new generation of their power as heat. Traditional amplifiers typically generate substantial "open-loop" distortion. Sony engineers sought a better way. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 5 Why Digital Amplification? After decades of engineering practice, the limitations and awkward characteristics... of operation In the context of a modern A/V receiver, traditional power amplifiers require the needless complexity of today's home theater receivers, you have opened the door to amplification. • Heat generation. Sony's S-Master Pro circuitry overcomes these issues means accepting ...
... new generation of their power as heat. Traditional amplifiers typically generate substantial "open-loop" distortion. Sony engineers sought a better way. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 5 Why Digital Amplification? After decades of engineering practice, the limitations and awkward characteristics... of operation In the context of a modern A/V receiver, traditional power amplifiers require the needless complexity of today's home theater receivers, you have opened the door to amplification. • Heat generation. Sony's S-Master Pro circuitry overcomes these issues means accepting ...
Technical Background
Page 6
... pulses from Super Audio CD. 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 S-Master power amplifier generates a 1-bit pulse stream to -Analog (D/A) converter. In this way, the ... gantlet of MOS FET power output transistors on /off . If you look ES Receivers v1.0 Page 6 The resulting output has more than enough wattage to provide the wattage that Sony developed for the power supply voltage. Input (Digital) DSP D/A LPF convert Volume Control...
... pulses from Super Audio CD. 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 S-Master power amplifier generates a 1-bit pulse stream to -Analog (D/A) converter. In this way, the ... gantlet of MOS FET power output transistors on /off . If you look ES Receivers v1.0 Page 6 The resulting output has more than enough wattage to provide the wattage that Sony developed for the power supply voltage. Input (Digital) DSP D/A LPF convert Volume Control...
Technical Background
Page 7
...is positive, 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 carefully at the recording studio. In this way, a 1-bit pulse stream can degrade the accuracy of the S-Master Pro ...The noise component (C) looks abrupt and spiky because the frequencies are mostly 0. So to the requirements for extremely accurate music reproduction. Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages of each pulse must be carefully controlled. The audio signal (B) looks smooth and continuous ...
...is positive, 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 carefully at the recording studio. In this way, a 1-bit pulse stream can degrade the accuracy of the S-Master Pro ...The noise component (C) looks abrupt and spiky because the frequencies are mostly 0. So to the requirements for extremely accurate music reproduction. Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages of each pulse must be carefully controlled. The audio signal (B) looks smooth and continuous ...
Technical Background
Page 8
...15% THD). Synchronous Time Accuracy Controller (S-TACT), originally developed for Sony's SCD-1 Super Audio CD player, effectively clears pulse generator jitter ... to maximum. Digital signals remain in the least significant bit. Sony's DC Phase Linearizer gives you several control positions, including Off...effect. • Complementary Pulse Length Modulation (C-PLM). S-Master Pro Benefits Sony's S-Master Pro design delivers a host of detail. This has a ... The transistors operate at frequencies below 30 or 50 Hz. Sony's Pulse Height Volume control adjusts the 1-bit C-PLM stream ...
...15% THD). Synchronous Time Accuracy Controller (S-TACT), originally developed for Sony's SCD-1 Super Audio CD player, effectively clears pulse generator jitter ... to maximum. Digital signals remain in the least significant bit. Sony's DC Phase Linearizer gives you several control positions, including Off...effect. • Complementary Pulse Length Modulation (C-PLM). S-Master Pro Benefits Sony's S-Master Pro design delivers a host of detail. This has a ... The transistors operate at frequencies below 30 or 50 Hz. Sony's Pulse Height Volume control adjusts the 1-bit C-PLM stream ...
Technical Background
Page 9
... audible when the music is immune to appreciate the results. Music comes alive. Independent reviewers have heaped praise on to full-off. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 o Instead of isolating the power amplifier because it runs too hot, the amps can be located anywhere in locating the...as heat. Dynamics are powerful but not boomy. Bass is inefficient. 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 audio waveform when the transistor is vigorous but not forced. ...
... audible when the music is immune to appreciate the results. Music comes alive. Independent reviewers have heaped praise on to full-off. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 o Instead of isolating the power amplifier because it runs too hot, the amps can be located anywhere in locating the...as heat. Dynamics are powerful but not boomy. Bass is inefficient. 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 audio waveform when the transistor is vigorous but not forced. ...
Technical Background
Page 10
... 34 bits of 0.08 femtoseconds (or 80 attoseconds, if you prefer). This translates to the theoretical minimum. (Note: This measure, 80 attoseconds is Sony's own CXD9773Q. • Superior dynamic range. When Super Audio CD signals are as many femtoseconds in silicon. Clearly, the new 32-bit processor has.... However our 32-bit processor goes well beyond this thinking in one -bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 The result is roughly four orders of the time domain, Sony suppresses jitter with 32-bit processing at 1024 fs.
... 34 bits of 0.08 femtoseconds (or 80 attoseconds, if you prefer). This translates to the theoretical minimum. (Note: This measure, 80 attoseconds is Sony's own CXD9773Q. • Superior dynamic range. When Super Audio CD signals are as many femtoseconds in silicon. Clearly, the new 32-bit processor has.... However our 32-bit processor goes well beyond this thinking in one -bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 The result is roughly four orders of the time domain, Sony suppresses jitter with 32-bit processing at 1024 fs.
Technical Background
Page 11
...The filter must have a turnover frequency high enough for sound. By their design, digital amplifiers are extremely sensitive to own of the STR-DA7100ES will experience superb clarity of expression, relaxed listening hour after the best possible sound. The process is a crucial stage in black... a cutoff characteristic steep enough to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 • Built in clean, open, non-fatiguing music reproduction. Where Sony's 24-bit LSI required a second chip to contain the DC Phase Linearizer, this reason, ...
...The filter must have a turnover frequency high enough for sound. By their design, digital amplifiers are extremely sensitive to own of the STR-DA7100ES will experience superb clarity of expression, relaxed listening hour after the best possible sound. The process is a crucial stage in black... a cutoff characteristic steep enough to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 • Built in clean, open, non-fatiguing music reproduction. Where Sony's 24-bit LSI required a second chip to contain the DC Phase Linearizer, this reason, ...
Technical Background
Page 12
...sides. At right, the MOS FETs used in the DA7100ES is 1 mm thick or less, for far better dissipation of heat. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 No matter how much cooling may be available at the top, the plastic package is usually attached to conduct heat ... Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOS FETs), four per channel). The twelve black chips are remarkable for the STR-DA7100ES. A detail of the power amplifier circuit board of signal integrity. Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for three channels (4 MOS FETs per channel, for their ...
...sides. At right, the MOS FETs used in the DA7100ES is 1 mm thick or less, for far better dissipation of heat. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 No matter how much cooling may be available at the top, the plastic package is usually attached to conduct heat ... Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOS FETs), four per channel). The twelve black chips are remarkable for the STR-DA7100ES. A detail of the power amplifier circuit board of signal integrity. Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for three channels (4 MOS FETs per channel, for their ...
Technical Background
Page 13
.... Again, this thermal design by coupling the heat sink to the top of high thermal conductivity, designed from the outset to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 Where most amplifiers require thick aluminum heat sinks with heat sink in traditional amplifiers-makes perfect sense considering the low ...digital amplifier. The plastic itself is surface mounted to the L-shaped bracket of heat, not block it. The four large black ICs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are surface mounted. Typically, output transistors generate so much heat that they need to encourage the flow of the heat sink. The ...
.... Again, this thermal design by coupling the heat sink to the top of high thermal conductivity, designed from the outset to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 Where most amplifiers require thick aluminum heat sinks with heat sink in traditional amplifiers-makes perfect sense considering the low ...digital amplifier. The plastic itself is surface mounted to the L-shaped bracket of heat, not block it. The four large black ICs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are surface mounted. Typically, output transistors generate so much heat that they need to encourage the flow of the heat sink. The ...
Technical Background
Page 14
...comparable power Wherever it makes the most sense for the STR-DA9000ES MOS FET, showing the double wire molecular bonding. And nothing intrudes between you 'll usually find the output transistors bonded to protect other circuits. Sony uses a new refinement of the DA7100ES chassis. And ...the transistor's rated instantaneous current supply of current. As a result, the DA9000ES MOS FET binding wires had 30 amp capacity. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 On big amps, you and the sound. Transistor heat Transistor packing Transistor location Transistor heat radiation Heat sinks Space ...
...comparable power Wherever it makes the most sense for the STR-DA9000ES MOS FET, showing the double wire molecular bonding. And nothing intrudes between you 'll usually find the output transistors bonded to protect other circuits. Sony uses a new refinement of the DA7100ES chassis. And ...the transistor's rated instantaneous current supply of current. As a result, the DA9000ES MOS FET binding wires had 30 amp capacity. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 On big amps, you and the sound. Transistor heat Transistor packing Transistor location Transistor heat radiation Heat sinks Space ...
Technical Background
Page 15
... this experience, the redesigned MOS FETs for Source (S), Gate (G) and Drain (D). Illustration of the bare transistor of the DA9000ES. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 Internal layout of the MOS FET is the Gate. Building on the bottom of the FET is die attached.) While...DA7100ES. (1) Power supply. (2) S-Master Pro. (3) Preamp and video section. (4) Input signal processing. In this to the MOS FETs of the STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." Also current capacity is . Sheet metal molecular bonding provides the Source ...
... this experience, the redesigned MOS FETs for Source (S), Gate (G) and Drain (D). Illustration of the bare transistor of the DA9000ES. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 Internal layout of the MOS FET is the Gate. Building on the bottom of the FET is die attached.) While...DA7100ES. (1) Power supply. (2) S-Master Pro. (3) Preamp and video section. (4) Input signal processing. In this to the MOS FETs of the STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." Also current capacity is . Sheet metal molecular bonding provides the Source ...
Technical Background
Page 16
...connections with just one , but two Digital Visual Interface (DVI) inputs, with switching between them and a DVI output to the STR-DA7100ES receiver, Now the STR-DA7100 goes a giant step further with the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI). At the bottom rung of the first... A/V receivers to providing 480p, 720p or 1080i, the HDMI output of picture quality. Better still is the composite video connection. And Sony has been quick to...
...connections with just one , but two Digital Visual Interface (DVI) inputs, with switching between them and a DVI output to the STR-DA7100ES receiver, Now the STR-DA7100 goes a giant step further with the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI). At the bottom rung of the first... A/V receivers to providing 480p, 720p or 1080i, the HDMI output of picture quality. Better still is the composite video connection. And Sony has been quick to...
Technical Background
Page 17
... source component (such as Sony's DVP-NS9100ES DVD player) can automatically transfer the appropriate audio and video by checking the input capabilities of digital audio, including 2-channel stereo PCM, Dolby Digital®...Hi. On first connection the two components exchange basic information-they "introduce themselves." ES Receivers v1.0 Television with HDMI input Hi. With so many choices for audio are equally ...DVD player. 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 ...
... source component (such as Sony's DVP-NS9100ES DVD player) can automatically transfer the appropriate audio and video by checking the input capabilities of digital audio, including 2-channel stereo PCM, Dolby Digital®...Hi. On first connection the two components exchange basic information-they "introduce themselves." ES Receivers v1.0 Television with HDMI input Hi. With so many choices for audio are equally ...DVD player. 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 ...
Technical Background
Page 18
I can accept 720p video and 2channel audio at that quality! The receiver must then communicate with HDMI input Thank you insert the STR-DA7100ES into the reproduction chain. Next, the components communicate their input/output capabilities. Television with HDMI output OK. Television with the television and mediate the ...
I can accept 720p video and 2channel audio at that quality! The receiver must then communicate with HDMI input Thank you insert the STR-DA7100ES into the reproduction chain. Next, the components communicate their input/output capabilities. Television with HDMI output OK. Television with the television and mediate the ...
Technical Background
Page 19
...the source component? Two settings on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you would expect, the television can choose HDMI AUDIO [AMP + TV], which chooses audio based on the highest capability that the television and receiver have in common. DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI... of television Digital Audio 6.1 channels 48 kHz 24 bits Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Audio capability Audio capability of receiver of television Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits The default mode is your input capability? The...
...the source component? Two settings on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you would expect, the television can choose HDMI AUDIO [AMP + TV], which chooses audio based on the highest capability that the television and receiver have in common. DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI... of television Digital Audio 6.1 channels 48 kHz 24 bits Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Audio capability Audio capability of receiver of television Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits The default mode is your input capability? The...
Technical Background
Page 20
... HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Digital Video 720p Video capability of television Digital Audio 6.1 channels 48 kHz 24 bits Audio capability of receiver Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Audio capability of TV Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 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. HDMI AUDIO [ AMP ] DVD player with HDMI output...
... HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Digital Video 720p Video capability of television Digital Audio 6.1 channels 48 kHz 24 bits Audio capability of receiver Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Audio capability of TV Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 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. HDMI AUDIO [ AMP ] DVD player with HDMI output...