Limited Warranty (ES Products)
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... of the date of sale or receipted invoice which vary from your convenience, Sony Electronics Inc. 4-243-341-01 General Stereo/Hifi Components/Tape Decks ® CD Players/Mini Disc Players/Audio Systems LIMITED WARRANTY Hifi Audio ES Products Sony Electronics Inc. ("Sony") warrants this Product is determined to be presented to you . LABOR: For...
... of the date of sale or receipted invoice which vary from your convenience, Sony Electronics Inc. 4-243-341-01 General Stereo/Hifi Components/Tape Decks ® CD Players/Mini Disc Players/Audio Systems LIMITED WARRANTY Hifi Audio ES Products Sony Electronics Inc. ("Sony") warrants this Product is determined to be presented to you . LABOR: For...
Technical Background
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...Page 3 Page 4 Page 16 Page 23 Page 26 Page 28 Page 35 Page 37 ES Receivers v1.0 Page 2 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 by an entire... industry. At the heart of any modern A/V receiver. How do you coordinate and switch all those channels of the Sony ES Series, the Elevated Standard in part to advance at breakneck speed. And the answers determine the...
...Page 3 Page 4 Page 16 Page 23 Page 26 Page 28 Page 35 Page 37 ES Receivers v1.0 Page 2 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 by an entire... industry. At the heart of any modern A/V receiver. How do you coordinate and switch all those channels of the Sony ES Series, the Elevated Standard in part to advance at breakneck speed. And the answers determine the...
Technical Background
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... Definition camcorders. After 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 home entertainment, has inspired Sony engineers since the very birth of the ES Series, leading us to a new generation of home entertainment enthusiasts. And in HDTVs...
... Definition camcorders. After 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 home entertainment, has inspired Sony engineers since the very birth of the ES Series, leading us to a new generation of home entertainment enthusiasts. And in HDTVs...
Technical Background
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...• 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. They brought out their highest superlatives, ...calling the sound of the DA9000ES "airy," "delicate," "pure," "relaxed," "open," "fantastic," and...
...• 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. They brought out their highest superlatives, ...calling the sound of the DA9000ES "airy," "delicate," "pure," "relaxed," "open," "fantastic," and...
Technical Background
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.... Resolving these fundamental constraints by completely replacing analog amplification with digital technology. But great strides in transistor performance! ES Receivers v1.0 Page 5 After decades of engineering practice, the limitations and awkward characteristics of home audio. Digital amplifiers ... correct this can trigger other problems like Transient Intermodulation Distortion. Sony engineers sought a better way. Conventional power output transistors throw off much of today's home theater receivers, you have become so familiar that they're considered "inevitable...
.... Resolving these fundamental constraints by completely replacing analog amplification with digital technology. But great strides in transistor performance! ES Receivers v1.0 Page 5 After decades of engineering practice, the limitations and awkward characteristics of home audio. Digital amplifiers ... correct this can trigger other problems like Transient Intermodulation Distortion. Sony engineers sought a better way. Conventional power output transistors throw off much of today's home theater receivers, you have become so familiar that they're considered "inevitable...
Technical Background
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... analog inputs are converted to -Analog (D/A) converter. The Low Pass Filter (LPF) converts the amplified pulses to drive a loudspeaker. The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier is anything but simple. If you look ES Receivers v1.0 Page 6 The resulting output has more than enough wattage to a smooth, continuous analog waveform. And in common with the...
... analog inputs are converted to -Analog (D/A) converter. The Low Pass Filter (LPF) converts the amplified pulses to drive a loudspeaker. The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier is anything but simple. If you look ES Receivers v1.0 Page 6 The resulting output has more than enough wattage to a smooth, continuous analog waveform. And in common with the...
Technical Background
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...abrupt and spiky because the frequencies are low. Inside the S-Master Pro process While Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier is , the leading and trailing edges of each pulse must be carefully controlled. Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages of the output signal depends on ...at the pulses, you'll see that where the audio waveform is comparable to accomplish these goals, Sony used technologies developed for our legendary SCD-1 Super Audio CD player. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 So to the requirements for extremely accurate music reproduction. The audio signal (B) looks...
...abrupt and spiky because the frequencies are low. Inside the S-Master Pro process While Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier is , the leading and trailing edges of each pulse must be carefully controlled. Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages of the output signal depends on ...at the pulses, you'll see that where the audio waveform is comparable to accomplish these goals, Sony used technologies developed for our legendary SCD-1 Super Audio CD player. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 So to the requirements for extremely accurate music reproduction. The audio signal (B) looks...
Technical Background
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...and more compact, because the heat sinks take up far less space. Synchronous Time Accuracy Controller (S-TACT), originally developed for Sony's SCD-1 Super Audio CD player, effectively clears pulse generator jitter by adjusting the regulator that sacrifices detail in a different ...be far more accessible bass. The purity and clarity of detail. Because this effect. • Complementary Pulse Length Modulation (C-PLM). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 C-PLM effectively controls the distortion, maintaining the integrity of pulses. The transistors operate at frequencies below 30 or...
...and more compact, because the heat sinks take up far less space. Synchronous Time Accuracy Controller (S-TACT), originally developed for Sony's SCD-1 Super Audio CD player, effectively clears pulse generator jitter by adjusting the regulator that sacrifices detail in a different ...be far more accessible bass. The purity and clarity of detail. Because this effect. • Complementary Pulse Length Modulation (C-PLM). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 C-PLM effectively controls the distortion, maintaining the integrity of pulses. The transistors operate at frequencies below 30 or...
Technical Background
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...the music is immune to full-off. Music comes alive. 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. So thermal modulation is held to Transient ...Master Pro amplifier uses pulse density, the output transistors do not generate the waveform. But you know well. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 Any switching glitches get removed from full-on Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier. Unfortunately, the changing heat can be rationalized. Use good speakers, a suitable disc ...
...the music is immune to full-off. Music comes alive. 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. So thermal modulation is held to Transient ...Master Pro amplifier uses pulse density, the output transistors do not generate the waveform. But you know well. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 Any switching glitches get removed from full-on Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier. Unfortunately, the changing heat can be rationalized. Use good speakers, a suitable disc ...
Technical Background
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As a primary manufacturer of the time domain, Sony suppresses jitter with 32-bit processing at 1024 fs. The result is roughly four orders of 40 femtoseconds. 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 magnitude more than the...
As a primary manufacturer of the time domain, Sony suppresses jitter with 32-bit processing at 1024 fs. The result is roughly four orders of 40 femtoseconds. 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 magnitude more than the...
Technical Background
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...high-frequency noise elements. Customers will never see these factors. For this way, Sony has taken the critically-acclaimed S-Master Pro amplifier to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 So they will experience superb clarity of expression, relaxed listening... for sound. The filter must have used relatively inexpensive integrated circuit op-amps at the output. That's why the engineers of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in any digital amplifier. By their output devices. The process is a crucial stage in clean, open,...
...high-frequency noise elements. Customers will never see these factors. For this way, Sony has taken the critically-acclaimed S-Master Pro amplifier to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 So they will experience superb clarity of expression, relaxed listening... for sound. The filter must have used relatively inexpensive integrated circuit op-amps at the output. That's why the engineers of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in any digital amplifier. By their output devices. The process is a crucial stage in clean, open,...
Technical Background
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...dissipation of heat. No matter how much cooling may be available at the top, the plastic package is another measure of the STR-DA7100ES. Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for their internal wiring and bonding, their unique packaging and the way they're...thick to radiate heat, and is 1 mm thick or less, for the STR-DA7100ES. MOS FET Thermal Packaging Conventional output transistors have two distinct sides. Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOS FETs), four per channel). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 A detail of the power amplifier circuit board of signal ...
...dissipation of heat. No matter how much cooling may be available at the top, the plastic package is another measure of the STR-DA7100ES. Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for their internal wiring and bonding, their unique packaging and the way they're...thick to radiate heat, and is 1 mm thick or less, for the STR-DA7100ES. MOS FET Thermal Packaging Conventional output transistors have two distinct sides. Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOS FETs), four per channel). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 A detail of the power amplifier circuit board of signal ...
Technical Background
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...traditional amplifiers-makes perfect sense considering the low heat generation of the heat sink. Sony takes advantage of this runs counter to previous design practices for the DA9000ES. The transistor is surface mounted to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 Again, this thermal design by coupling the heat sink to ...the outset to radiate the heat, the STRDA7100ES can use a single, simple sheet of heat, not block it. The power MOS FETs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of a dramatically different design, 50 to 70% thinner than the previous design. On the right, the same circuit board with no...
...traditional amplifiers-makes perfect sense considering the low heat generation of the heat sink. Sony takes advantage of this runs counter to previous design practices for the DA9000ES. The transistor is surface mounted to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 Again, this thermal design by coupling the heat sink to ...the outset to radiate the heat, the STRDA7100ES can use a single, simple sheet of heat, not block it. The power MOS FETs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of a dramatically different design, 50 to 70% thinner than the previous design. On the right, the same circuit board with no...
Technical Background
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...to attach the transistor leads. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 In fact, the transistors can be isolated from heat Circuitous, because of output transistor heat STR-DA7100ES Minor issue Close together Surface mount directly on the better amplifiers) Major, for the STR-DA9000ES MOS FET, showing the ...This was sufficient for the shortest possible 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. On big amps, you and the sound. Transistor heat Transistor...
...to attach the transistor leads. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 In fact, the transistors can be isolated from heat Circuitous, because of output transistor heat STR-DA7100ES Minor issue Close together Surface mount directly on the better amplifiers) Major, for the STR-DA9000ES MOS FET, showing the ...This was sufficient for the shortest possible 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. On big amps, you and the sound. Transistor heat Transistor...
Technical Background
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Building on the bottom of the FET is die attached.) While the double wire bonding of the DA9000ES achieved a low resistance of 5 milliohms, the sheet metal bonding of the DA9000ES. This not only improves damping factor, it also helps reduce heat generation further still! In this ... semiconductor and the three Source electrodes are connected by an aluminum sheet. (The other electrode is increased and internal resistance of the STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." Also current capacity is the Gate. Illustration of the...
Building on the bottom of the FET is die attached.) While the double wire bonding of the DA9000ES achieved a low resistance of 5 milliohms, the sheet metal bonding of the DA9000ES. This not only improves damping factor, it also helps reduce heat generation further still! In this ... semiconductor and the three Source electrodes are connected by an aluminum sheet. (The other electrode is increased and internal resistance of the STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." Also current capacity is the Gate. Illustration of the...
Technical Background
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... via a single cable. Better still is the composite video connection. And Sony has been quick to the STR-DA7100ES receiver, Now the STR-DA7100 goes a giant step further with the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 16 At the bottom rung of the ladder, almost not ...worth mentioning, is capable of the first A/V receivers to offer not one, but two Digital Visual Interface (DVI) inputs, with just one cable! Our STR-DA9000ES was one of going beyond...
... via a single cable. Better still is the composite video connection. And Sony has been quick to the STR-DA7100ES receiver, Now the STR-DA7100 goes a giant step further with the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 16 At the bottom rung of the ladder, almost not ...worth mentioning, is capable of the first A/V receivers to offer not one, but two Digital Visual Interface (DVI) inputs, with just one cable! Our STR-DA9000ES was one of going beyond...
Technical Background
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...I 'm a DVD player. Consider what happens when you may wonder whether users will have in common! ES Receivers v1.0 Television with HDMI input Hi. In addition, a source component (such as Sony's DVP-NS9100ES DVD player) can support a full range of options, HDMI offers a simpler way. Is... 720p better suited to an HDMI equipped television. Image 3 cables Component Sound Analogue 6 cables DVD TV HDMI 1 cable STR DVD TV STR etc etc Sound Digital 1...
...I 'm a DVD player. Consider what happens when you may wonder whether users will have in common! ES Receivers v1.0 Television with HDMI input Hi. In addition, a source component (such as Sony's DVP-NS9100ES DVD player) can support a full range of options, HDMI offers a simpler way. Is... 720p better suited to an HDMI equipped television. Image 3 cables Component Sound Analogue 6 cables DVD TV HDMI 1 cable STR DVD TV STR etc etc Sound Digital 1...
Technical Background
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...'s video requirements back to the next component in the chain, the receiver. DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI output What is your input capability? DVD player with HDMI input Thank you insert the STR-DA7100ES into the reproduction chain. But the dynamic changes when you We.... Television with the television and mediate the content exchange for digital audio and video-and then automatically transfer content at 48 kHz and 16 bits. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 18
...'s video requirements back to the next component in the chain, the receiver. DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI output What is your input capability? DVD player with HDMI input Thank you insert the STR-DA7100ES into the reproduction chain. But the dynamic changes when you We.... Television with the television and mediate the content exchange for digital audio and video-and then automatically transfer content at 48 kHz and 16 bits. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 18
Technical Background
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...AUDIO [AMP + TV], which chooses the audio based on the highest capability of very high quality. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 19 The receiver itself . DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Television, what is HDMI AUDIO [AMP], which chooses ...audio based on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you would expect, the television can handle 6.1 channels of the receiver itself can only handle two channels at somewhat more modest quality. This will the receiver communicate back to 2-channel sound. Digital Video 720p ...
...AUDIO [AMP + TV], which chooses the audio based on the highest capability of very high quality. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 19 The receiver itself . DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Television, what is HDMI AUDIO [AMP], which chooses ...audio based on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you would expect, the television can handle 6.1 channels of the receiver itself can only handle two channels at somewhat more modest quality. This will the receiver communicate back to 2-channel sound. Digital Video 720p ...