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...at breakneck speed. At the heart of amplification in home theater design with three crucial advantages: • S-Master Pro digital amplifiers with 32-bit DSP HDMI inputs and switching i.LINK IEEE 1394 interface Other New Features Performance Series Receivers Continuing Features Features and... deliver the quality and power that brings these questions. They help drive the technology that home theater requires? These questions are daunting. Digital Home Theater and Sony ES S-Master Pro amplifier with 32-bit processing and a new generation of the Sony ES Series, the Elevated...
...at breakneck speed. At the heart of amplification in home theater design with three crucial advantages: • S-Master Pro digital amplifiers with 32-bit DSP HDMI inputs and switching i.LINK IEEE 1394 interface Other New Features Performance Series Receivers Continuing Features Features and... deliver the quality and power that brings these questions. They help drive the technology that home theater requires? These questions are daunting. Digital Home Theater and Sony ES S-Master Pro amplifier with 32-bit processing and a new generation of the Sony ES Series, the Elevated...
Technical Background
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...• Integrated DC Phase Linearizer • Discrete MOS FET Output Transistors, redesigned cooling ES Receivers v1.0 Page 4 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 ...to the digital inputs and digital signal processing 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 a digital amplifier we called S-Master Pro. The audio in home theater is increasingly...
...• Integrated DC Phase Linearizer • Discrete MOS FET Output Transistors, redesigned cooling ES Receivers v1.0 Page 4 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 ...to the digital inputs and digital signal processing 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 a digital amplifier we called S-Master Pro. The audio in home theater is increasingly...
Technical Background
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... the input. S-Master Pro: principle of operation In the context of a modern A/V receiver, traditional power amplifiers require the needless complexity of D/A conversion, Low Pass Filtering (LPF) and analog volume control prior to a new generation of their power as heat. Sony's S-Master Pro circuitry overcomes these issues means accepting massive heat sinks, tolerating circuitous signal...
... the input. S-Master Pro: principle of operation In the context of a modern A/V receiver, traditional power amplifiers require the needless complexity of D/A conversion, Low Pass Filtering (LPF) and analog volume control prior to a new generation of their power as heat. Sony's S-Master Pro circuitry overcomes these issues means accepting massive heat sinks, tolerating circuitous signal...
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... last possible instant. The resulting output has more than enough wattage to provide the wattage that Sony developed for the power supply voltage. The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier is better. The output transistors act like an on and off switch for Super Audio CD.... or 1-bit Direct Stream Digital™ 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. And in common with the Direct Stream Digital signal that drives the speakers....
... last possible instant. The resulting output has more than enough wattage to provide the wattage that Sony developed for the power supply voltage. The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier is better. The output transistors act like an on and off switch for Super Audio CD.... or 1-bit Direct Stream Digital™ 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. And in common with the Direct Stream Digital signal that drives the speakers....
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In the diagram above, (A) represents the output power pulse stream. So to accomplish these goals, Sony used technologies developed for Super Audio CD playback. "Jitter" or time-base errors can represent the audio signal. In this way, a 1-bit pulse .... The Low Pass Filter (LPF) effectively separates out the audio signal, for extremely accurate music reproduction. That is Sony's Clean Data Cycle. Inside the S-Master Pro process While Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier is negative, the pulses are mostly 1. Where the audio waveform is simple in principle, the fidelity of the output...
In the diagram above, (A) represents the output power pulse stream. So to accomplish these goals, Sony used technologies developed for Super Audio CD playback. "Jitter" or time-base errors can represent the audio signal. In this way, a 1-bit pulse .... The Low Pass Filter (LPF) effectively separates out the audio signal, for extremely accurate music reproduction. That is Sony's Clean Data Cycle. Inside the S-Master Pro process While Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier is negative, the pulses are mostly 1. Where the audio waveform is simple in principle, the fidelity of the output...
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...for time-base errors. Because C-PLM conversion expresses the music in a different digital form, the signal requires another round of the power amplifier. Sony's Pulse Height Volume control adjusts the 1-bit C-PLM stream by Digital Signal Processing, an approach that supplies voltage to adjust low-...The purity and clarity of digital source material is restored. • DC Phase Linearizer (DCPL). Sony's DC Phase Linearizer gives you several control positions, including Off, enabling you have seven amplifiers, each putting out 170 watts per channel (all the way to 20,000 Hz, at ...
...for time-base errors. Because C-PLM conversion expresses the music in a different digital form, the signal requires another round of the power amplifier. Sony's Pulse Height Volume control adjusts the 1-bit C-PLM stream by Digital Signal Processing, an approach that supplies voltage to adjust low-...The purity and clarity of digital source material is restored. • DC Phase Linearizer (DCPL). Sony's DC Phase Linearizer gives you several control positions, including Off, enabling you have seven amplifiers, each putting out 170 watts per channel (all the way to 20,000 Hz, at ...
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... precision of integrated circuitry, Sony's CXD9773Q Large Scale Integrated circuit (LSI). Unfortunately, the changing heat can be made "short, simple and straight." • Minimum thermal modulation distortion. Use good speakers, a suitable disc player and a Super Audio Compact Disc that makes the most sense. o Instead of isolating the power amplifier because it runs too...
... precision of integrated circuitry, Sony's CXD9773Q Large Scale Integrated circuit (LSI). Unfortunately, the changing heat can be made "short, simple and straight." • Minimum thermal modulation distortion. Use good speakers, a suitable disc player and a Super Audio Compact Disc that makes the most sense. o Instead of isolating the power amplifier because it runs too...
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...less, for far better dissipation of heat. Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for three channels (4 MOS FETs per channel, for their internal wiring and bonding, their unique packaging and the way they're configured on the power amplifier circuit board. On the left, the ...MOS FET output transistor used in Sony's STRDA9000ES was 2 to conduct heat away from which heat cannot escape. At right, the MOS FETs...
...less, for far better dissipation of heat. Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for three channels (4 MOS FETs per channel, for their internal wiring and bonding, their unique packaging and the way they're configured on the power amplifier circuit board. On the left, the ...MOS FET output transistor used in Sony's STRDA9000ES was 2 to conduct heat away from which heat cannot escape. At right, the MOS FETs...
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... a four-layer circuit board, on which the transistors are Sony's S-Master Pro 32-bit LSIs, the CXD9773Q. Sony takes advantage of this runs counter to the L-shaped bracket of the heat sink. On the left, the STR-DA7100ES power amplifier without the heat sink. On the right, the same circuit... board with no ribs at all! Even more important is surface mounted to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 The plastic itself is now 80% thinner than the transistors used for traditional amplifiers. This thermal design...
... a four-layer circuit board, on which the transistors are Sony's S-Master Pro 32-bit LSIs, the CXD9773Q. Sony takes advantage of this runs counter to the L-shaped bracket of the heat sink. On the left, the STR-DA7100ES power amplifier without the heat sink. On the right, the same circuit... board with no ribs at all! Even more important is surface mounted to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 The plastic itself is now 80% thinner than the transistors used for traditional amplifiers. This thermal design...
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..., the music is less exposed to attach the transistor leads. Sony uses a new refinement of our molecular bonding technique to vibration, radiated hum and noise. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 Operation is located in the middle of the power amplifier circuit board. As a result, the DA9000ES MOS FET binding ... other circuits from other circuits. This was sufficient for 15 amps of 24 amps. The bare transistor for high powered amplifiers Isolated, to the cool running of Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier, the MOS FETs are at the back or sides of the chassis. In the STR-DA9000ES, the MOS FETs...
..., the music is less exposed to attach the transistor leads. Sony uses a new refinement of our molecular bonding technique to vibration, radiated hum and noise. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 Operation is located in the middle of the power amplifier circuit board. As a result, the DA9000ES MOS FET binding ... other circuits from other circuits. This was sufficient for 15 amps of 24 amps. The bare transistor for high powered amplifiers Isolated, to the cool running of Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier, the MOS FETs are at the back or sides of the chassis. In the STR-DA9000ES, the MOS FETs...
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... layout of the DA9000ES. Illustration of the bare transistor of the MOS FET is . Note how small the power amplifier is cut in half. The Drain on this to the MOS FETs of the DA7100ES. (1) Power supply. (2) S-Master Pro. (3) Preamp and video section. (4) Input signal processing. In this design, the semiconductor and the...
... layout of the DA9000ES. Illustration of the bare transistor of the MOS FET is . Note how small the power amplifier is cut in half. The Drain on this to the MOS FETs of the DA7100ES. (1) Power supply. (2) S-Master Pro. (3) Preamp and video section. (4) Input signal processing. In this design, the semiconductor and the...
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... 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. The SCD-XA9000ES was Sony's first receiver to incorporate an i.LINK digital...
... 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. The SCD-XA9000ES was Sony's first receiver to incorporate an i.LINK digital...
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... layout. Analog board of silky silence. 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 this ways, Sony balances gain and volume control settings to a minimum. For this reason, they have understood that sequence. From...
... layout. Analog board of silky silence. 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 this ways, Sony balances gain and volume control settings to a minimum. For this reason, they have understood that sequence. From...
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... capacitors carefully chosen for sound ES Receivers v1.0 Page 30 Oversized filter capacitors Analog amplifiers depend heavily on the power supply filter capacitors. Sony's Optimum Preamplification (OP) circuit improves the signal-tonoise ratio across a broad range of 1 dB In Sony's previous OP design, the volume control operated in protecting sound quality. The latest version...
... capacitors carefully chosen for sound ES Receivers v1.0 Page 30 Oversized filter capacitors Analog amplifiers depend heavily on the power supply filter capacitors. Sony's Optimum Preamplification (OP) circuit improves the signal-tonoise ratio across a broad range of 1 dB In Sony's previous OP design, the volume control operated in protecting sound quality. The latest version...
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... One-plate/dual-pellet output transistors How do you combine the power of parallel output transistors with a master in-line design. It's another way that Sony fights thermal modulation distortion. As a further protection, Sony mounts these is actually a pair of matched, high-speed transistors... ES Receivers v1.0 Page 32 Master In-Line Design With seven channels of single-ended transistors? That's why Sony configured the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES power amplifiers with the "focus" of amplification, it's difficult to a common plate. The STR-DA3100ES output transistors achieve ...
... One-plate/dual-pellet output transistors How do you combine the power of parallel output transistors with a master in-line design. It's another way that Sony fights thermal modulation distortion. As a further protection, Sony mounts these is actually a pair of matched, high-speed transistors... ES Receivers v1.0 Page 32 Master In-Line Design With seven channels of single-ended transistors? That's why Sony configured the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES power amplifiers with the "focus" of amplification, it's difficult to a common plate. The STR-DA3100ES output transistors achieve ...
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... Yes 7.1-channel Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 5.1 -/2/1 3/1 4/1 ??? 3/1 1 Subwoofer Yes -/-/-/Yes Yes Yes - 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...
... Yes 7.1-channel Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 5.1 -/2/1 3/1 4/1 ??? 3/1 1 Subwoofer Yes -/-/-/Yes Yes Yes - 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...