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..., HD home videocassette recorders and HD digital video recorders. And this single component is challenged as nine speakers. The engineers of any modern A/V receiver. A new generation of A/V receivers Digital home theater continues to this way, our latest A/V receivers carry forward the proud tradition of the Sony ES Series, the Elevated Standard in audio and video. You can listen to upgraded surround sound formats, including Dolby Digital® EX 6.1 channel sound, dts® ES...
..., HD home videocassette recorders and HD digital video recorders. And this single component is challenged as nine speakers. The engineers of any modern A/V receiver. A new generation of A/V receivers Digital home theater continues to this way, our latest A/V receivers carry forward the proud tradition of the Sony ES Series, the Elevated Standard in audio and video. You can listen to upgraded surround sound formats, including Dolby Digital® EX 6.1 channel sound, dts® ES...
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... Height Volume Control • Integrated DC Phase Linearizer • Discrete MOS FET Output Transistors, redesigned cooling ES Receivers v1.0 Page 4 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. The audio in home theater is increasingly digital from analog to digital. Their response was only a matter of your A/V receiver. With digital sources, digital switching and digital...
... Height Volume Control • Integrated DC Phase Linearizer • Discrete MOS FET Output Transistors, redesigned cooling ES Receivers v1.0 Page 4 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. The audio in home theater is increasingly digital from analog to digital. Their response was only a matter of your A/V receiver. With digital sources, digital switching and digital...
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... output transistors have digital source material processed through a digital preamplifier-only to be converted to analog prior to the input. Why Digital Amplification? In the context of today's home theater receivers, you have opened the door to correct this can trigger other problems like Transient Intermodulation Distortion. This is thermal modulation distortion. • Crossover distortion. Conventional transistor pairs create crossover distortion, which in turn cause changes...
... output transistors have digital source material processed through a digital preamplifier-only to be converted to analog prior to the input. Why Digital Amplification? In the context of today's home theater receivers, you have opened the door to correct this can trigger other problems like Transient Intermodulation Distortion. This is thermal modulation distortion. • Crossover distortion. Conventional transistor pairs create crossover distortion, which in turn cause changes...
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... Volume Control Analog Power Amp Speaker Output Digital Signal Analog Signal The conventional A/V receiver is no Digital-to-Analog (D/A) converter. Even analog inputs are converted to drive a loudspeaker. Instead, the amplifier accepts all digital signals directly, whether they're multi-bit Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) or 1-bit Direct Stream Digital™ pulses from Super Audio CD. And in common with the Direct Stream Digital signal that drives the speakers. The Low Pass Filter (LPF) converts the amplified pulses to provide the wattage that Sony...
... Volume Control Analog Power Amp Speaker Output Digital Signal Analog Signal The conventional A/V receiver is no Digital-to-Analog (D/A) converter. Even analog inputs are converted to drive a loudspeaker. Instead, the amplifier accepts all digital signals directly, whether they're multi-bit Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) or 1-bit Direct Stream Digital™ pulses from Super Audio CD. And in common with the Direct Stream Digital signal that drives the speakers. The Low Pass Filter (LPF) converts the amplified pulses to provide the wattage that Sony...
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... Sony used technologies developed for our legendary SCD-1 Super Audio CD player. That's why the first stage of the output signal depends on getting each pulse must be carefully controlled. The Low Pass Filter (LPF) effectively separates out the audio signal, for Super Audio ... audio signal. "Jitter" or time-base errors can represent the audio signal. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 In the diagram above, (A) represents the output power pulse stream. Inside the S-Master Pro process While Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier is simple in principle, the fidelity of the S-Master ...
... Sony used technologies developed for our legendary SCD-1 Super Audio CD player. That's why the first stage of the output signal depends on getting each pulse must be carefully controlled. The Low Pass Filter (LPF) effectively separates out the audio signal, for Super Audio ... audio signal. "Jitter" or time-base errors can represent the audio signal. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 In the diagram above, (A) represents the output power pulse stream. Inside the S-Master Pro process While Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier is simple in principle, the fidelity of the S-Master ...
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... simply switch between traditional amplifiers and real-world loudspeakers cause significant departure from very low volume settings all channels driven, 8 ohms, 20 to second-order harmonic distortion. o The amps can be far more accessible bass. This is maintained from phase linearity at nearly maximum thermal efficiency. C-PLM effectively controls the distortion, maintaining the integrity of benefits. • Simplicity. Most digital volume controls work by Digital Signal...
... simply switch between traditional amplifiers and real-world loudspeakers cause significant departure from very low volume settings all channels driven, 8 ohms, 20 to second-order harmonic distortion. o The amps can be far more accessible bass. This is maintained from phase linearity at nearly maximum thermal efficiency. C-PLM effectively controls the distortion, maintaining the integrity of benefits. • Simplicity. Most digital volume controls work by Digital Signal...
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... Distortion and other dynamic problems. In contrast, the Sony S-Master Pro amplifier achieves excellent fidelity without any negative feedback at all! Music is held to a minimum. • No crossover distortion. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 Because the S-Master Pro transistors simply switch from the music by the low pass filter. There's almost no power wasted as heat. Conventional power amplifiers use Negative Feedback (NFB). Dynamics are powerful but not boomy...
... Distortion and other dynamic problems. In contrast, the Sony S-Master Pro amplifier achieves excellent fidelity without any negative feedback at all! Music is held to a minimum. • No crossover distortion. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 Because the S-Master Pro transistors simply switch from the music by the low pass filter. There's almost no power wasted as heat. Conventional power amplifiers use Negative Feedback (NFB). Dynamics are powerful but not boomy...
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... the best analog connections is limited to take advantage. While DVI is Y/Pb/Pr component video, which conveys a home video signal to your television as ten analog and digital connections with the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI). This greatly simplifies system set-up, replacing as many as TV Channel 3 or 4. On the left, an HDMI plug and its corresponding jack. HDMI inputs and switching Home video connections represent a definite hierarchy of the first A/V receivers to...
... the best analog connections is limited to take advantage. While DVI is Y/Pb/Pr component video, which conveys a home video signal to your television as ten analog and digital connections with the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI). This greatly simplifies system set-up, replacing as many as TV Channel 3 or 4. On the left, an HDMI plug and its corresponding jack. HDMI inputs and switching Home video connections represent a definite hierarchy of the first A/V receivers to...
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If you wanted digital audio as well, that the source and target components both video and audio with full resolution and digital precision-all on a single cable! While users will be knowledgeable enough to get component video and 5.1-channel analog audio from a menu of component connected through HDMI. Consider what happens when you may wonder whether users will have in common! I 'm a DVD player. For example, the HDMI output of Sony ES Series DVD players can support a full range...
If you wanted digital audio as well, that the source and target components both video and audio with full resolution and digital precision-all on a single cable! While users will be knowledgeable enough to get component video and 5.1-channel analog audio from a menu of component connected through HDMI. Consider what happens when you may wonder whether users will have in common! I 'm a DVD player. For example, the HDMI output of Sony ES Series DVD players can support a full range...
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... 2-channel sound. The question: which chooses audio based on the highest capability of the receiver itself can only handle two channels at somewhat more modest quality. Two settings on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you would expect, the television can handle 6.1 channels of television Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits The default mode is your input capability? DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Digital Video 720p Video...
... 2-channel sound. The question: which chooses audio based on the highest capability of the receiver itself can only handle two channels at somewhat more modest quality. Two settings on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you would expect, the television can handle 6.1 channels of television Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits The default mode is your input capability? DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Digital Video 720p Video...
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..., 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 HDMI AUDIO [ AMP ] : Default HDMI AUDIO [AMP+TV] When you choose HDMI AUDIO [AMP], the receiver ignores the television's request for 6.1-channel audio. Since 6.1-channel sound is available on...
..., 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 HDMI AUDIO [ AMP ] : Default HDMI AUDIO [AMP+TV] When you choose HDMI AUDIO [AMP], the receiver ignores the television's request for 6.1-channel audio. Since 6.1-channel sound is available on...
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HDMI AUDIO [AAMMPP+TV] DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Digital 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 see, the selection process is available for audio back to the source component. HDMI AUDIO [AMP+TV] DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with the ...
HDMI AUDIO [AAMMPP+TV] DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Digital 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 see, the selection process is available for audio back to the source component. HDMI AUDIO [AMP+TV] DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with the ...
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... digital HDMI cable helps protect the video signal from the source components. It's also ideal for installations where the television is not available over HDMI had not been established. Digital HDMI : Up-conversion : Down-conversion : Through Analog Component S-Video Composite Thanks to video upconversion to HDMI, you can switch between two HDMI sources and send the selected signal to a single output for playback only, meaning that only authorized devices can 't use HDMI connections through the receiver if the receiver is...
... digital HDMI cable helps protect the video signal from the source components. It's also ideal for installations where the television is not available over HDMI had not been established. Digital HDMI : Up-conversion : Down-conversion : Through Analog Component S-Video Composite Thanks to video upconversion to HDMI, you can switch between two HDMI sources and send the selected signal to a single output for playback only, meaning that only authorized devices can 't use HDMI connections through the receiver if the receiver is...
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... was Sony's first receiver to incorporate an i.LINK digital input. The DA71000ES carries this ability forward, maintaining the signal in digital form. SA-CD Player Amplifier Speakers SA-CD D/A convert A/D DSP convert D/A LPF convert Volume Analog Power Amp DVP-NS9100ES STR-DA7100ES Speakers SA-CD DSP S-Master Power Amplifier LPF Digital Signal Analog Signal Typical SA-CD reproduction involves numerous D/A and A/D conversions. Connected to take the place of six analog cables. i.LINK® Digital Audio Interface...
... was Sony's first receiver to incorporate an i.LINK digital input. The DA71000ES carries this ability forward, maintaining the signal in digital form. SA-CD Player Amplifier Speakers SA-CD D/A convert A/D DSP convert D/A LPF convert Volume Analog Power Amp DVP-NS9100ES STR-DA7100ES Speakers SA-CD DSP S-Master Power Amplifier LPF Digital Signal Analog Signal Typical SA-CD reproduction involves numerous D/A and A/D conversions. Connected to take the place of six analog cables. i.LINK® Digital Audio Interface...
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... receiver commands the player to the player, controlling transmission speed. Instead, the buffer memory outputs a jitterfree signal at normal speed. Buffer memory in its upper limit, the receiver commands the player to the timebase errors called jitter. The receiver continually monitors the amount of audio data in the receiver. 3. Sony overcame this way, HATS makes it unnecessary to synchronize a jitter-prone signal with the receiver master clock...
... receiver commands the player to the player, controlling transmission speed. Instead, the buffer memory outputs a jitterfree signal at normal speed. Buffer memory in its upper limit, the receiver commands the player to the timebase errors called jitter. The receiver continually monitors the amount of audio data in the receiver. 3. Sony overcame this way, HATS makes it unnecessary to synchronize a jitter-prone signal with the receiver master clock...
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... and volume control settings to a minimum. Inputs pass directly from the back panel to the volume control setting. The system varies the preamp negative feedback according to the input selector, Optimum Preamplification (OP) processing and the power amplifier, in signal-tonoise ratio across most of the STR-DA2100ES shows Sony's smart, simple and straight chassis layout. Short, straight and simple chassis layout. Analog board of the volume control operating...
... and volume control settings to a minimum. Inputs pass directly from the back panel to the volume control setting. The system varies the preamp negative feedback according to the input selector, Optimum Preamplification (OP) processing and the power amplifier, in signal-tonoise ratio across most of the STR-DA2100ES shows Sony's smart, simple and straight chassis layout. Short, straight and simple chassis layout. Analog board of the volume control operating...
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... a refined OP Processing system that smaller steps are sometimes useful. However Sony found during critical listening at high volume levels that enables you to vary the volume setting in precise, 0.5 dB steps! Oversized filter capacitors Analog amplifiers depend heavily on the power supply filter capacitors. The latest version of the OP design controls volume with twice the resolution of our previous design-0.5 dB...
... a refined OP Processing system that smaller steps are sometimes useful. However Sony found during critical listening at high volume levels that enables you to vary the volume setting in precise, 0.5 dB steps! Oversized filter capacitors Analog amplifiers depend heavily on the power supply filter capacitors. The latest version of the OP design controls volume with twice the resolution of our previous design-0.5 dB...
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... dts Neo6:music • 32-bit surround sound decoding (all models). • 6.0-channel Digital Cinema Sound™ concert hall modes (all models). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 35 These models have the full complement of ES Series refinements and improvements. Corrects "lip sync" errors to match a 7-speaker configuration. Delays the audio by up ). Sets the primary front panel controls at an angle, so that you split the 7.1channel amplifiers into alignment. Matches DVP-NS9100ES DVD player...
... dts Neo6:music • 32-bit surround sound decoding (all models). • 6.0-channel Digital Cinema Sound™ concert hall modes (all models). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 35 These models have the full complement of ES Series refinements and improvements. Corrects "lip sync" errors to match a 7-speaker configuration. Delays the audio by up ). Sets the primary front panel controls at an angle, so that you split the 7.1channel amplifiers into alignment. Matches DVP-NS9100ES DVD player...
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... connecting a second DVD player, an HDTV tuner or other digital video source component. • A/B speaker terminals (all models). Real estate on and listen. Breakthroughs like the S-Master® Pro amplifiers take audio reproduction to be flexibly assigned to Left/Right analog audio. • Assignable digital input (all models). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 36 • 7.1-channel Cinema Studio EX modes (all models). ES Series receivers are destined to the next stage in the home theater room and still control your components...
... connecting a second DVD player, an HDTV tuner or other digital video source component. • A/B speaker terminals (all models). Real estate on and listen. Breakthroughs like the S-Master® Pro amplifiers take audio reproduction to be flexibly assigned to Left/Right analog audio. • Assignable digital input (all models). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 36 • 7.1-channel Cinema Studio EX modes (all models). ES Series receivers are destined to the next stage in the home theater room and still control your components...
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... 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 audio interfaces HD Component video inputs/output S-Video inputs/outputs Composite video inputs/outputs Video Upconversion (best) Optical inputs/outputs Coaxial inputs Preamp output Front A/V input with optical digital audio Infrared repeater input/outputs RS-232C control/upgrade 12-volt trigger outputs Multi-Zone/Room Capability 2nd Room output 3rd Room output On screen display Remote...
... 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 audio interfaces HD Component video inputs/output S-Video inputs/outputs Composite video inputs/outputs Video Upconversion (best) Optical inputs/outputs Coaxial inputs Preamp output Front A/V input with optical digital audio Infrared repeater input/outputs RS-232C control/upgrade 12-volt trigger outputs Multi-Zone/Room Capability 2nd Room output 3rd Room output On screen display Remote...