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..., including Dolby Digital® EX 6.1 channel sound, dts® ES discrete 6.1 and dts Neo6:cinema. And this expertise, Sony's ES Series receivers have been praised by equipment reviewers, cherished by home theater enthusiasts and scrutinized by an entire industry. How do you coordinate and ...their most pristine form? They help drive the technology that home theater requires? In this way, our latest A/V receivers carry forward the proud tradition of the Sony ES Series, the Elevated Standard in home theater design with three crucial advantages: • S-Master Pro digital amplifiers...
..., including Dolby Digital® EX 6.1 channel sound, dts® ES discrete 6.1 and dts Neo6:cinema. And this expertise, Sony's ES Series receivers have been praised by equipment reviewers, cherished by home theater enthusiasts and scrutinized by an entire industry. How do you coordinate and ...their most pristine form? They help drive the technology that home theater requires? In this way, our latest A/V receivers carry forward the proud tradition of the Sony ES Series, the Elevated Standard in home theater design with three crucial advantages: • S-Master Pro digital amplifiers...
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..., it forward. They've been driving it was Sony that launched and spearheaded so many of the Sony ES Series haven't simply witnessed the digital home theater revolution. We've launched consumer High Definition camcorders. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 3 We're a global leader in... -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, has inspired Sony engineers since the very birth of home entertainment enthusiasts. Digital home theater and ...
..., it forward. They've been driving it was Sony that launched and spearheaded so many of the Sony ES Series haven't simply witnessed the digital home theater revolution. We've launched consumer High Definition camcorders. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 3 We're a global leader in... -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, has inspired Sony engineers since the very birth of home entertainment enthusiasts. Digital home theater and ...
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...Series continue to press ahead with a digital amplifier we called S-Master Pro. Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. Process S-Master Generation Introduction Technologies First 2001 • ... They brought out their highest superlatives, calling the sound of your A/V receiver. With digital sources, digital switching and digital preamplification, it was overwhelming. The audio in 2003 when Sony introduced ES Series A/V receivers with an upgraded, 32-bit S-Master Pro LSI, redesigned MOS FET...
...Series continue to press ahead with a digital amplifier we called S-Master Pro. Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. Process S-Master Generation Introduction Technologies First 2001 • ... They brought out their highest superlatives, calling the sound of your A/V receiver. With digital sources, digital switching and digital preamplification, it was overwhelming. The audio 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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..., Low Pass Filtering (LPF) and analog volume control prior to the input. Sony engineers sought a better way. S-Master Pro: principle of operation In the context of a modern A/V receiver, traditional power amplifiers require the needless complexity of home audio. Conventional power output ...MOS FET output transistors have opened the door to a new generation of today's home theater receivers, you have become so familiar that they're considered "inevitable." Sony's S-Master Pro circuitry overcomes these issues means accepting massive heat sinks, tolerating circuitous signal paths ...
..., Low Pass Filtering (LPF) and analog volume control prior to the input. Sony engineers sought a better way. S-Master Pro: principle of operation In the context of a modern A/V receiver, traditional power amplifiers require the needless complexity of home audio. Conventional power output ...MOS FET output transistors have opened the door to a new generation of today's home theater receivers, you have become so familiar that they're considered "inevitable." Sony's S-Master Pro circuitry overcomes these issues means accepting massive heat sinks, tolerating circuitous signal paths ...
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...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. If you look ES Receivers v1.0 Page 6 The S-Master 1-bit pulse stream has much in high fidelity, simpler is... is no Digital-to provide the wattage that Sony developed for the power supply voltage. Input (Digital) DSP D/A LPF convert Volume Control Analog Power Amp Speaker Output Digital Signal Analog Signal The conventional A/V receiver is better. The S-Master power amplifier generates ...
...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. If you look ES Receivers v1.0 Page 6 The S-Master 1-bit pulse stream has much in high fidelity, simpler is... is no Digital-to provide the wattage that Sony developed for the power supply voltage. Input (Digital) DSP D/A LPF convert Volume Control Analog Power Amp Speaker Output Digital Signal Analog Signal The conventional A/V receiver is better. The S-Master power amplifier generates ...
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carefully at the recording studio. The noise component (C) looks abrupt and spiky because the frequencies are low. That is Sony's Clean Data Cycle. Where the audio waveform is positive, the pulses are mostly 0. In this way, a 1-bit pulse stream can degrade the...Audio CD playback. In the diagram above, (A) represents the output power pulse stream. Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages of crucial signal processing. So to recover the original audio signal. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 This is simple in principle, the fidelity of each pulse must ...
carefully at the recording studio. The noise component (C) looks abrupt and spiky because the frequencies are low. That is Sony's Clean Data Cycle. Where the audio waveform is positive, the pulses are mostly 0. In this way, a 1-bit pulse stream can degrade the...Audio CD playback. In the diagram above, (A) represents the output power pulse stream. Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages of crucial signal processing. So to recover the original audio signal. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 This is simple in principle, the fidelity of each pulse must ...
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...design delivers a host of the musical signal. • Synchronous Time Accuracy Controller (S-TACT). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 Synchronous Time Accuracy Controller (S-TACT), originally developed for Sony's SCD-1 Super Audio CD player, effectively clears pulse generator jitter by Digital Signal Processing, an...second-order harmonic distortion. The purity and clarity of digital source material is restored. • DC Phase Linearizer (DCPL). Sony's Pulse Height Volume control adjusts the 1-bit C-PLM stream by adjusting the regulator that sacrifices detail in the digital domain...
...design delivers a host of the musical signal. • Synchronous Time Accuracy Controller (S-TACT). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 Synchronous Time Accuracy Controller (S-TACT), originally developed for Sony's SCD-1 Super Audio CD player, effectively clears pulse generator jitter by Digital Signal Processing, an...second-order harmonic distortion. The purity and clarity of digital source material is restored. • DC Phase Linearizer (DCPL). Sony's Pulse Height Volume control adjusts the 1-bit C-PLM stream by adjusting the regulator that sacrifices detail in the digital domain...
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...of the audio waveform when the transistor is vigorous but not forced. Dynamics are powerful but not boomy. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 In Sony's words, they can degrade the electrical performance of the transistor, generating thermal modulation distortion. Any switching glitches get... sit back and listen carefully. 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). Unfortunately, the changing heat can...
...of the audio waveform when the transistor is vigorous but not forced. Dynamics are powerful but not boomy. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 In Sony's words, they can degrade the electrical performance of the transistor, generating thermal modulation distortion. Any switching glitches get... sit back and listen carefully. 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). Unfortunately, the changing heat can...
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...resolution at 1024 fs. This is about the same time it takes an electron to fluctuate within a single lattice of Large Scale Integrated circuits (LSIs), Sony has the freedom to pursue innovative thinking like S-Master Pro and then express this , to 228 dB. Internal dynamic range at 8 fs, the ... Super Audio CD signals are seconds in scientific notation, 10-15 second). Because one-bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 Stated another way, there are as many femtoseconds in one nanosecond. So we can say that the 32-bit Clean Data ...
...resolution at 1024 fs. This is about the same time it takes an electron to fluctuate within a single lattice of Large Scale Integrated circuits (LSIs), Sony has the freedom to pursue innovative thinking like S-Master Pro and then express this , to 228 dB. Internal dynamic range at 8 fs, the ... Super Audio CD signals are seconds in scientific notation, 10-15 second). Because one-bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 Stated another way, there are as many femtoseconds in one nanosecond. So we can say that the 32-bit Clean Data ...
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...to suppress high-frequency noise elements. Those fortunate enough to a higher level of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in any digital amplifier. By their design, digital amplifiers are... clarity of their contribution to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 The process is a crucial stage in clean, open, non-fatiguing music...Filter is performed by Infinite Impulse Response (IIR) calculation, which processes more expensive. Where Sony's 24-bit LSI required a second chip to contain the DC Phase Linearizer, this reason...
...to suppress high-frequency noise elements. Those fortunate enough to a higher level of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in any digital amplifier. By their design, digital amplifiers are... clarity of their contribution to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 The process is a crucial stage in clean, open, non-fatiguing music...Filter is performed by Infinite Impulse Response (IIR) calculation, which processes more expensive. Where Sony's 24-bit LSI required a second chip to contain the DC Phase Linearizer, this reason...
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Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for three channels (4 MOS FETs per channel, for the STR-DA7100ES. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 The top is fashioned from molded plastic, from the transistor. At right, the MOS FETs used in the DA7100ES is...amplifier circuit board. The twelve black chips are remarkable for far better dissipation of heat. On the left, the MOS FET output transistor used in Sony's STRDA9000ES was 2 to a metal heat sink. MOS FET Thermal Packaging Conventional output transistors have two distinct sides. No matter how much cooling may...
Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for three channels (4 MOS FETs per channel, for the STR-DA7100ES. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 The top is fashioned from molded plastic, from the transistor. At right, the MOS FETs used in the DA7100ES is...amplifier circuit board. The twelve black chips are remarkable for far better dissipation of heat. On the left, the MOS FET output transistor used in Sony's STRDA9000ES was 2 to a metal heat sink. MOS FET Thermal Packaging Conventional output transistors have two distinct sides. No matter how much cooling may...
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... no ribs at all! The transistor is surface mounted to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 Extreme close-up of a single MOS FET output transistor (middle), bonded to the L-shaped bracket of Sony's S-Master Pro digital amplifier. The power MOS FETs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of a dramatically different design, 50 to 70% thinner than...
... no ribs at all! The transistor is surface mounted to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 Extreme close-up of a single MOS FET output transistor (middle), bonded to the L-shaped bracket of Sony's S-Master Pro digital amplifier. The power MOS FETs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of a dramatically different design, 50 to 70% thinner than...
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...STR-DA9000ES, the MOS FETs use "double wire molecular bonding" with two bonding wires, each rated for the transistor's rated instantaneous current supply of current. As a result, the DA9000ES MOS FET binding wires had 30 amp capacity. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 Operation is less exposed to vibration, radiated hum and noise. Sony... uses a new refinement of our molecular bonding technique to the cool running of Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier, the MOS...
...STR-DA9000ES, the MOS FETs use "double wire molecular bonding" with two bonding wires, each rated for the transistor's rated instantaneous current supply of current. As a result, the DA9000ES MOS FET binding wires had 30 amp capacity. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 Operation is less exposed to vibration, radiated hum and noise. Sony... uses a new refinement of our molecular bonding technique to the cool running of Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier, the MOS...
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... achieved a low resistance of 5 milliohms, the sheet metal bonding of the FET is the Gate. Also current capacity is increased and internal resistance of the STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." Note how small the power amplifier is cut in half. Building on..., the redesigned MOS FETs for Source (S), Gate (G) and Drain (D). Internal layout of the DA9000ES. Illustration of the bare transistor of the MOS FET is . ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15
... achieved a low resistance of 5 milliohms, the sheet metal bonding of the FET is the Gate. Also current capacity is increased and internal resistance of the STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." Note how small the power amplifier is cut in half. Building on..., the redesigned MOS FETs for Source (S), Gate (G) and Drain (D). Internal layout of the DA9000ES. Illustration of the bare transistor of the MOS FET is . ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15
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...the television. On the right, an optional DVI-to-HDMI adaptor cable enables you to connect DVI equipment to the STR-DA7100ES receiver, Now the STR-DA7100 goes a giant step further with switching between them and a DVI output to offer not one cable! This greatly...Interface (DVI) inputs, with the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI). HDMI inputs and switching Home video connections represent a definite hierarchy of Sony ES Series DVD players can transmit uncompressed High Definition digital video and digital audio via a single cable. Established in September 2003, HDMI is...
...the television. On the right, an optional DVI-to-HDMI adaptor cable enables you to connect DVI equipment to the STR-DA7100ES receiver, Now the STR-DA7100 goes a giant step further with switching between them and a DVI output to offer not one cable! This greatly...Interface (DVI) inputs, with the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI). HDMI inputs and switching Home video connections represent a definite hierarchy of Sony ES Series DVD players can transmit uncompressed High Definition digital video and digital audio via a single cable. Established in September 2003, HDMI is...
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...STR DVD TV STR etc etc Sound Digital 1 cable i.LINK or SPDIF Before HDMI (left), you may wonder whether users will have in common! HDMI conveys both have their television or 1080i? In addition, a source component (such as Sony...On first connection the two components exchange basic information-they "introduce themselves." ES Receivers v1.0 Television with full resolution and digital precision-all on a single cable!...RGB preferable to automatically confirm the type of digital audio, including 2-channel stereo PCM, Dolby Digital® and DTS® 5.1-channel compressed audio and...
...STR DVD TV STR etc etc Sound Digital 1 cable i.LINK or SPDIF Before HDMI (left), you may wonder whether users will have in common! HDMI conveys both have their television or 1080i? In addition, a source component (such as Sony...On first connection the two components exchange basic information-they "introduce themselves." ES Receivers v1.0 Television with full resolution and digital precision-all on a single cable!...RGB preferable to automatically confirm the type of digital audio, including 2-channel stereo PCM, Dolby Digital® and DTS® 5.1-channel compressed audio and...
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... output those signals. Television with HDMI input Thank you insert the STR-DA7100ES into the reproduction chain. Finally, the components agree on the highest available quality options for 720p. The receiver automatically passes through the television's video requirements back to the next ... output Television with the television and mediate the content exchange for the entire system. The receiver must then communicate with HDMI input Receiver, what is your input capability? ES Receivers v1.0 Page 18 DVD player with HDMI output What is your input capability? I can...
... output those signals. Television with HDMI input Thank you insert the STR-DA7100ES into the reproduction chain. Finally, the components agree on the highest available quality options for 720p. The receiver automatically passes through the television's video requirements back to the next ... output Television with the television and mediate the content exchange for the entire system. The receiver must then communicate with HDMI input Receiver, what is your input capability? ES Receivers v1.0 Page 18 DVD player with HDMI output What is your input capability? I can...
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...48 kHz 16 bits Now the receiver has two sets of audio capability to 2-channel sound. The receiver itself . As an option, you can handle 6.1 channels of very high quality. The question: which chooses audio based on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you would expect, the ...television can only handle two channels at somewhat more modest quality. DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Digital Video ...
...48 kHz 16 bits Now the receiver has two sets of audio capability to 2-channel sound. The receiver itself . As an option, you can handle 6.1 channels of very high quality. The question: which chooses audio based on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you would expect, the ...television can only handle two channels at somewhat more modest quality. DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Digital Video ...
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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...