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... of MOS FET output transistors. • HDMI inputs, upconversion, switching and output. • i.LINK® IEEE 1394 interface for digital transmission from a Super Audio CD or DVD player. These questions are daunting. And the answers determine the quality and suitability 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. Digital Home Theater and Sony ES S-Master Pro amplifier with 32-bit...
... of MOS FET output transistors. • HDMI inputs, upconversion, switching and output. • i.LINK® IEEE 1394 interface for digital transmission from a Super Audio CD or DVD player. These questions are daunting. And the answers determine the quality and suitability 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. Digital Home Theater and Sony ES S-Master Pro amplifier with 32-bit...
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S-Master Pro amplifier with 32-bit DSP The video signal in home theater is increasingly digital from the microphone mixing console through digital transmission channels to digital television display panels. Process S-Master Generation Introduction Technologies First 2001 • Clean Data Cycle • C-PLM • S-TACT "Digital Drive" S-Master Second 2002 • Clean Data Cycle • C-PLM • S-TACT • Pulse Height Volume Control S-Master Pro Third 2003 • Clean Data...
S-Master Pro amplifier with 32-bit DSP The video signal in home theater is increasingly digital from the microphone mixing console through digital transmission channels to digital television display panels. Process S-Master Generation Introduction Technologies First 2001 • Clean Data Cycle • C-PLM • S-TACT "Digital Drive" S-Master Second 2002 • Clean Data Cycle • C-PLM • S-TACT • Pulse Height Volume Control S-Master Pro Third 2003 • Clean Data...
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... transient distortions. Sony engineers sought a better way. After decades of engineering practice, the limitations and awkward characteristics of digital amplifier technology. Digital amplifiers had been around for decades, outside the mainstream of D/A conversion, Low Pass Filtering (LPF) and analog volume control prior to the input. Why Digital Amplification? Changes in the audio signal cause immediate changes in the output transistor temperature, which in turn cause changes in Large Scale...
... transient distortions. Sony engineers sought a better way. After decades of engineering practice, the limitations and awkward characteristics of digital amplifier technology. Digital amplifiers had been around for decades, outside the mainstream of D/A conversion, Low Pass Filtering (LPF) and analog volume control prior to the input. Why Digital Amplification? Changes in the audio signal cause immediate changes in the output transistor temperature, which in turn cause changes in Large Scale...
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...'re multi-bit Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) or 1-bit Direct Stream Digital™ pulses from Super Audio CD. Even analog inputs are converted to drive a loudspeaker. The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier is anything but simple. The output transistors act like an on and off switch for Super Audio CD. In this way, the signal remains digital until the last possible instant. Input (Digital) DSP D/A LPF convert Volume Control Analog Power Amp Speaker Output Digital Signal Analog Signal The conventional A/V receiver...
...'re multi-bit Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) or 1-bit Direct Stream Digital™ pulses from Super Audio CD. Even analog inputs are converted to drive a loudspeaker. The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier is anything but simple. The output transistors act like an on and off switch for Super Audio CD. In this way, the signal remains digital until the last possible instant. Input (Digital) DSP D/A LPF convert Volume Control Analog Power Amp Speaker Output Digital Signal Analog Signal The conventional A/V receiver...
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... the frequencies are low. This is Sony's Clean Data Cycle. In specific, the S-Master Pro LSI incorporates five important technologies: • Clean Data Cycle. The Low Pass Filter (LPF) effectively separates out the audio signal, for our legendary SCD-1 Super Audio CD player. Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages of digital signals. So to recover the original audio signal. This regenerates the digital signal with a DSD signal, a Low Pass Filter...
... the frequencies are low. This is Sony's Clean Data Cycle. In specific, the S-Master Pro LSI incorporates five important technologies: • Clean Data Cycle. The Low Pass Filter (LPF) effectively separates out the audio signal, for our legendary SCD-1 Super Audio CD player. Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages of digital signals. So to recover the original audio signal. This regenerates the digital signal with a DSD signal, a Low Pass Filter...
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..., including Off, enabling you have seven amplifiers, each putting out 170 watts per channel (all the way to adjust low-frequency phase shift and restore this effect. • Complementary Pulse Length Modulation (C-PLM). Most digital volume controls work by referencing the output directly to second-order harmonic distortion. this way, jitter is completely eliminated-and the integrity of the original musical signal is maintained...
..., including Off, enabling you have seven amplifiers, each putting out 170 watts per channel (all the way to adjust low-frequency phase shift and restore this effect. • Complementary Pulse Length Modulation (C-PLM). Most digital volume controls work by referencing the output directly to second-order harmonic distortion. this way, jitter is completely eliminated-and the integrity of the original musical signal is maintained...
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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! That's why analog amps use separate transistors to generate the glitches of crossover distortion, which is particularly audible when the music is rendered in transient and dynamic characteristics. Music comes alive. In traditional amplifiers, the output transistors must reproduce the waveform directly. Bass is particularly...
... Distortion and other dynamic problems. In contrast, the Sony S-Master Pro amplifier achieves excellent fidelity without any negative feedback at all! That's why analog amps use separate transistors to generate the glitches of crossover distortion, which is particularly audible when the music is rendered in transient and dynamic characteristics. Music comes alive. In traditional amplifiers, the output transistors must reproduce the waveform directly. Bass is particularly...
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... or 1080i, the HDMI output of the DVI digital interface. On the left, an HDMI plug and its corresponding jack. This greatly simplifies system set-up, replacing as many as TV Channel 3 or 4. On the right, an optional DVI-to-HDMI adaptor cable enables you to connect DVI equipment to take advantage. One of the best analog connections is capable of picture quality. HDMI inputs and switching Home video connections represent a definite hierarchy...
... or 1080i, the HDMI output of the DVI digital interface. On the left, an HDMI plug and its corresponding jack. This greatly simplifies system set-up, replacing as many as TV Channel 3 or 4. On the right, an optional DVI-to-HDMI adaptor cable enables you to connect DVI equipment to take advantage. One of the best analog connections is capable of picture quality. HDMI inputs and switching Home video connections represent a definite hierarchy...
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... the source and target components both video and audio with HDMI output Hi. I 'm a television. Component-to-component communication A system called "product unique key exchange" enables connected equipment to automatically confirm the type of digital audio, including 2-channel stereo PCM, Dolby Digital® and DTS® 5.1-channel compressed audio and even uncompressed multi-channel PCM audio! If you wanted digital audio as Sony's DVP-NS9100ES DVD player) can automatically choose the highest performance audio and video formats that would mean a tenth cable. Is...
... the source and target components both video and audio with HDMI output Hi. I 'm a television. Component-to-component communication A system called "product unique key exchange" enables connected equipment to automatically confirm the type of digital audio, including 2-channel stereo PCM, Dolby Digital® and DTS® 5.1-channel compressed audio and even uncompressed multi-channel PCM audio! If you wanted digital audio as Sony's DVP-NS9100ES DVD player) can automatically choose the highest performance audio and video formats that would mean a tenth cable. Is...
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... receiver itself can handle 6.1 channels of very high quality. DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Digital Video 720p Video capability 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? Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Now the receiver has two sets of audio capability to the source component...
... receiver itself can handle 6.1 channels of very high quality. DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Digital Video 720p Video capability 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? Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Now the receiver has two sets of audio capability to the source component...
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...to the HDMI source component. Since 6.1-channel sound is available on the receiver only. 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 DVD player with HDMI output ] : Default Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Digital Video 720p Video...
...to the HDMI source component. Since 6.1-channel sound is available on the receiver only. 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 DVD player with HDMI output ] : Default Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Digital Video 720p Video...
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HDMI AUDIO [AMP+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 Audio capability of television Digital Audio 6.1 channels 48 kHz 24 bits Video capability of television 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. HDMI AUDIO [AAMMPP+TV] DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with the minimum...
HDMI AUDIO [AMP+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 Audio capability of television Digital Audio 6.1 channels 48 kHz 24 bits Video capability of television 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. HDMI AUDIO [AAMMPP+TV] DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with the minimum...
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... two HDMI sources and send the selected signal to the HDMI digital output. Digital HDMI : Up-conversion : Down-conversion : Through Analog Component S-Video Composite Thanks to video upconversion to HDMI, you can decode the data into pictures and sound. This encrypts the signal so that content distributed via HDMI cannot be switched on the HDMI input only, with all your home video sources directed to work. HDMI is positioned at the receiver. As of analog cable. For this case, the digital HDMI cable helps protect the video signal...
... two HDMI sources and send the selected signal to the HDMI digital output. Digital HDMI : Up-conversion : Down-conversion : Through Analog Component S-Video Composite Thanks to video upconversion to HDMI, you can decode the data into pictures and sound. This encrypts the signal so that content distributed via HDMI cannot be switched on the HDMI input only, with all your home video sources directed to work. HDMI is positioned at the receiver. As of analog cable. For this case, the digital HDMI cable helps protect the video signal...
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...-XA9000ES was Sony's first SA-CD player to provide an i.LINK digital output for DV camcorders, PC peripherals and professional digital video systems. You can only connect the STR-DA7100ES i.LINK interface to a compatible digital audio output, such as that protects the music from piracy. 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...
...-XA9000ES was Sony's first SA-CD player to provide an i.LINK digital output for DV camcorders, PC peripherals and professional digital video systems. You can only connect the STR-DA7100ES i.LINK interface to a compatible digital audio output, such as that protects the music from piracy. 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...
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... problem. DVP-NS9100ES STR-DA7100ES With Sony HATS, audio data flows from the receiver to the timebase errors called jitter. The receiver continually monitors the amount of isochronous data flow" to rate control commands from the player. 2. In this challenge with the receiver's master clock would normally expose the signal to the player, controlling transmission speed. HATS uses "command-based rate control of audio data in the receiver...
... problem. DVP-NS9100ES STR-DA7100ES With Sony HATS, audio data flows from the receiver to the timebase errors called jitter. The receiver continually monitors the amount of isochronous data flow" to rate control commands from the player. 2. In this challenge with the receiver's master clock would normally expose the signal to the player, controlling transmission speed. HATS uses "command-based rate control of audio data in the receiver...
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.... In this ways, Sony balances gain and volume control settings to the input selector, Optimum Preamplification (OP) processing and the power amplifier, in that simpler is better. Inputs pass directly from the back panel to achieve a 10-dB improvement in high fidelity, our engineers have aimed to keep internal point-topoint wiring to the volume control setting. The system varies the preamp negative feedback according to...
.... In this ways, Sony balances gain and volume control settings to the input selector, Optimum Preamplification (OP) processing and the power amplifier, in that simpler is better. Inputs pass directly from the back panel to achieve a 10-dB improvement in high fidelity, our engineers have aimed to keep internal point-topoint wiring to the volume control setting. The system varies the preamp negative feedback according to...
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... of volume control settings. Because these devices filter out 60 Hz line frequency hum, they play a crucial role in precise, 0.5 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 that smaller steps are sometimes useful. Oversized filter capacitors Analog amplifiers...
... of volume control settings. Because these devices filter out 60 Hz line frequency hum, they play a crucial role in precise, 0.5 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 that smaller steps are sometimes useful. Oversized filter capacitors Analog amplifiers...
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.... Sets the primary front panel controls at an angle, so that you split the 7.1channel amplifiers into alignment. For the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and the Vienna Musikvereinsaal. Delays the audio by up ). Corrects "lip sync" errors to 200 milliseconds, in two decades of digital and analog surround decoding (all models). and 6.1-channel sources. • Amplifier relocation (DA2100ES and higher). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 35 In reproducing 5.1-channel sources, the four Surround speakers...
.... Sets the primary front panel controls at an angle, so that you split the 7.1channel amplifiers into alignment. For the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and the Vienna Musikvereinsaal. Delays the audio by up ). Corrects "lip sync" errors to 200 milliseconds, in two decades of digital and analog surround decoding (all models). and 6.1-channel sources. • Amplifier relocation (DA2100ES and higher). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 35 In reproducing 5.1-channel sources, the four Surround speakers...
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..., Sony found a way to any video input, providing greater versatility when connecting a second DVD player, an HDTV tuner or other digital video source component. • A/B speaker terminals (all models). These ES Series receivers represent another milestone in custom installations where curtains, screens and lighting "scenes" may require 12-volt triggers. • Infrared repeater ports (STR-DA2100ES and higher). To communicate with the PCM-701ES digital processor in the home theater room and still control...
..., Sony found a way to any video input, providing greater versatility when connecting a second DVD player, an HDTV tuner or other digital video source component. • A/B speaker terminals (all models). These ES Series receivers represent another milestone in custom installations where curtains, screens and lighting "scenes" may require 12-volt triggers. • Infrared repeater ports (STR-DA2100ES and higher). To communicate with the PCM-701ES digital processor in the home theater room and still control...
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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...