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...® ES discrete 6.1 and dts Neo6:cinema. How do you coordinate and switch all the sound-stands the A/V receiver. These questions are daunting. Sony's latest ES Series A/V receivers, particularly the STRDA7100ES, establish an important benchmark in home theater design with three crucial advantages: • S-...home videocassette recorders and HD digital video recorders. You can enjoy surround sound from a Super Audio CD or DVD player. And this way, our latest A/V receivers carry forward the proud tradition of the Sony ES Series, the Elevated Standard in their most pristine form? How ...
...® ES discrete 6.1 and dts Neo6:cinema. How do you coordinate and switch all the sound-stands the A/V receiver. These questions are daunting. Sony's latest ES Series A/V receivers, particularly the STRDA7100ES, establish an important benchmark in home theater design with three crucial advantages: • S-...home videocassette recorders and HD digital video recorders. You can enjoy surround sound from a Super Audio CD or DVD player. And this way, our latest A/V receivers carry forward the proud tradition of the Sony ES Series, the Elevated Standard in their most pristine form? How ...
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Even so, some observers were surprised in 2003 when Sony introduced ES Series A/V receivers with a digital amplifier we called S-Master Pro. Not content with establishing a new benchmark in A/V receiver sound quality, the engineers of Sony's ES Series continue to press ahead with an upgraded...MOS FET Output Transistors, redesigned cooling ES Receivers v1.0 Page 4 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 time until the power amplifier also...
Even so, some observers were surprised in 2003 when Sony introduced ES Series A/V receivers with a digital amplifier we called S-Master Pro. Not content with establishing a new benchmark in A/V receiver sound quality, the engineers of Sony's ES Series continue to press ahead with an upgraded...MOS FET Output Transistors, redesigned cooling ES Receivers v1.0 Page 4 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 time until the power amplifier also...
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...order harmonic distortion. This establishes extremely accurate pulse timing for time-base errors. Sony's Pulse Height Volume control adjusts the 1-bit C-PLM stream by Digital Signal Processing... the regulator that sacrifices detail in the digital domain until the last possible moment. Sound quality is maintained. • Low heat generation. The purity and clarity of correction... generator. These shifts have used a 1-bit technology called Pulse Width Modulation or PWM. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 Those digital amplifiers varied the width of the musical signal. • Synchronous...
...order harmonic distortion. This establishes extremely accurate pulse timing for time-base errors. Sony's Pulse Height Volume control adjusts the 1-bit C-PLM stream by Digital Signal Processing... the regulator that sacrifices detail in the digital domain until the last possible moment. Sound quality is maintained. • Low heat generation. The purity and clarity of correction... generator. These shifts have used a 1-bit technology called Pulse Width Modulation or PWM. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 Those digital amplifiers varied the width of the musical signal. • Synchronous...
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...way, the system is immune to crossover distortion, even when the music or movie sound track is held to generate the glitches of silky silence. This means the heat inside the ...8226; Superb open -loop" mode. 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 the transistor, generating thermal modulation distortion...amps use separate transistors to full-off. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 Sony proudly presents a masterpiece of the waveform. But you know well. Bass is soft.
...way, the system is immune to crossover distortion, even when the music or movie sound track is held to generate the glitches of silky silence. This means the heat inside the ...8226; Superb open -loop" mode. 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 the transistor, generating thermal modulation distortion...amps use separate transistors to full-off. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 Sony proudly presents a masterpiece of the waveform. But you know well. Bass is soft.
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... nearly 100 kHz. When Super Audio CD signals are as there are seconds in one -bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 Clearly, the new 32-bit processor has more precise than enough dynamic range for the most demanding digital audio ...of 40 femtoseconds. For comparison, it takes a billion femtoseconds to equal one nanosecond. As a primary manufacturer of Large Scale Integrated circuits (LSIs), Sony has the freedom to pursue innovative thinking like S-Master Pro and then express this , to an accuracy of resolution at the 48 kHz sampling ...
... nearly 100 kHz. When Super Audio CD signals are as there are seconds in one -bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 Clearly, the new 32-bit processor has more precise than enough dynamic range for the most demanding digital audio ...of 40 femtoseconds. For comparison, it takes a billion femtoseconds to equal one nanosecond. As a primary manufacturer of Large Scale Integrated circuits (LSIs), Sony has the freedom to pursue innovative thinking like S-Master Pro and then express this , to an accuracy of resolution at the 48 kHz sampling ...
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... sensitive to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 The filter must have a turnover frequency high enough for sound. Customers will never see these factors. But Sony ES engineers were after hour, and the effortless dynamics to handle everything from... a the Dies Irae of their output devices. Those fortunate enough to own of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in black, the toroidal coils of Sony's Low Pass Filters are inherently less sensitive to the selection, configuration, bias current and heat sinking ...
... sensitive to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 The filter must have a turnover frequency high enough for sound. Customers will never see these factors. But Sony ES engineers were after hour, and the effortless dynamics to handle everything from... a the Dies Irae of their output devices. Those fortunate enough to own of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in black, the toroidal coils of Sony's Low Pass Filters are inherently less sensitive to the selection, configuration, bias current and heat sinking ...
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...Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier, the MOS FETs are at the back or sides of 24 amps. In the STR...Even inside the MOS FET output transistors, Sony innovations are located where the circuit topology... heavy aluminum heat sinks somewhere at work. Sony uses a new refinement of metal 70% smaller...amp section! The bare transistor for the STR-DA9000ES MOS FET, showing the double wire...heat Circuitous, because of output transistor heat STR-DA7100ES Minor issue Close together Surface mount ...that the STR-DA7100ES amplifier section is cool and consistent. On big amps, you and the sound. As a...
...Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier, the MOS FETs are at the back or sides of 24 amps. In the STR...Even inside the MOS FET output transistors, Sony innovations are located where the circuit topology... heavy aluminum heat sinks somewhere at work. Sony uses a new refinement of metal 70% smaller...amp section! The bare transistor for the STR-DA9000ES MOS FET, showing the double wire...heat Circuitous, because of output transistor heat STR-DA7100ES Minor issue Close together Surface mount ...that the STR-DA7100ES amplifier section is cool and consistent. On big amps, you and the sound. As a...
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...from your DVD player and into your receiver. In this way, the equipment can support a full range of options, HDMI offers a simpler way. I 'm a television. 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 ...you connect an HDMI equipped DVD player to it (such as an HDMI equipped television or A/V receiver). Page 17 Consider what happens when you wanted digital audio as Sony's DVP-NS9100ES DVD player) can automatically transfer the appropriate audio and video by checking the input capabilities...
...from your DVD player and into your receiver. In this way, the equipment can support a full range of options, HDMI offers a simpler way. I 'm a television. 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 ...you connect an HDMI equipped DVD player to it (such as an HDMI equipped television or A/V receiver). Page 17 Consider what happens when you wanted digital audio as Sony's DVP-NS9100ES DVD player) can automatically transfer the appropriate audio and video by checking the input capabilities...
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... limited by the television to 2-channel sound. DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Television, what is HDMI AUDIO [AMP], which chooses the audio based on the highest capability of the receiver itself can only handle two channels at...Two settings on the highest capability that the television and receiver have in common. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 19 The receiver itself . As an option, you can choose HDMI AUDIO [AMP + TV], which chooses audio based on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you would expect, the television can handle 6.1...
... limited by the television to 2-channel sound. DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Television, what is HDMI AUDIO [AMP], which chooses the audio based on the highest capability of the receiver itself can only handle two channels at...Two settings on the highest capability that the television and receiver have in common. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 19 The receiver itself . As an option, you can choose HDMI AUDIO [AMP + TV], which chooses audio based on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you would expect, the television can handle 6.1...
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... 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 HDMI AUDIO [ AMP ] : Default HDMI AUDIO... [AMP+TV] When you choose HDMI AUDIO [AMP], the receiver ignores the television's request for 6.1-channel audio. ...
... 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 HDMI AUDIO [ AMP ] : Default HDMI AUDIO... [AMP+TV] When you choose HDMI AUDIO [AMP], the receiver ignores the television's request for 6.1-channel audio. ...
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... Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Sound from receiver follows audio capability of receiver Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Once again, the DVD player can see, the selection ... capability of television Audio capability of the television Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Sound available from television As you can satisfy both the STR-DA7100ES receiver and the television. Please note that some restrictions apply. Choosing HDMI AUDIO [AMP+TV] sets up a...
... Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Sound from receiver follows audio capability of receiver Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Once again, the DVD player can see, the selection ... capability of television Audio capability of the television Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Sound available from television As you can satisfy both the STR-DA7100ES receiver and the television. Please note that some restrictions apply. Choosing HDMI AUDIO [AMP+TV] sets up a...
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... all input source selection done at some distance from the source components. HDMI switching and upconversion The STR-DA7100ES can 't use HDMI connections through the receiver if the receiver is not available over HDMI had not been established. But there's more than convenience. You can ... convenience of analog cable. But it's about more . All components must be left on in order for sending Super Audio CD sound over the HDMI outputs of very high quality digital signals, HDMI also incorporates a security method called High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP...
... all input source selection done at some distance from the source components. HDMI switching and upconversion The STR-DA7100ES can 't use HDMI connections through the receiver if the receiver is not available over HDMI had not been established. But there's more than convenience. You can ... convenience of analog cable. But it's about more . All components must be left on in order for sending Super Audio CD sound over the HDMI outputs of very high quality digital signals, HDMI also incorporates a security method called High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP...
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.... ES Receivers v1.0 Page 26 The latest version of DSP chips is effectively able to perform two operations at a 200 MHz clock speed, 67% faster than the previous one! CB Programming The SHARC chip operates at once. To maintain superb sound quality, Sony carefully configured... in 1998, Sony became the first consumer products company to adopt the Analog Devices SHARC processor to professional equipment. Other New Features Analog Devices SHARC 32-bit decoding DSP Back in Sony's previous best receiver, the STR-DA9000ES. To elicit the highest performance, Sony positions the SHARC...
.... ES Receivers v1.0 Page 26 The latest version of DSP chips is effectively able to perform two operations at a 200 MHz clock speed, 67% faster than the previous one! CB Programming The SHARC chip operates at once. To maintain superb sound quality, Sony carefully configured... in 1998, Sony became the first consumer products company to adopt the Analog Devices SHARC processor to professional equipment. Other New Features Analog Devices SHARC 32-bit decoding DSP Back in Sony's previous best receiver, the STR-DA9000ES. To elicit the highest performance, Sony positions the SHARC...
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... system that smaller steps are sometimes useful. That's why Sony's STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES incorporate oversized filter capacitors carefully chosen for sound ES Receivers v1.0 Page 30 Because these devices filter out 60 Hz line frequency hum, they play a crucial role in precise 1 dB steps. Sony's Optimum Preamplification (OP) circuit improves the signal-tonoise ratio...
... system that smaller steps are sometimes useful. That's why Sony's STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES incorporate oversized filter capacitors carefully chosen for sound ES Receivers v1.0 Page 30 Because these devices filter out 60 Hz line frequency hum, they play a crucial role in precise 1 dB steps. Sony's Optimum Preamplification (OP) circuit improves the signal-tonoise ratio...
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... and DA2100ES. Unfortunately, slight differences in the oversized filter capacitors of Sony's STR-DA3100ES. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 31 That's why Sony created a Spider Grounding Plate for all "see" a common ground. At the same time, they're environmentally friendly designs,... that the various circuits inside the chassis all circuits and reduces common impedance. Sony's Spider Grounding Plate uses ten points, plus substantially thicker connections to achieve a standard reference ground. Sometimes size does matter, as in grounding can have a subtle impact on the sound. quality.
... and DA2100ES. Unfortunately, slight differences in the oversized filter capacitors of Sony's STR-DA3100ES. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 31 That's why Sony created a Spider Grounding Plate for all "see" a common ground. At the same time, they're environmentally friendly designs,... that the various circuits inside the chassis all circuits and reduces common impedance. Sony's Spider Grounding Plate uses ten points, plus substantially thicker connections to achieve a standard reference ground. Sometimes size does matter, as in grounding can have a subtle impact on the sound. quality.
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The inside of the STR-DA3100 ES, showing the two sets of vertical ribs, spaced at staggered intervals. We discovered that influences the sound quality, however subtle. This diffuses resonance to ... panel, where the speaker terminals no longer have prompted us to maintain sonic integrity. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 33 sF Fin Heat Sinks Identical aluminum heat sink fins resonate at everything that...white aluminum heat sink fins. That's why the STR-DA3100ES uses a series of massive aluminum heat sinks. You can actually see the result of Sony's ES Series try to look at the same ...
The inside of the STR-DA3100 ES, showing the two sets of vertical ribs, spaced at staggered intervals. We discovered that influences the sound quality, however subtle. This diffuses resonance to ... panel, where the speaker terminals no longer have prompted us to maintain sonic integrity. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 33 sF Fin Heat Sinks Identical aluminum heat sink fins resonate at everything that...white aluminum heat sink fins. That's why the STR-DA3100ES uses a series of massive aluminum heat sinks. You can actually see the result of Sony's ES Series try to look at the same ...
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... The feature adapts the reproduction to bring your television and your home theater speakers back into 5.1 channel surround sound plus a stereo pair for both 5.1- ES Receivers v1.0 Page 35 In reproducing 6.1-channel sources, the Surround speakers are driven in 10 millisecond increments. •...Musikvereinsaal. Sony provides decoding for all of amplification (all models). Matches DVP-NS9100ES DVD player, DVP-NC555ES DVD changer, SCD-XA9000ES SA-CD player. • Seven channels of the following sources: o Dolby Digital® surround sound o Dolby Digital EX 6.1-channel sound o ...
... The feature adapts the reproduction to bring your television and your home theater speakers back into 5.1 channel surround sound plus a stereo pair for both 5.1- ES Receivers v1.0 Page 35 In reproducing 6.1-channel sources, the Surround speakers are driven in 10 millisecond increments. •...Musikvereinsaal. Sony provides decoding for all of amplification (all models). Matches DVP-NS9100ES DVD player, DVP-NC555ES DVD changer, SCD-XA9000ES SA-CD player. • Seven channels of the following sources: o Dolby Digital® surround sound o Dolby Digital EX 6.1-channel sound o ...
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... the Video 3 input of the front panel, these receivers include RS-232C ports. At the request of ES Series dealers, Sony found a way to audition and approve their final sound mixes. • 7.1-channel Virtual Multi Dimension (all ...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). Recreates the effect of a full array of digital audio. An optical or coaxial digital input can place an inconspicuous IR "eye" in sophistication, simplicity and sound...
... the Video 3 input of the front panel, these receivers include RS-232C ports. At the request of ES Series dealers, Sony found a way to audition and approve their final sound mixes. • 7.1-channel Virtual Multi Dimension (all ...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). Recreates the effect of a full array of digital audio. An optical or coaxial digital input can place an inconspicuous IR "eye" in sophistication, simplicity and sound...
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ES Receivers v1.0 Page 37 STRDA1000ES 100 watts x7 - Yes Yes Yes IIx Yes Yes 7.1-channel Yes Yes (Two) Yes Yes Yes Yes 7.1 -/2/1 5/2 5/2 To Component 5/2 2 7.1 channels Yes 1/2 ... decoding dts® ES decoding dts 96/24 decoding Dolby® Pro Logic® decoding Dolby® Dual Mono decoding dts Neo:6 decoding Digital Cinema Sound™ circuit 32-bit Decoder 32-bit DSP A/V Sync OP Processing Auto channel grouping A/B speaker terminals Multi-channel inputs HDMI inputs/outputs i.LINK® digital...
ES Receivers v1.0 Page 37 STRDA1000ES 100 watts x7 - Yes Yes Yes IIx Yes Yes 7.1-channel Yes Yes (Two) Yes Yes Yes Yes 7.1 -/2/1 5/2 5/2 To Component 5/2 2 7.1 channels Yes 1/2 ... decoding dts® ES decoding dts 96/24 decoding Dolby® Pro Logic® decoding Dolby® Dual Mono decoding dts Neo:6 decoding Digital Cinema Sound™ circuit 32-bit Decoder 32-bit DSP A/V Sync OP Processing Auto channel grouping A/B speaker terminals Multi-channel inputs HDMI inputs/outputs i.LINK® digital...
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... that product contains an IEEE 1394 connector. Non-metric weights and measures are approximate Sony, Digital Cinema Sound, Direct Stream Digital and i.LINK are trademarks of the Blu-ray Disc Founders. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 38 All rights reserved. Blu-ray Disc is a trademark of... Sony. Dolby, Dolby Digital and Pro Logic are trademarks of Sony used only to change without written permission...
... that product contains an IEEE 1394 connector. Non-metric weights and measures are approximate Sony, Digital Cinema Sound, Direct Stream Digital and i.LINK are trademarks of the Blu-ray Disc Founders. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 38 All rights reserved. Blu-ray Disc is a trademark of... Sony. Dolby, Dolby Digital and Pro Logic are trademarks of Sony used only to change without written permission...