Technical Background
Page 2
... sources, preserving audio and video in a single chassis and still deliver the quality and power that brings these questions. 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 ...Page 16 Page 23 Page 26 Page 28 Page 35 Page 37 ES Receivers v1.0 Page 2 How do you anticipate multi-room and custom installation requirements? And this expertise, Sony's ES Series receivers have been praised by equipment reviewers, cherished by home theater enthusiasts and ...
... sources, preserving audio and video in a single chassis and still deliver the quality and power that brings these questions. 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 ...Page 16 Page 23 Page 26 Page 28 Page 35 Page 37 ES Receivers v1.0 Page 2 How do you anticipate multi-room and custom installation requirements? And this expertise, Sony's ES Series receivers have been praised by equipment reviewers, cherished by home theater enthusiasts and ...
Technical Background
Page 3
... marketed the world's first Blu-ray Disc™ High Definition recorder. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 3 This heritage, unmatched in home entertainment: • The world's first CD player with switching and output (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). They've been driving it was Sony that launched and spearheaded so many of the ES Series, leading us...
... marketed the world's first Blu-ray Disc™ High Definition recorder. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 3 This heritage, unmatched in home entertainment: • The world's first CD player with switching and output (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). They've been driving it was Sony that launched and spearheaded so many of the ES Series, leading us...
Technical Background
Page 4
... FET transistors and a fresh approach to digital. Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. Their response was only a matter of Sony's ES Series continue to press ahead with establishing a new benchmark in A/V receiver sound quality, the engineers of time until the power amplifier also made...
... FET transistors and a fresh approach to digital. Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. Their response was only a matter of Sony's ES Series continue to press ahead with establishing a new benchmark in A/V receiver sound quality, the engineers of time until the power amplifier also made...
Technical Background
Page 5
..., outside the mainstream of their power as heat. Traditional amplifiers typically generate substantial "open-loop" distortion. Sony engineers sought a better way. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 5 Conventional transistor pairs create crossover distortion, which means more heat! • Open-loop ... understood for electronics. • Thermal modulation distortion. S-Master Pro: principle of operation In the context of a modern A/V receiver, traditional power amplifiers require the needless complexity of digital amplifier technology. This is always bad for decades, these limitations are so...
..., outside the mainstream of their power as heat. Traditional amplifiers typically generate substantial "open-loop" distortion. Sony engineers sought a better way. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 5 Conventional transistor pairs create crossover distortion, which means more heat! • Open-loop ... understood for electronics. • Thermal modulation distortion. S-Master Pro: principle of operation In the context of a modern A/V receiver, traditional power amplifiers require the needless complexity of digital amplifier technology. This is always bad for decades, these limitations are so...
Technical Background
Page 6
... 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. The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier is better. The S-Master 1-bit pulse stream... The signal must run through a single Low Pass Filter to provide the wattage that Sony developed for the power supply voltage. There is anything but simple. If you look ES Receivers v1.0 Page 6 Input (Digital) DSP D/A LPF convert Volume Control Analog Power Amp ...
... 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. The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier is better. The S-Master 1-bit pulse stream... The signal must run through a single Low Pass Filter to provide the wattage that Sony developed for the power supply voltage. There is anything but simple. If you look ES Receivers v1.0 Page 6 Input (Digital) DSP D/A LPF convert Volume Control Analog Power Amp ...
Technical Background
Page 7
...noise component (C) looks abrupt and spiky because the frequencies are low. So to the requirements for extremely accurate music reproduction. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 carefully at the recording studio. That's why the first stage of the output signal depends on getting each pulse... exactly right. The audio signal (B) looks smooth and continuous because the frequencies are high. Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages of each pulse must be carefully controlled. In specific, the S-Master Pro LSI incorporates...
...noise component (C) looks abrupt and spiky because the frequencies are low. So to the requirements for extremely accurate music reproduction. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 carefully at the recording studio. That's why the first stage of the output signal depends on getting each pulse... exactly right. The audio signal (B) looks smooth and continuous because the frequencies are high. Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages of each pulse must be carefully controlled. In specific, the S-Master Pro LSI incorporates...
Technical Background
Page 8
...a different digital form, the signal requires another round of the original musical signal is restored. • DC Phase Linearizer (DCPL). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 Interaction between fully On and fully Off states. Previous digital amplifiers have a subtle effect, creating warmer and more compact...). These shifts have used a 1-bit technology called Pulse Width Modulation or PWM. Those digital amplifiers varied the width of detail. 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-...
...a different digital form, the signal requires another round of the original musical signal is restored. • DC Phase Linearizer (DCPL). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 Interaction between fully On and fully Off states. Previous digital amplifiers have a subtle effect, creating warmer and more compact...). These shifts have used a 1-bit technology called Pulse Width Modulation or PWM. Those digital amplifiers varied the width of detail. 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-...
Technical Background
Page 9
...have heaped praise on to full-off. 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 integrated circuitry, Sony's CXD9773Q Large Scale Integrated circuit (LSI). Because the S-Master Pro transistors simply ... use Negative Feedback (NFB). Use good speakers, a suitable disc player and a Super Audio Compact Disc that makes the most sense. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 That's why analog amps use separate transistors to reproduce the upper and lower halves of the waveform. This means the heat...
...have heaped praise on to full-off. 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 integrated circuitry, Sony's CXD9773Q Large Scale Integrated circuit (LSI). Because the S-Master Pro transistors simply ... use Negative Feedback (NFB). Use good speakers, a suitable disc player and a Super Audio Compact Disc that makes the most sense. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 That's why analog amps use separate transistors to reproduce the upper and lower halves of the waveform. This means the heat...
Technical Background
Page 10
... by chassis vibration. From a practical standpoint, suppressing chassis vibration has a great impact on the accuracy of Large Scale Integrated circuits (LSIs), Sony has the freedom to pursue innovative thinking like S-Master Pro and then express this , to fluctuate within a single lattice of resolution at the... Data Cycle. Because one full second as there are seconds in one -bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 When Super Audio CD signals are as many femtoseconds in 30 million years! One femtosecond is improved from 162 dB...
... by chassis vibration. From a practical standpoint, suppressing chassis vibration has a great impact on the accuracy of Large Scale Integrated circuits (LSIs), Sony has the freedom to pursue innovative thinking like S-Master Pro and then express this , to fluctuate within a single lattice of resolution at the... Data Cycle. Because one full second as there are seconds in one -bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 When Super Audio CD signals are as many femtoseconds in 30 million years! One femtosecond is improved from 162 dB...
Technical Background
Page 11
...Requiem to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 In this way, Sony has taken the critically-acclaimed S-Master Pro amplifier to suppress high-frequency noise elements. Instead of Sony's Low Pass Filters are more expensive. For this circuitry is a... less time. Those fortunate enough to own of their contribution to the selection, configuration, bias current and heat sinking of the STR-DA7100ES will never see these factors. But their output devices. By their design, digital amplifiers are extremely sensitive to sound is ...
...Requiem to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 In this way, Sony has taken the critically-acclaimed S-Master Pro amplifier to suppress high-frequency noise elements. Instead of Sony's Low Pass Filters are more expensive. For this circuitry is a... less time. Those fortunate enough to own of their contribution to the selection, configuration, bias current and heat sinking of the STR-DA7100ES will never see these factors. But their output devices. By their design, digital amplifiers are extremely sensitive to sound is ...
Technical Background
Page 12
The top is fashioned from molded plastic, from the transistor. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 The result is usually attached to a metal heat...'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. The bottom is designed to radiate... in the DA7100ES is too thick to 3 mm thick. Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for three channels (4 MOS FETs per channel, for the STR-DA7100ES. A detail of the power amplifier circuit board of heat...
The top is fashioned from molded plastic, from the transistor. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 The result is usually attached to a metal heat...'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. The bottom is designed to radiate... in the DA7100ES is too thick to 3 mm thick. Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for three channels (4 MOS FETs per channel, for the STR-DA7100ES. A detail of the power amplifier circuit board of heat...
Technical Background
Page 13
The power MOS FETs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of metal with no ribs at all! On the left, the STR-DA7100ES power amplifier without the heat sink. Where most amplifiers require thick aluminum heat sinks with heat sink in position. On the right, the ...heat sink. The four large black ICs in traditional amplifiers-makes perfect sense considering the low heat generation of Sony's S-Master Pro digital amplifier. Again, this thermal design by coupling the heat sink to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 The plastic itself is surface mounted to previous design practices for the DA9000ES...
The power MOS FETs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of metal with no ribs at all! On the left, the STR-DA7100ES power amplifier without the heat sink. Where most amplifiers require thick aluminum heat sinks with heat sink in position. On the right, the ...heat sink. The four large black ICs in traditional amplifiers-makes perfect sense considering the low heat generation of Sony's S-Master Pro digital amplifier. Again, this thermal design by coupling the heat sink to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 The plastic itself is surface mounted to previous design practices for the DA9000ES...
Technical Background
Page 14
On big amps, you and the sound. Sony uses a new refinement of the DA7100ES chassis. The bare transistor for 15 amps of current. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 As a result, the music is some 70% smaller than analog amps of comparable power Wherever ... Amplifier board location Overall chassis topology Traditional amplifier Major design concern Widely separated Away from heat Circuitous, because of output transistor heat STR-DA7100ES Minor issue Close together Surface mount directly on the better amplifiers) Major, for high powered amplifiers Isolated, to protect other ...
On big amps, you and the sound. Sony uses a new refinement of the DA7100ES chassis. The bare transistor for 15 amps of current. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 As a result, the music is some 70% smaller than analog amps of comparable power Wherever ... Amplifier board location Overall chassis topology Traditional amplifier Major design concern Widely separated Away from heat Circuitous, because of output transistor heat STR-DA7100ES Minor issue Close together Surface mount directly on the better amplifiers) Major, for high powered amplifiers Isolated, to protect other ...
Technical Background
Page 15
... Source (S), Gate (G) and Drain (D). Also current capacity is increased and internal resistance of the MOS FET is . Internal layout of the STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." This not only improves damping factor, it also helps reduce ... is the Gate. Sheet metal molecular bonding provides the Source connection at 80% reduced resistance, compared to just 1 milliohm or less. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 Building on the bottom of the FET is die attached.) While the double wire bonding of the DA9000ES achieved a low ...
... Source (S), Gate (G) and Drain (D). Also current capacity is increased and internal resistance of the MOS FET is . Internal layout of the STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." This not only improves damping factor, it also helps reduce ... is the Gate. Sheet metal molecular bonding provides the Source connection at 80% reduced resistance, compared to just 1 milliohm or less. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 Building on the bottom of the FET is die attached.) While the double wire bonding of the DA9000ES achieved a low ...
Technical Background
Page 16
...providing 480p, 720p or 1080i, the HDMI output of the first A/V receivers to offer not one, but two Digital Visual Interface (DVI) inputs, with switching between them and a DVI output to the STR-DA7100ES receiver, Now the STR-DA7100 goes a giant step further with just one cable! In addition ...to video only, HDMI can support digital video in the digital domain. Our STR-DA9000ES was one of Sony ES Series DVD players can transmit uncompressed High ...
...providing 480p, 720p or 1080i, the HDMI output of the first A/V receivers to offer not one, but two Digital Visual Interface (DVI) inputs, with switching between them and a DVI output to the STR-DA7100ES receiver, Now the STR-DA7100 goes a giant step further with just one cable! In addition ...to video only, HDMI can support digital video in the digital domain. Our STR-DA9000ES was one of Sony ES Series DVD players can transmit uncompressed High ...
Technical Background
Page 17
...component video and 5.1-channel analog audio from a menu of Sony ES Series DVD players can automatically choose the highest performance ... RGB preferable to their choice from your DVD player and into your receiver. DVD player with HDMI input Hi. In this way, the equipment...equipped DVD player to automatically confirm the type of digital audio, including 2-channel stereo PCM, Dolby Digital® and DTS® 5.1-channel compressed audio and even...Component Sound Analogue 6 cables DVD TV HDMI 1 cable STR DVD TV STR etc etc Sound Digital 1 cable i.LINK or SPDIF Before HDMI...
...component video and 5.1-channel analog audio from a menu of Sony ES Series DVD players can automatically choose the highest performance ... RGB preferable to their choice from your DVD player and into your receiver. DVD player with HDMI input Hi. In this way, the equipment...equipped DVD player to automatically confirm the type of digital audio, including 2-channel stereo PCM, Dolby Digital® and DTS® 5.1-channel compressed audio and even...Component Sound Analogue 6 cables DVD TV HDMI 1 cable STR DVD TV STR etc etc Sound Digital 1 cable i.LINK or SPDIF Before HDMI...
Technical Background
Page 18
... HDMI input & output Television with HDMI output OK. Television with HDMI input Thank you insert the STR-DA7100ES into the reproduction chain. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 18 Finally, the components agree on the highest available quality options for digital audio and video-and then automatically ... signals. In the case of this case, the source component DVD player can accept 720p video and 2channel audio at that quality! The receiver must then communicate with HDMI output What is asking for the entire system. In this illustration, the television is your input capability? DVD...
... HDMI input & output Television with HDMI output OK. Television with HDMI input Thank you insert the STR-DA7100ES into the reproduction chain. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 18 Finally, the components agree on the highest available quality options for digital audio and video-and then automatically ... signals. In the case of this case, the source component DVD player can accept 720p video and 2channel audio at that quality! The receiver must then communicate with HDMI output What is asking for the entire system. In this illustration, the television is your input capability? DVD...
Technical Background
Page 19
... to 2-channel sound. Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Now the receiver has two sets of audio capability to the source component? The receiver itself . ES Receivers v1.0 Page 19 Two settings on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you would expect, the television can handle 6.1 channels of very high quality. The...
... to 2-channel sound. Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Now the receiver has two sets of audio capability to the source component? The receiver itself . ES Receivers v1.0 Page 19 Two settings on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you would expect, the television can handle 6.1 channels of very high quality. The...
Technical Background
Page 20
... 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 The audio is beyond its... & output Television with HDMI input Digital Video 720p Video capability of television Digital Audio 6.1 channels 48 kHz 24 bits Audio capability of receiver Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Audio capability of TV Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Now ...
... 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 The audio is beyond its... & output Television with HDMI input Digital Video 720p Video capability of television Digital Audio 6.1 channels 48 kHz 24 bits Audio capability of receiver Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Audio capability of TV Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Now ...