Technical Background
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Not content with establishing a new benchmark in A/V receiver sound quality, the engineers of time until the power amplifier also made the move from analog to digital. Process S-Master Generation Introduction Technologies First 2001 • Clean Data Cycle • C-PLM ... from the microphone mixing console through digital transmission channels to digital television display panels. Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. With digital sources, digital switching and digital preamplification, it was...
Not content with establishing a new benchmark in A/V receiver sound quality, the engineers of time until the power amplifier also made the move from analog to digital. Process S-Master Generation Introduction Technologies First 2001 • Clean Data Cycle • C-PLM ... from the microphone mixing console through digital transmission channels to digital television display panels. Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. With digital sources, digital switching and digital preamplification, it was...
Technical Background
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... become so familiar that they're considered "inevitable." Resolving these fundamental constraints by completely replacing analog amplification with digital technology. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 5 Conventional power output transistors throw off much of home audio. Sony engineers sought a better way. Sony's S-Master Pro circuitry overcomes these issues means accepting massive heat sinks, tolerating circuitous signal...
... become so familiar that they're considered "inevitable." Resolving these fundamental constraints by completely replacing analog amplification with digital technology. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 5 Conventional power output transistors throw off much of home audio. Sony engineers sought a better way. Sony's S-Master Pro circuitry overcomes these issues means accepting massive heat sinks, tolerating circuitous signal...
Technical Background
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... 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 resulting output has more than enough wattage to a smooth, continuous analog waveform. The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier is no Digital-to DSD. The output transistors act like an on...
... 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 resulting output has more than enough wattage to a smooth, continuous analog waveform. The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier is no Digital-to DSD. The output transistors act like an on...
Technical Background
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...no power wasted as heat. Any switching glitches get removed from full-on Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier. That's why analog amps use separate transistors to reproduce the upper and lower halves of the...the music by the low pass filter. This tends to generate the glitches of Sony's 32bit processing. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 So thermal modulation is soft. Unfortunately, NFB exposes the signal...but not forced. 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 crossover distortion,...
...no power wasted as heat. Any switching glitches get removed from full-on Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier. That's why analog amps use separate transistors to reproduce the upper and lower halves of the...the music by the low pass filter. This tends to generate the glitches of Sony's 32bit processing. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 So thermal modulation is soft. Unfortunately, NFB exposes the signal...but not forced. 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 crossover distortion,...
Technical Background
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...deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 In this circuitry is a crucial stage in any digital amplifier. But their contribution to a higher level of precision and performance. For this way, Sony has taken the critically...fatiguing music reproduction. Those fortunate enough to own of the STR-DA7100ES will experience superb clarity of expression, relaxed listening hour after the best possible sound. But Sony ES engineers were after hour, and the effortless dynamics to ..., the output transistors or ICs directly shape the analog waveform. So they will never see these factors.
...deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 In this circuitry is a crucial stage in any digital amplifier. But their contribution to a higher level of precision and performance. For this way, Sony has taken the critically...fatiguing music reproduction. Those fortunate enough to own of the STR-DA7100ES will experience superb clarity of expression, relaxed listening hour after the best possible sound. But Sony ES engineers were after hour, and the effortless dynamics to ..., the output transistors or ICs directly shape the analog waveform. So they will never see these factors.
Technical Background
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..." with two bonding wires, each rated 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 than analog amps of comparable power Wherever it makes the most ...sense for the shortest possible signal paths Short, simple and straight Molecular Bonding Even inside the MOS FET output transistors, Sony...
..." with two bonding wires, each rated 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 than analog amps of comparable power Wherever it makes the most ...sense for the shortest possible signal paths Short, simple and straight Molecular Bonding Even inside the MOS FET output transistors, Sony...
Technical Background
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...the best available connections are in September 2003, HDMI is Y/Pb/Pr component video, which conveys a home video signal to your television as ten analog and digital connections with just one , but two Digital Visual Interface (DVI) inputs, with the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI). On the ... the ladder, almost not worth mentioning, is the RF connection, which is limited to offer not one cable! And Sony has been quick to the STR-DA7100ES receiver, Now the STR-DA7100 goes a giant step further with switching between them and a DVI output to providing 480p, 720p or 1080i, ...
...the best available connections are in September 2003, HDMI is Y/Pb/Pr component video, which conveys a home video signal to your television as ten analog and digital connections with just one , but two Digital Visual Interface (DVI) inputs, with the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI). On the ... the ladder, almost not worth mentioning, is the RF connection, which is limited to offer not one cable! And Sony has been quick to the STR-DA7100ES receiver, Now the STR-DA7100 goes a giant step further with switching between them and a DVI output to providing 480p, 720p or 1080i, ...
Technical Background
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...be knowledgeable enough to get component video and 5.1-channel analog audio from your DVD player and into your receiver. Consider what happens when you needed nine cables to get the best performance from a menu of digital audio, including 2-channel stereo PCM, Dolby Digital® and DTS® ...rich. Is 720p better suited to it (such as Sony's DVP-NS9100ES DVD player) can support a full range of options, HDMI offers a simpler way. 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...
...be knowledgeable enough to get component video and 5.1-channel analog audio from your DVD player and into your receiver. Consider what happens when you needed nine cables to get the best performance from a menu of digital audio, including 2-channel stereo PCM, Dolby Digital® and DTS® ...rich. Is 720p better suited to it (such as Sony's DVP-NS9100ES DVD player) can support a full range of options, HDMI offers a simpler way. 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...
Technical Background
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... only, meaning that only authorized devices can 't use HDMI connections through the receiver if the receiver is positioned at the receiver. • AC Power. The receiver will also upconvert any composite video, S-Video or analog component video source to a television, using two HDMI inputs and one output.... encrypts the signal so that content distributed via HDMI cannot be recorded. • Super Audio CD. HDMI switching and upconversion The STR-DA7100ES can be switched on the HDMI input only, with all your home video sources directed to a single output for your television...
... only, meaning that only authorized devices can 't use HDMI connections through the receiver if the receiver is positioned at the receiver. • AC Power. The receiver will also upconvert any composite video, S-Video or analog component video source to a television, using two HDMI inputs and one output.... encrypts the signal so that content distributed via HDMI cannot be recorded. • Super Audio CD. HDMI switching and upconversion The STR-DA7100ES can be switched on the HDMI input only, with all your home video sources directed to a single output for your television...
Technical Background
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... A/D conversions. While SA-CD players have included coaxial and optical digital outputs, these outputs handled CD signals exclusively. And the STR-DA9000ES was Sony's first receiver to take the place of six analog cables. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 23 i.LINK® Digital Audio Interface From the initial launch of Super Audio Compact Disc, the 1-bit...
... A/D conversions. While SA-CD players have included coaxial and optical digital outputs, these outputs handled CD signals exclusively. And the STR-DA9000ES was Sony's first receiver to take the place of six analog cables. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 23 i.LINK® Digital Audio Interface From the initial launch of Super Audio Compact Disc, the 1-bit...
Technical Background
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...company to adopt the Analog Devices SHARC processor to professional equipment. The latest version of Dolby Digital® and dts® decoding operations with a 32-bit floating point processor that its own separate circuit board, in Sony's previous best receiver, the STR-DA9000ES. In this ...makes the new DSP 230% faster than the decoding DSP used in Sony's "DSP isolation" design. CB Programming The SHARC chip operates at once. ...
...company to adopt the Analog Devices SHARC processor to professional equipment. The latest version of Dolby Digital® and dts® decoding operations with a 32-bit floating point processor that its own separate circuit board, in Sony's previous best receiver, the STR-DA9000ES. In this ...makes the new DSP 230% faster than the decoding DSP used in Sony's "DSP isolation" design. CB Programming The SHARC chip operates at once. ...
Technical Background
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... to develop the "CB compiling" technique. Thanks to our long experience programming DSPs, Sony engineers were able to digital with our own CXD9856. A/DSD Conversion The STR-DA7100ES converts all analog audio inputs into the compiler. The issue is in the "compiler." The resulting system has...software programs must first be loaded into digital, using a proprietary Sony A/DSD converter, the CXD9856. In order for the computer to change the operation mode based on the signal type and subsequent DSP processing. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 27 Using the C programming language and a conventional ...
... to develop the "CB compiling" technique. Thanks to our long experience programming DSPs, Sony engineers were able to digital with our own CXD9856. A/DSD Conversion The STR-DA7100ES converts all analog audio inputs into the compiler. The issue is in the "compiler." The resulting system has...software programs must first be loaded into digital, using a proprietary Sony A/DSD converter, the CXD9856. In order for the computer to change the operation mode based on the signal type and subsequent DSP processing. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 27 Using the C programming language and a conventional ...
Technical Background
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The internal chassis layouts of the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES are outstanding examples of silky silence. Analog board of the volume control operating range. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 29 From Sony's early days in high fidelity, our engineers have aimed to keep internal point-topoint wiring to achieve a 10-dB improvement in that simpler is...
The internal chassis layouts of the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES are outstanding examples of silky silence. Analog board of the volume control operating range. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 29 From Sony's early days in high fidelity, our engineers have aimed to keep internal point-topoint wiring to achieve a 10-dB improvement in that simpler is...
Technical Background
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Oversized filter capacitors Analog amplifiers depend heavily on the power supply filter capacitors. That's why Sony's STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES incorporate oversized filter capacitors carefully chosen for sound ES Receivers v1.0 Page 30 Optimum Preamplification is made possible by Sony's proprietary CXD9725 integrated circuit. The latest version of the OP design controls volume with twice the...
Oversized filter capacitors Analog amplifiers depend heavily on the power supply filter capacitors. That's why Sony's STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES incorporate oversized filter capacitors carefully chosen for sound ES Receivers v1.0 Page 30 Optimum Preamplification is made possible by Sony's proprietary CXD9725 integrated circuit. The latest version of the OP design controls volume with twice the...
Technical Background
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...errors to bring your television and your home theater speakers back into 5.1 channel surround sound plus a stereo pair for a second room. • A/V Sync (DA2100 and up to 200 milliseconds, in... player. • Seven channels of amplification (all models). Delays the audio by up ). Sony provides decoding for both 5.1- This configuration can use them without uncomfortable bending and stooping to match... ideal for all of digital and analog surround decoding (all models). The feature adapts the reproduction to identify each one. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 35 In reproducing 5.1-channel...
...errors to bring your television and your home theater speakers back into 5.1 channel surround sound plus a stereo pair for a second room. • A/V Sync (DA2100 and up to 200 milliseconds, in... player. • Seven channels of amplification (all models). Delays the audio by up ). Sony provides decoding for both 5.1- This configuration can use them without uncomfortable bending and stooping to match... ideal for all of digital and analog surround decoding (all models). The feature adapts the reproduction to identify each one. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 35 In reproducing 5.1-channel...
Technical Background
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...the PCM-701ES digital processor in the digital technology. At the request of the Hollywood dubbing stages where directors go to Left/Right analog audio. • Assignable digital input (all models). Recreates the effect of a full array of digital audio. • 7.1-... RS-232C interface for control and upgrade (STR-DA2100ES and higher). These ES Series receivers represent another milestone in 1982, the engineers of Sony's ES Series have been extending the capabilities of Surround speakers. • 12V triggers (STR-DA2100ES and higher). Conclusion Beginning with third-...
...the PCM-701ES digital processor in the digital technology. At the request of the Hollywood dubbing stages where directors go to Left/Right analog audio. • Assignable digital input (all models). Recreates the effect of a full array of digital audio. • 7.1-... RS-232C interface for control and upgrade (STR-DA2100ES and higher). These ES Series receivers represent another milestone in 1982, the engineers of Sony's ES Series have been extending the capabilities of Surround speakers. • 12V triggers (STR-DA2100ES and higher). Conclusion Beginning with third-...
Operating Instructions
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...: Connecting components with digital audio output jacks .......... 10 1b: Connecting components with multi channel output jacks 13 1c: Connecting components with only analog audio jacks 15 2: Connecting the antennas 17 3: Connecting speakers 18 4: Connecting the AC power cord ....... 20 5: Setting up the speakers... 23 Amplifier/Tuner Operation Selecting the component 24 Listening to multi channel sound (MULTI CH DIRECT 25 Listening to FM/AM radio 25 Storing FM stations automatically (AUTOBETICAL)*1 27 Presetting radio stations 27 Using the Radio Data System (RDS)*1 .... 29 Changing the...
...: Connecting components with digital audio output jacks .......... 10 1b: Connecting components with multi channel output jacks 13 1c: Connecting components with only analog audio jacks 15 2: Connecting the antennas 17 3: Connecting speakers 18 4: Connecting the AC power cord ....... 20 5: Setting up the speakers... 23 Amplifier/Tuner Operation Selecting the component 24 Listening to multi channel sound (MULTI CH DIRECT 25 Listening to FM/AM radio 25 Storing FM stations automatically (AUTOBETICAL)*1 27 Presetting radio stations 27 Using the Radio Data System (RDS)*1 .... 29 Changing the...
Operating Instructions
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ea (25) (Models of area code U, CA only) ?/1 (power) 1 6GB L ANALOG DIRECT qh (34) AUDIO SPLIT 0 (41) AUTO DEC ql (34) CINEMA STUDIO EX wd (35) Cursor buttons...DISPLAY 3 (29, 31) Display 7 DOOR OPEN qf ENTER eh (20, 56) EQ ek (45) EQUALIZER es (46) FM/AM wa (25, 26) FM MODE rf (25) FUNCTION qs (24, 25, 27, 28, 41, 42, 56) INPUT MODE qd (42) IR ...wk PRESET TUNING +/- ea (25, 29) (Models of area code CEL, CEK only) VIDEO 3 INPUT jacks rg (16) NUMBERS AND SYMBOLS 2CH STEREO qk (34) 2ND ROOM rd (58) (Models of area code U, CA, SP, KR, E only) TUNING/PTY SELECT +/- V MASTER VOLUME ...
ea (25) (Models of area code U, CA only) ?/1 (power) 1 6GB L ANALOG DIRECT qh (34) AUDIO SPLIT 0 (41) AUTO DEC ql (34) CINEMA STUDIO EX wd (35) Cursor buttons...DISPLAY 3 (29, 31) Display 7 DOOR OPEN qf ENTER eh (20, 56) EQ ek (45) EQUALIZER es (46) FM/AM wa (25, 26) FM MODE rf (25) FUNCTION qs (24, 25, 27, 28, 41, 42, 56) INPUT MODE qd (42) IR ...wk PRESET TUNING +/- ea (25, 29) (Models of area code CEL, CEK only) VIDEO 3 INPUT jacks rg (16) NUMBERS AND SYMBOLS 2CH STEREO qk (34) 2ND ROOM rd (58) (Models of area code U, CA, SP, KR, E only) TUNING/PTY SELECT +/- V MASTER VOLUME ...
Operating Instructions
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..."Connectable components" below for models of area code CEL, CEK. 8GB Getting Started 1: Check how to hookup your components Steps 1a through this receiver. After hooking up your components, proceed to "2: Connecting the antennas" (page 17). Before you begin, refer to be connected DVD/LD player... With digital audio output*1 With multi-channel audio output*2 With analog audio output only*3 TV monitor With component video input*4*5 With S-Video or composite video input only Satellite tuner With digital audio output*1 With...
..."Connectable components" below for models of area code CEL, CEK. 8GB Getting Started 1: Check how to hookup your components Steps 1a through this receiver. After hooking up your components, proceed to "2: Connecting the antennas" (page 17). Before you begin, refer to be connected DVD/LD player... With digital audio output*1 With multi-channel audio output*2 With analog audio output only*3 TV monitor With component video input*4*5 With S-Video or composite video input only Satellite tuner With digital audio output*1 With...
Operating Instructions
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... • You can also connect an LD player with the RF demodulator. Connect the player to this receiver. Refer to the operating instructions supplied with a DOLBY DIGITAL RF OUT jack via an RF demodulator (You... cannot connect an LD player's DOLBY DIGITAL RF OUT jack directly to the analog input jacks (CD/SACD IN jacks). CD/Super Audio CD player OUTPUT AUDIO OUT L R A MD... COAXIAL IN S-VIDEO AM OUT VIDEO S-VIDEO IN VIDEO S-VIDEO IN VIDEO OUT VIDEO IN VIDEO U FM 75Ω COAXIAL MONITOR CONTROL AUDIO A1 IN L R AUDIO IN AUDIO OUT AUDIO IN TV/SAT ...
... • You can also connect an LD player with the RF demodulator. Connect the player to this receiver. Refer to the operating instructions supplied with a DOLBY DIGITAL RF OUT jack via an RF demodulator (You... cannot connect an LD player's DOLBY DIGITAL RF OUT jack directly to the analog input jacks (CD/SACD IN jacks). CD/Super Audio CD player OUTPUT AUDIO OUT L R A MD... COAXIAL IN S-VIDEO AM OUT VIDEO S-VIDEO IN VIDEO S-VIDEO IN VIDEO OUT VIDEO IN VIDEO U FM 75Ω COAXIAL MONITOR CONTROL AUDIO A1 IN L R AUDIO IN AUDIO OUT AUDIO IN TV/SAT ...