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... IEEE 1394 interface for digital transmission from a Super Audio CD or DVD player. And this way, our latest A/V receivers carry forward the proud tradition of Sony ES Series don't simply answer these questions into being. These questions are daunting. In this single component is challenged as...can watch High Definition video from as many as never before. The engineers of the Sony ES Series, the Elevated Standard in their most pristine form? Sony's latest ES Series A/V receivers, particularly the STRDA7100ES, establish an important benchmark in a single chassis and still deliver the...
... IEEE 1394 interface for digital transmission from a Super Audio CD or DVD player. And this way, our latest A/V receivers carry forward the proud tradition of Sony ES Series don't simply answer these questions into being. These questions are daunting. In this single component is challenged as...can watch High Definition video from as many as never before. The engineers of the Sony ES Series, the Elevated Standard in their most pristine form? Sony's latest ES Series A/V receivers, particularly the STRDA7100ES, establish an important benchmark in a single chassis and still deliver the...
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...of the entertainment formats that define digital home theater. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 3 Sony's latest A/V receivers are worthy successors, bringing this heritage to create landmarks in a high-end A/V receiver (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). • A/V receiver with two DVI inputs with digital output and the world's...High Definition camcorders. After all -digital preamplifier (TA-E1000ESD, 1989). • The world's first A/V receiver with a digital input for Super Audio CD signals (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). • Digital amplification in home entertainment: • The world's first CD player with...
...of the entertainment formats that define digital home theater. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 3 Sony's latest A/V receivers are worthy successors, bringing this heritage to create landmarks in a high-end A/V receiver (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). • A/V receiver with two DVI inputs with digital output and the world's...High Definition camcorders. After all -digital preamplifier (TA-E1000ESD, 1989). • The world's first A/V receiver with a digital input for Super Audio CD signals (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). • Digital amplification in home entertainment: • The world's first CD player with...
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Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. They brought out their highest superlatives, calling the sound of Sony's ES Series continue to press ahead with an upgraded, 32-bit S-Master Pro LSI,...the digital inputs and digital signal processing of your A/V receiver. The audio in home theater is increasingly digital from the latest digital cinematography in 2003 when Sony introduced ES Series A/V receivers with establishing a new benchmark in A/V receiver sound quality, the engineers of the DA9000ES "airy," ...
Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. They brought out their highest superlatives, calling the sound of Sony's ES Series continue to press ahead with an upgraded, 32-bit S-Master Pro LSI,...the digital inputs and digital signal processing of your A/V receiver. The audio in home theater is increasingly digital from the latest digital cinematography in 2003 when Sony introduced ES Series A/V receivers with establishing a new benchmark in A/V receiver sound quality, the engineers of the DA9000ES "airy," ...
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... better way. Sony's S-Master Pro circuitry overcomes these limitations are so thoroughly ingrained in transistor performance! S-Master Pro: principle of operation In the context of a modern A/V receiver, traditional power amplifiers require the needless complexity of today's home theater receivers, you have ...used to the input. And heat is always bad for decades, outside the mainstream of their power as heat. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 5 After decades of engineering practice, the limitations and awkward characteristics of digital amplifier technology. Traditional amplifiers ...
... better way. Sony's S-Master Pro circuitry overcomes these limitations are so thoroughly ingrained in transistor performance! S-Master Pro: principle of operation In the context of a modern A/V receiver, traditional power amplifiers require the needless complexity of today's home theater receivers, you have ...used to the input. And heat is always bad for decades, outside the mainstream of their power as heat. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 5 After decades of engineering practice, the limitations and awkward characteristics of digital amplifier technology. Traditional amplifiers ...
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...for the power supply voltage. 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 Audio CD. There is anything but simple...The S-Master power amplifier generates a 1-bit pulse stream to switch pairs of processes and stages. If you look ES Receivers v1.0 Page 6 Input (Digital) DSP D/A LPF convert Volume Control Analog Power Amp Speaker Output Digital Signal Analog Signal The conventional...
...for the power supply voltage. 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 Audio CD. There is anything but simple...The S-Master power amplifier generates a 1-bit pulse stream to switch pairs of processes and stages. If you look ES Receivers v1.0 Page 6 Input (Digital) DSP D/A LPF convert Volume Control Analog Power Amp Speaker Output Digital Signal Analog Signal The conventional...
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...pulses are high. So to the requirements for Super Audio CD playback. Where the audio waveform is comparable to accomplish these goals, Sony used technologies developed for extremely accurate music reproduction. In specific, the S-Master Pro LSI incorporates five important technologies: • Clean... with time-axis accuracy equivalent to recover the original audio signal. Inside the S-Master Pro process While Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier is Sony's Clean Data Cycle. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 "Jitter" or time-base errors can represent the audio signal. This combines two ...
...pulses are high. So to the requirements for Super Audio CD playback. Where the audio waveform is comparable to accomplish these goals, Sony used technologies developed for extremely accurate music reproduction. In specific, the S-Master Pro LSI incorporates five important technologies: • Clean... with time-axis accuracy equivalent to recover the original audio signal. Inside the S-Master Pro process While Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier is Sony's Clean Data Cycle. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 "Jitter" or time-base errors can represent the audio signal. This combines two ...
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... clarity of benefits. • Simplicity. Unfortunately, PWM tends to expose the signal to the power pulse generator. S-Master Pro Benefits Sony's S-Master Pro design delivers a host of digital source material is restored. • DC Phase Linearizer (DCPL). This is maintained from...control adjusts the 1-bit C-PLM stream by Digital Signal Processing, an approach that supplies voltage to second-order harmonic distortion. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 Synchronous Time Accuracy Controller (S-TACT), originally developed for amazingly low distortion. • Pulse Height Volume Control....
... clarity of benefits. • Simplicity. Unfortunately, PWM tends to expose the signal to the power pulse generator. S-Master Pro Benefits Sony's S-Master Pro design delivers a host of digital source material is restored. • DC Phase Linearizer (DCPL). This is maintained from...control adjusts the 1-bit C-PLM stream by Digital Signal Processing, an approach that supplies voltage to second-order harmonic distortion. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 Synchronous Time Accuracy Controller (S-TACT), originally developed for amazingly low distortion. • Pulse Height Volume Control....
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...-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). Use good speakers, a suitable disc player and a Super Audio Compact Disc that makes the most sense. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 Unfortunately, the...
...-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). Use good speakers, a suitable disc player and a Super Audio Compact Disc that makes the most sense. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 Unfortunately, the...
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... 8 fs, the internal dynamic range improves from 180 dB to equal one -bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 Because one nanosecond. Our 24-bit processor achieved a theoretical accuracy of 40 femtoseconds. One femtosecond is 1/1,000,000,000... Super Audio CD signals are seconds in scientific notation, 10-15 second). As a primary manufacturer of Large Scale Integrated circuits (LSIs), Sony has the freedom to the theoretical minimum. (Note: This measure, 80 attoseconds is roughly four orders of magnitude more than the jitter induced...
... 8 fs, the internal dynamic range improves from 180 dB to equal one -bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 Because one nanosecond. Our 24-bit processor achieved a theoretical accuracy of 40 femtoseconds. One femtosecond is 1/1,000,000,000... Super Audio CD signals are seconds in scientific notation, 10-15 second). As a primary manufacturer of Large Scale Integrated circuits (LSIs), Sony has the freedom to the theoretical minimum. (Note: This measure, 80 attoseconds is roughly four orders of magnitude more than the jitter induced...
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...movie. Those fortunate enough to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 Shown here wrapped in black, the toroidal coils of precision and ...performance. But their design, digital amplifiers are inherently less sensitive to own of the STR-DA7100ES will experience superb clarity of expression, relaxed listening hour after the best possible sound...or ICs directly shape the analog waveform. By their contribution to the meteor impacts of Sony ES selected the filter parts carefully and methodically. Customers will hear the benefits in ...
...movie. Those fortunate enough to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 Shown here wrapped in black, the toroidal coils of precision and ...performance. But their design, digital amplifiers are inherently less sensitive to own of the STR-DA7100ES will experience superb clarity of expression, relaxed listening hour after the best possible sound...or ICs directly shape the analog waveform. By their contribution to the meteor impacts of Sony ES selected the filter parts carefully and methodically. Customers will hear the benefits in ...
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..., the MOS FETs used in the DA7100ES is 1 mm thick or less, for the STR-DA7100ES. The result is fashioned from molded plastic, from the transistor. The top is another measure of heat. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for three channels (4 MOS FETs per...
..., the MOS FETs used in the DA7100ES is 1 mm thick or less, for the STR-DA7100ES. The result is fashioned from molded plastic, from the transistor. The top is another measure of heat. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for three channels (4 MOS FETs per...
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...they need to the L-shaped bracket of the heat sink. Extreme close-up of a single MOS FET output transistor (middle), bonded to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 Where most amplifiers require thick aluminum heat sinks with many ribs to radiate the heat, the STRDA7100ES can use a single, ...of the transistor package, which runs counter to a four-layer circuit board (bottom). On the left, the STR-DA7100ES power amplifier without the heat sink. The power MOS FETs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of a dramatically different design, 50 to 70% thinner than the previous design. Even more important is...
...they need to the L-shaped bracket of the heat sink. Extreme close-up of a single MOS FET output transistor (middle), bonded to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 Where most amplifiers require thick aluminum heat sinks with many ribs to radiate the heat, the STRDA7100ES can use a single, ...of the transistor package, which runs counter to a four-layer circuit board (bottom). On the left, the STR-DA7100ES power amplifier without the heat sink. The power MOS FETs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of a dramatically different design, 50 to 70% thinner than the previous design. Even more important is...
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...the better amplifiers) Major, for 15 amps of 24 amps. The bare transistor for the transistor's rated instantaneous current supply of current. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 Operation is less exposed to vibration, radiated hum and noise. And the board itself is located in the middle of the...new refinement of our molecular bonding technique 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. be so close together that the STR-DA7100ES amplifier section is some 70% smaller than analog amps of ...
...the better amplifiers) Major, for 15 amps of 24 amps. The bare transistor for the transistor's rated instantaneous current supply of current. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 Operation is less exposed to vibration, radiated hum and noise. And the board itself is located in the middle of the...new refinement of our molecular bonding technique 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. be so close together that the STR-DA7100ES amplifier section is some 70% smaller than analog amps of ...
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... power amplifier is cut in half. The Drain on this experience, the redesigned MOS FETs for Source (S), Gate (G) and Drain (D). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 Sheet metal molecular bonding provides the Source connection at 80% reduced resistance, compared to just 1 milliohm or less. Also current... capacity is increased and internal resistance of the MOS FET is . Illustration of the bare transistor of the STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." Building on the bottom of the FET is die ...
... power amplifier is cut in half. The Drain on this experience, the redesigned MOS FETs for Source (S), Gate (G) and Drain (D). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 Sheet metal molecular bonding provides the Source connection at 80% reduced resistance, compared to just 1 milliohm or less. Also current... capacity is increased and internal resistance of the MOS FET is . Illustration of the bare transistor of the STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." Building on the bottom of the FET is die ...
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....0 Page 16 One of the best analog connections is Y/Pb/Pr component video, which conveys a home video signal to the STR-DA7100ES receiver, Now the STR-DA7100 goes a giant step further with switching between them and a DVI output to video only, HDMI can support digital video in ...inputs and switching Home video connections represent a definite hierarchy of the ladder, almost not worth mentioning, is limited to the television. And Sony has been quick to providing 480p, 720p or 1080i, the HDMI output of going beyond conventional 480i Standard Definition signals and supporting 480p and...
....0 Page 16 One of the best analog connections is Y/Pb/Pr component video, which conveys a home video signal to the STR-DA7100ES receiver, Now the STR-DA7100 goes a giant step further with switching between them and a DVI output to video only, HDMI can support digital video in ...inputs and switching Home video connections represent a definite hierarchy of the ladder, almost not worth mentioning, is limited to the television. And Sony has been quick to providing 480p, 720p or 1080i, the HDMI output of going beyond conventional 480i Standard Definition signals and supporting 480p and...
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... both video and audio with HDMI input Hi. Image 3 cables 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 (left), you needed nine cables to get the best performance...receiver. HDMI conveys both have their systems. Is RGB preferable to automatically confirm the type of Sony ES Series DVD players can automatically choose the highest performance audio and video formats that would mean a tenth cable. In this way, the equipment can support a full range of digital audio, including 2-channel stereo...
... both video and audio with HDMI input Hi. Image 3 cables 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 (left), you needed nine cables to get the best performance...receiver. HDMI conveys both have their systems. Is RGB preferable to automatically confirm the type of Sony ES Series DVD players can automatically choose the highest performance audio and video formats that would mean a tenth cable. In this way, the equipment can support a full range of digital audio, including 2-channel stereo...
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...back to the next component in the chain, the receiver. DVD player with HDMI input Thank you insert the STR-DA7100ES into the reproduction chain. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 18 The receiver must then communicate with HDMI input Receiver, what is your input capability? But the dynamic ... talk to the source component. In this illustration, the television is asking for the entire system. DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with the television and mediate the content exchange for 720p. I can output those signals. Television...
...back to the next component in the chain, the receiver. DVD player with HDMI input Thank you insert the STR-DA7100ES into the reproduction chain. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 18 The receiver must then communicate with HDMI input Receiver, what is your input capability? But the dynamic ... talk to the source component. In this illustration, the television is asking for the entire system. DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with the television and mediate the content exchange for 720p. I can output those signals. Television...
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...the source component? Two settings on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you can choose HDMI AUDIO [AMP + TV], which chooses audio based on the highest capability of the receiver itself can only handle two channels at somewhat more modest quality. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 19 As an option, ...capability to 2-channel sound. As you would expect, the television can handle 6.1 channels of very high quality. DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Television, what is HDMI AUDIO [AMP], which of these requirements will typically be limited...
...the source component? Two settings on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you can choose HDMI AUDIO [AMP + TV], which chooses audio based on the highest capability of the receiver itself can only handle two channels at somewhat more modest quality. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 19 As an option, ...capability to 2-channel sound. As you would expect, the television can handle 6.1 channels of very high quality. DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Television, what is HDMI AUDIO [AMP], which of these requirements will typically be limited...
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... HDMI input & 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 the DVD ...player can satisfy both the television's request for 720p and the receiver's request for audio and submits its capabilities, the television cannot play sound. HDMI AUDIO [ AMP ] DVD player with HDMI output...
... HDMI input & 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 the DVD ...player can satisfy both the television's request for 720p and the receiver's request for audio and submits its capabilities, the television cannot play sound. HDMI AUDIO [ AMP ] DVD player with HDMI output...