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They help drive the technology that home theater requires? Digital Home Theater and Sony ES S-Master Pro amplifier with 32-bit processing and a new generation of MOS FET output transistors. • HDMI inputs, upconversion, switching and output. •... How do you anticipate multi-room and custom installation requirements? 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 digital amplifiers with 32-bit DSP HDMI inputs and switching i.LINK IEEE ...
They help drive the technology that home theater requires? Digital Home Theater and Sony ES S-Master Pro amplifier with 32-bit processing and a new generation of MOS FET output transistors. • HDMI inputs, upconversion, switching and output. •... How do you anticipate multi-room and custom installation requirements? 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 digital amplifiers with 32-bit DSP HDMI inputs and switching i.LINK IEEE ...
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...through the distribution channels, to the digital inputs and digital signal processing of Sony's ES Series continue to digital. They brought out their highest superlatives, calling the sound of time until the power amplifier also made the move from the latest digital cinematography in 2003 when... Sony introduced ES Series A/V receivers with an upgraded, 32-bit S-Master Pro LSI, redesigned MOS FET ...
...through the distribution channels, to the digital inputs and digital signal processing of Sony's ES Series continue to digital. They brought out their highest superlatives, calling the sound of time until the power amplifier also made the move from the latest digital cinematography in 2003 when... Sony introduced ES Series A/V receivers with an upgraded, 32-bit S-Master Pro LSI, redesigned MOS FET ...
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... temperature, which in turn cause changes in home audio design that most engineers don't even notice them: • Complexity. This is amplifier bias-which becomes particularly audible during quiet passages. Sony engineers sought a better way. Why Digital Amplification? The Negative Feedback (NFB) used to the input. Resolving these fundamental constraints by completely...
... temperature, which in turn cause changes in home audio design that most engineers don't even notice them: • Complexity. This is amplifier bias-which becomes particularly audible during quiet passages. Sony engineers sought a better way. Why Digital Amplification? The Negative Feedback (NFB) used to the input. Resolving these fundamental constraints by completely...
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... than enough wattage to DSD. 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 output transistors act like an on and off switch for Super...™ pulses from Super Audio CD. The S-Master power amplifier generates a 1-bit pulse stream to -Analog (D/A) converter. The Low Pass Filter (LPF) converts the amplified pulses to provide the wattage that Sony developed for the power supply voltage. The signal must run through...
... than enough wattage to DSD. 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 output transistors act like an on and off switch for Super...™ pulses from Super Audio CD. The S-Master power amplifier generates a 1-bit pulse stream to -Analog (D/A) converter. The Low Pass Filter (LPF) converts the amplified pulses to provide the wattage that Sony developed for the power supply voltage. The signal must run through...
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...all you 'll see that where the audio waveform is positive, the pulses are low. Inside the S-Master Pro process While Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier is Sony's Clean Data Cycle. In the diagram above, (A) represents the output power pulse stream. This is , the leading and ...trailing edges of each pulse exactly right. Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages of digital signals. The noise component (C) looks abrupt...
...all you 'll see that where the audio waveform is positive, the pulses are low. Inside the S-Master Pro process While Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier is Sony's Clean Data Cycle. In the diagram above, (A) represents the output power pulse stream. This is , the leading and ...trailing edges of each pulse exactly right. Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages of digital signals. The noise component (C) looks abrupt...
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... this effect. • Complementary Pulse Length Modulation (C-PLM). Previous digital amplifiers have a subtle effect, creating warmer and more compact, because the heat sinks take up far less space. Sony's DC Phase Linearizer gives you several control positions, including Off, enabling ...Height Volume Control. Sound quality is restored. • DC Phase Linearizer (DCPL). S-Master Pro Benefits Sony's S-Master Pro design delivers a host of the power amplifier. The purity and clarity of digital source material is a major consideration when you to adjust low-frequency ...
... this effect. • Complementary Pulse Length Modulation (C-PLM). Previous digital amplifiers have a subtle effect, creating warmer and more compact, because the heat sinks take up far less space. Sony's DC Phase Linearizer gives you several control positions, including Off, enabling ...Height Volume Control. Sound quality is restored. • DC Phase Linearizer (DCPL). S-Master Pro Benefits Sony's S-Master Pro design delivers a host of the power amplifier. The purity and clarity of digital source material is a major consideration when you to adjust low-frequency ...
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...That's why analog amps use separate transistors to Transient Intermodulation Distortion and other dynamic problems. In contrast, the Sony S-Master Pro amplifier achieves excellent fidelity without any negative feedback at all! Unfortunately, NFB exposes the signal to reproduce the upper and..., the changing heat can be rationalized. Any switching glitches get removed from full-on Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier. Music is rendered in "open -loop performance. In traditional amplifiers, the output transistors must reproduce the waveform directly. There's almost no power wasted as...
...That's why analog amps use separate transistors to Transient Intermodulation Distortion and other dynamic problems. In contrast, the Sony S-Master Pro amplifier achieves excellent fidelity without any negative feedback at all! Unfortunately, NFB exposes the signal to reproduce the upper and..., the changing heat can be rationalized. Any switching glitches get removed from full-on Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier. Music is rendered in "open -loop performance. In traditional amplifiers, the output transistors must reproduce the waveform directly. There's almost no power wasted as...
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...a turnover frequency high enough for sound. Shown here wrapped in black, the toroidal coils of Sony ES selected the filter parts carefully and methodically. By their design, digital amplifiers are inherently less sensitive to own of the STR-DA7100ES will experience superb clarity of expression,... will never see these factors. Customers will hear the benefits in any digital amplifier. MOS FET Output Transistors In traditional amplifiers, the output transistors or ICs directly shape the analog waveform. Where Sony's 24-bit LSI required a second chip to contain the DC Phase Linearizer,...
...a turnover frequency high enough for sound. Shown here wrapped in black, the toroidal coils of Sony ES selected the filter parts carefully and methodically. By their design, digital amplifiers are inherently less sensitive to own of the STR-DA7100ES will experience superb clarity of expression,... will never see these factors. Customers will hear the benefits in any digital amplifier. MOS FET Output Transistors In traditional amplifiers, the output transistors or ICs directly shape the analog waveform. Where Sony's 24-bit LSI required a second chip to contain the DC Phase Linearizer,...
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...the MOS FET output transistors for far better dissipation of heat. Consider the packaging. On the left, the MOS FET output transistor used in Sony's STRDA9000ES was 2 to conduct heat away from which heat cannot escape. The top is another measure of the STR-DA7100ES. The result is...for the STR-DA7100ES. MOS FET Thermal Packaging Conventional output transistors have two distinct sides. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 A detail of the power amplifier circuit board of signal integrity. The bottom is designed to a metal heat sink. At right, the MOS FETs used in the DA7100ES is ...
...the MOS FET output transistors for far better dissipation of heat. Consider the packaging. On the left, the MOS FET output transistor used in Sony's STRDA9000ES was 2 to conduct heat away from which heat cannot escape. The top is another measure of the STR-DA7100ES. The result is...for the STR-DA7100ES. MOS FET Thermal Packaging Conventional output transistors have two distinct sides. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 A detail of the power amplifier circuit board of signal integrity. The bottom is designed to a metal heat sink. At right, the MOS FETs used in the DA7100ES is ...
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...On the left, the STR-DA7100ES power amplifier without the heat sink. Again, this thermal design by coupling the heat sink to the top of the MOS FET transistors, leaving the bottom to previous design practices for the DA9000ES. Sony takes advantage of this runs counter to ...top molding of the heat sink. The power MOS FETs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of a dramatically different design, 50 to every practice in traditional amplifiers-makes perfect sense considering the low heat generation of Sony's S-Master Pro digital amplifier. Extreme close-up of a single MOS FET output transistor ...
...On the left, the STR-DA7100ES power amplifier without the heat sink. Again, this thermal design by coupling the heat sink to the top of the MOS FET transistors, leaving the bottom to previous design practices for the DA9000ES. Sony takes advantage of this runs counter to ...top molding of the heat sink. The power MOS FETs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of a dramatically different design, 50 to every practice in traditional amplifiers-makes perfect sense considering the low heat generation of Sony's S-Master Pro digital amplifier. Extreme close-up of a single MOS FET output transistor ...
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... the transistor's rated instantaneous current supply of 24 amps. Thanks to the cool running of Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier, the MOS FETs are at the back or sides of the power amplifier circuit board. Sony uses a new refinement of current. This was sufficient for the STR-DA9000ES MOS FET, ...showing the double wire molecular bonding. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 be so close together that the STR-DA7100ES amplifier section is some 70% smaller...
... the transistor's rated instantaneous current supply of 24 amps. Thanks to the cool running of Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier, the MOS FETs are at the back or sides of the power amplifier circuit board. Sony uses a new refinement of current. This was sufficient for the STR-DA9000ES MOS FET, ...showing the double wire molecular bonding. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 be so close together that the STR-DA7100ES amplifier section is some 70% smaller...
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... FETs for Source (S), Gate (G) and Drain (D). This not only improves damping factor, it also helps reduce heat generation further still! Note how small the power amplifier is die attached.) While the double wire bonding of the DA9000ES achieved a low resistance of 5 milliohms, the sheet metal bonding of the DA7100ES reduces this...
... FETs for Source (S), Gate (G) and Drain (D). This not only improves damping factor, it also helps reduce heat generation further still! Note how small the power amplifier is die attached.) While the double wire bonding of the DA9000ES achieved a low resistance of 5 milliohms, the sheet metal bonding of the DA7100ES reduces this...
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... i.LINK® Digital Audio Interface From the initial launch of Super Audio Compact Disc, the 1-bit Direct Stream Digital™ pulse train was Sony's first receiver to incorporate an i.LINK digital input. The i.LINK interface also enables a single digital cable to take the place of the i.... for the 1-bit DSD signal. 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...
... i.LINK® Digital Audio Interface From the initial launch of Super Audio Compact Disc, the 1-bit Direct Stream Digital™ pulse train was Sony's first receiver to incorporate an i.LINK digital input. The i.LINK interface also enables a single digital cable to take the place of the i.... for the 1-bit DSD signal. 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...
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...v1.0 Page 29 Inputs pass directly from the back panel to the input selector, Optimum Preamplification (OP) processing and the power amplifier, in high fidelity, our engineers have aimed to keep internal point-topoint wiring to a minimum. The system varies the preamp ... highresolution audio is featured on the STRDA3100ES, DA2100ES and DA1000ES. OP Processing with 0.5 dB steps Sony's Optimum Preamplification (OP) design is reproduced against a background of the STR-DA2100ES shows Sony's smart, simple and straight chassis layout. Short, straight and simple chassis layout. It's a short...
...v1.0 Page 29 Inputs pass directly from the back panel to the input selector, Optimum Preamplification (OP) processing and the power amplifier, in high fidelity, our engineers have aimed to keep internal point-topoint wiring to a minimum. The system varies the preamp ... highresolution audio is featured on the STRDA3100ES, DA2100ES and DA1000ES. OP Processing with 0.5 dB steps Sony's Optimum Preamplification (OP) design is reproduced against a background of the STR-DA2100ES shows Sony's smart, simple and straight chassis layout. Short, straight and simple chassis layout. It's a short...
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...refined OP Processing system that smaller steps are sometimes useful. Optimum Preamplification is made possible by Sony's proprietary CXD9725 integrated circuit. Oversized filter capacitors Analog amplifiers depend heavily on the power supply filter capacitors. 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 ...
...refined OP Processing system that smaller steps are sometimes useful. Optimum Preamplification is made possible by Sony's proprietary CXD9725 integrated circuit. Oversized filter capacitors Analog amplifiers depend heavily on the power supply filter capacitors. 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 ...
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...ground" for the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES. Spider Ground Plate Amplifier designers often assume that the various circuits inside the chassis all circuits and reduces common impedance. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 31 Sony's Spider Grounding Plate uses ten points, plus substantially thicker connections ...to achieve a standard reference ground. Unfortunately, slight differences in the oversized filter capacitors of Sony's STR-DA3100ES. At the same time, they're environmentally friendly designs, entirely leadfree and PVC-free. Sometimes size ...
...ground" for the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES. Spider Ground Plate Amplifier designers often assume that the various circuits inside the chassis all circuits and reduces common impedance. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 31 Sony's Spider Grounding Plate uses ten points, plus substantially thicker connections ...to achieve a standard reference ground. Unfortunately, slight differences in the oversized filter capacitors of Sony's STR-DA3100ES. At the same time, they're environmentally friendly designs, entirely leadfree and PVC-free. Sometimes size ...
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... In this with a master in-line design. That's why Sony configured the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES power amplifiers with a one-plate/dual-pellet design. It's another way that Sony fights thermal modulation distortion. As a further protection, Sony mounts these is actually a pair of these transistors on the ... One-plate/dual-pellet output transistors How do you combine the power of parallel output transistors with the "focus" of Sony's Master In-Line design. Lined up in both electrical and mechanical characteristics, for superior richness and imaging. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 32
... In this with a master in-line design. That's why Sony configured the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES power amplifiers with a one-plate/dual-pellet design. It's another way that Sony fights thermal modulation distortion. As a further protection, Sony mounts these is actually a pair of these transistors on the ... One-plate/dual-pellet output transistors How do you combine the power of parallel output transistors with the "focus" of Sony's Master In-Line design. Lined up in both electrical and mechanical characteristics, for superior richness and imaging. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 32
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...Left and Surround Back Right speakers, ideal for all of amplification (all models). and 6.1-channel sources. • Amplifier relocation (DA2100ES and higher). Sony provides decoding for both 5.1- These models have the full complement of ES Series refinements and improvements. Sets the primary... front panel controls at an angle, so that you split the 7.1channel amplifiers into alignment. In reproducing 6.1-channel ...
...Left and Surround Back Right speakers, ideal for all of amplification (all models). and 6.1-channel sources. • Amplifier relocation (DA2100ES and higher). Sony provides decoding for both 5.1- These models have the full complement of ES Series refinements and improvements. Sets the primary... front panel controls at an angle, so that you split the 7.1channel amplifiers into alignment. In reproducing 6.1-channel ...
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... 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 digital audio. These ES Series receivers represent another milestone in sophistication, ...12V triggers (STR-DA2100ES and higher). • 7.1-channel Cinema Studio EX modes (all models). Breakthroughs like the S-Master® Pro amplifiers take audio reproduction to audition and approve their final sound mixes. • 7.1-channel Virtual Multi Dimension (all models). Recreates the effect...
... 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 digital audio. These ES Series receivers represent another milestone in sophistication, ...12V triggers (STR-DA2100ES and higher). • 7.1-channel Cinema Studio EX modes (all models). Breakthroughs like the S-Master® Pro amplifiers take audio reproduction to audition and approve their final sound mixes. • 7.1-channel Virtual Multi Dimension (all models). Recreates the effect...
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Features and specifications Feature Power output, all channels driven into 8 ohms, 20 to 20,000 Hz S-Master Pro Amplifier 32-bit S-Master Pro process Power MOS FET output transistors, four per channel DC Phase Linearizer Dolby Digital® EX decoding dts® ES decoding ...
Features and specifications Feature Power output, all channels driven into 8 ohms, 20 to 20,000 Hz S-Master Pro Amplifier 32-bit S-Master Pro process Power MOS FET output transistors, four per channel DC Phase Linearizer Dolby Digital® EX decoding dts® ES decoding ...
