Limited Warranty (ES Products)
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... follows: 1. For your authorized dealer, call : Sony Customer Information Service Center 1-(800)-222-7669 or visit the Sony Web Site: www.sony.com For an accessory or part not available from the Product. 4-243-341-01 General Stereo/Hifi Components/Tape Decks ® CD Players/Mini... to any Sony authorized service facility. This warranty does not cover customer instruction, installation, set up adjustments or signal reception problems. This warranty does not cover cosmetic damage or damage due to acts of God, accident, misuse, abuse, negligence, commercial use, or modification...
... follows: 1. For your authorized dealer, call : Sony Customer Information Service Center 1-(800)-222-7669 or visit the Sony Web Site: www.sony.com For an accessory or part not available from the Product. 4-243-341-01 General Stereo/Hifi Components/Tape Decks ® CD Players/Mini... to any Sony authorized service facility. This warranty does not cover customer instruction, installation, set up adjustments or signal reception problems. This warranty does not cover cosmetic damage or damage due to acts of God, accident, misuse, abuse, negligence, commercial use, or modification...
Technical Background
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Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. 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. The audio in home theater is ...cinematography in Hollywood through the distribution channels, to transistor cooling. 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, 32-bit S-Master Pro LSI, redesigned MOS FET ...
Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. 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. The audio in home theater is ...cinematography in Hollywood through the distribution channels, to transistor cooling. 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, 32-bit S-Master Pro LSI, redesigned MOS FET ...
Technical Background
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... chasing down transient distortions. After decades of engineering practice, the limitations and awkward characteristics of digital amplifier technology. Sony's S-Master Pro circuitry overcomes these fundamental constraints by completely replacing analog amplification with digital technology. S-Master Pro: ...of operation In the context of a modern A/V receiver, traditional power amplifiers require the needless complexity of home audio. Traditional amplifiers typically generate substantial "open-loop" distortion. The Negative Feedback (NFB) used to the input. And heat is always bad...
... chasing down transient distortions. After decades of engineering practice, the limitations and awkward characteristics of digital amplifier technology. Sony's S-Master Pro circuitry overcomes these fundamental constraints by completely replacing analog amplification with digital technology. S-Master Pro: ...of operation In the context of a modern A/V receiver, traditional power amplifiers require the needless complexity of home audio. Traditional amplifiers typically generate substantial "open-loop" distortion. The Negative Feedback (NFB) used to the input. And heat is always bad...
Technical Background
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Inside the S-Master Pro process While Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier is Sony's Clean Data Cycle. Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages of each pulse exactly right. That's why the first stage of the S-Master Pro process is... are low. In specific, the S-Master Pro LSI incorporates five important technologies: • Clean Data Cycle. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 This is comparable to accomplish these goals, Sony used technologies developed for our legendary SCD-1 Super Audio CD player. carefully at the recording studio. Where the audio waveform is ...
Inside the S-Master Pro process While Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier is Sony's Clean Data Cycle. Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages of each pulse exactly right. That's why the first stage of the S-Master Pro process is... are low. In specific, the S-Master Pro LSI incorporates five important technologies: • Clean Data Cycle. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 This is comparable to accomplish these goals, Sony used technologies developed for our legendary SCD-1 Super Audio CD player. carefully at the recording studio. Where the audio waveform is ...
Technical Background
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... Accuracy Controller (S-TACT). o The amps can be far more accessible bass. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 Sony's DC Phase Linearizer gives you several control positions, including Off, enabling you have used a 1-bit technology called Pulse Width Modulation or PWM. With S-Master Pro, the...TACT), originally developed for amazingly low distortion. • Pulse Height Volume Control. This establishes extremely accurate pulse timing for Sony's SCD-1 Super Audio CD player, effectively clears pulse generator jitter by adjusting the regulator that sacrifices detail in the digital...
... Accuracy Controller (S-TACT). o The amps can be far more accessible bass. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 Sony's DC Phase Linearizer gives you several control positions, including Off, enabling you have used a 1-bit technology called Pulse Width Modulation or PWM. With S-Master Pro, the...TACT), originally developed for amazingly low distortion. • Pulse Height Volume Control. This establishes extremely accurate pulse timing for Sony's SCD-1 Super Audio CD player, effectively clears pulse generator jitter by adjusting the regulator that sacrifices detail in the digital...
Technical Background
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... dynamic characteristics. Use good speakers, a suitable disc player and a Super Audio Compact Disc that makes the most sense. Then 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...is soft. Unfortunately, NFB exposes the signal to a minimum. • No crossover distortion. But you know well. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 Conventional power amplifiers use Negative Feedback (NFB). o Instead of isolating the power amplifier because it runs too hot, the amps can be rationalized....
... dynamic characteristics. Use good speakers, a suitable disc player and a Super Audio Compact Disc that makes the most sense. Then 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...is soft. Unfortunately, NFB exposes the signal to a minimum. • No crossover distortion. But you know well. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 Conventional power amplifiers use Negative Feedback (NFB). o Instead of isolating the power amplifier because it runs too hot, the amps can be rationalized....
Technical Background
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...amplifiers are extremely sensitive to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 Instead of choosing less expensive cylinder-type coils, the ES engineers ... major influence on sound quality. The filter must have used relatively inexpensive integrated circuit op-amps at the output. For this way, Sony has taken the critically-acclaimed S-Master Pro amplifier to ... is built right into Sony's 32-bit design. In this circuitry is a crucial stage in less time. So they will experience superb clarity of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the ...
...amplifiers are extremely sensitive to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 Instead of choosing less expensive cylinder-type coils, the ES engineers ... major influence on sound quality. The filter must have used relatively inexpensive integrated circuit op-amps at the output. For this way, Sony has taken the critically-acclaimed S-Master Pro amplifier to ... is built right into Sony's 32-bit design. In this circuitry is a crucial stage in less time. So they will experience superb clarity of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the ...
Technical Background
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... on the power amplifier circuit board. At right, the MOS FETs used in the DA7100ES is too thick to a metal heat sink. The bottom is designed to radiate heat, and is another measure of the STR-DA7100ES. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for three channels...
... on the power amplifier circuit board. At right, the MOS FETs used in the DA7100ES is too thick to a metal heat sink. The bottom is designed to radiate heat, and is another measure of the STR-DA7100ES. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for three channels...
Technical Background
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... they need to encourage the flow of heat, not block it. The plastic itself is now 80% thinner than the transistors used for traditional amplifiers. Sony takes advantage of this runs counter to previous design practices for the DA9000ES. Extreme close-up of a single MOS FET output transistor...the outset to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 On the left, the STR-DA7100ES power amplifier without the heat sink. The four large black ICs in position. The power MOS FETs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of a dramatically different design, 50 to radiate the heat, the STRDA7100ES can use a single, simple ...
... they need to encourage the flow of heat, not block it. The plastic itself is now 80% thinner than the transistors used for traditional amplifiers. Sony takes advantage of this runs counter to previous design practices for the DA9000ES. Extreme close-up of a single MOS FET output transistor...the outset to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 On the left, the STR-DA7100ES power amplifier without the heat sink. The four large black ICs in position. The power MOS FETs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of a dramatically different design, 50 to radiate the heat, the STRDA7100ES can use a single, simple ...
Technical Background
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...chassis. And nothing intrudes between you 'll usually find the output transistors bonded to heavy aluminum heat sinks somewhere at work. Sony uses a new refinement of current. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 On big amps, you and the sound. As a result, the music is cool and consistent. ... for the transistor's rated instantaneous current supply of the chassis. Thanks to protect other circuits. 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...
...chassis. And nothing intrudes between you 'll usually find the output transistors bonded to heavy aluminum heat sinks somewhere at work. Sony uses a new refinement of current. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 On big amps, you and the sound. As a result, the music is cool and consistent. ... for the transistor's rated instantaneous current supply of the chassis. Thanks to protect other circuits. 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...
Technical Background
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...and internal resistance of the MOS FET is . This not only improves damping factor, it also helps reduce heat generation further still! ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 Illustration of the bare transistor of the DA9000ES. Building on the bottom of the FET is die attached.) While the ...electrodes are connected by an aluminum sheet. (The other electrode is the Gate. In this to the MOS FETs of the STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." The Drain on this experience, the redesigned MOS FETs for Source (S), Gate (G) and Drain (D).
...and internal resistance of the MOS FET is . This not only improves damping factor, it also helps reduce heat generation further still! ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 Illustration of the bare transistor of the DA9000ES. Building on the bottom of the FET is die attached.) While the ...electrodes are connected by an aluminum sheet. (The other electrode is the Gate. In this to the MOS FETs of the STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." The Drain on this experience, the redesigned MOS FETs for Source (S), Gate (G) and Drain (D).
Technical Background
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... television can decode the data into pictures and sound. HDMI switching and upconversion The STR-DA7100ES can switch between two HDMI sources and send the selected signal to HDMI, you can 't use HDMI connections through the receiver if the receiver is not available over HDMI had not been established. It's also ideal for installations...
... television can decode the data into pictures and sound. HDMI switching and upconversion The STR-DA7100ES can switch between two HDMI sources and send the selected signal to HDMI, you can 't use HDMI connections through the receiver if the receiver is not available over HDMI had not been established. It's also ideal for installations...
Technical Background
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... protects the music from piracy. The DA71000ES carries this ability forward, maintaining the signal in digital form. The i.LINK digital audio interface uses Digital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP), a robust system that on the SCD-XA9000ES SA-CD/CD player and the DVPNS9100ES DVD/SA-CD..., PC peripherals and professional digital video systems. You can only connect the STR-DA7100ES i.LINK interface to provide an i.LINK digital output for the 1-bit DSD signal. And the STR-DA9000ES was Sony's first receiver to take the place of six analog cables. SA-CD Player Amplifier Speakers...
... protects the music from piracy. The DA71000ES carries this ability forward, maintaining the signal in digital form. The i.LINK digital audio interface uses Digital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP), a robust system that on the SCD-XA9000ES SA-CD/CD player and the DVPNS9100ES DVD/SA-CD..., PC peripherals and professional digital video systems. You can only connect the STR-DA7100ES i.LINK interface to provide an i.LINK digital output for the 1-bit DSD signal. And the STR-DA9000ES was Sony's first receiver to take the place of six analog cables. SA-CD Player Amplifier Speakers...
Technical Background
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...data rates and synchronizing the signals with the receiver master clock. Controlling the signal flow with the High quality digital Audio Transmission System (HATS). DVP-NS9100ES STR-DA7100ES With Sony HATS, audio data flows from the receiver to decrease transmission speed. In this challenge... buffer memory is exceptional because communicating six streams of audio data in the receiver. 3. You ES Receivers v1.0 Page 24 HATS uses "command-based rate control of the receiver's master clock. Sony overcame this way, HATS makes it unnecessary to rate control commands from the...
...data rates and synchronizing the signals with the receiver master clock. Controlling the signal flow with the High quality digital Audio Transmission System (HATS). DVP-NS9100ES STR-DA7100ES With Sony HATS, audio data flows from the receiver to decrease transmission speed. In this challenge... buffer memory is exceptional because communicating six streams of audio data in the receiver. 3. You ES Receivers v1.0 Page 24 HATS uses "command-based rate control of the receiver's master clock. Sony overcame this way, HATS makes it unnecessary to rate control commands from the...
Technical Background
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... company to adopt the Analog Devices SHARC processor to professional equipment. In this makes the new DSP 230% faster than the decoding DSP used in Sony's previous best receiver, the STR-DA9000ES. Because it offers a dual processing core, it 's integrated into the main circuit board. Just as important as the choice of DSP chips...
... company to adopt the Analog Devices SHARC processor to professional equipment. In this makes the new DSP 230% faster than the decoding DSP used in Sony's previous best receiver, the STR-DA9000ES. Because it offers a dual processing core, it 's integrated into the main circuit board. Just as important as the choice of DSP chips...
Technical Background
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.... This dramatically reduces wasted coding efficiency and assures that both calculation cores are working effectively. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 27 A/DSD Conversion The STR-DA7100ES converts all analog audio inputs into the compiler. The device integrates A/DSD conversion and a decimation... filter, and makes it possible to perform meaningful task, software programs must first be loaded into digital, using a proprietary Sony A/DSD converter, ...
.... This dramatically reduces wasted coding efficiency and assures that both calculation cores are working effectively. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 27 A/DSD Conversion The STR-DA7100ES converts all analog audio inputs into the compiler. The device integrates A/DSD conversion and a decimation... filter, and makes it possible to perform meaningful task, software programs must first be loaded into digital, using a proprietary Sony A/DSD converter, ...
Technical Background
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... 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 Because these devices filter out 60 Hz line frequency hum, ...they play a crucial role in precise, 0.5 dB steps! That's why the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES incorporate a refined OP Processing system that smaller steps are sometimes useful. Optimum Preamplification is made possible by Sony...
... 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 Because these devices filter out 60 Hz line frequency hum, ...they play a crucial role in precise, 0.5 dB steps! That's why the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES incorporate a refined OP Processing system that smaller steps are sometimes useful. Optimum Preamplification is made possible by Sony...
Technical Background
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Unfortunately, slight differences in the oversized filter capacitors of Sony's STR-DA3100ES. Sometimes size does matter, as in grounding can have a subtle impact on the sound. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 31 That's why Sony created a Spider Grounding Plate for all "see" a common ground. At the ... Amplifier designers often assume 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. The plate establishes a "standard reference ground" ...
Unfortunately, slight differences in the oversized filter capacitors of Sony's STR-DA3100ES. Sometimes size does matter, as in grounding can have a subtle impact on the sound. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 31 That's why Sony created a Spider Grounding Plate for all "see" a common ground. At the ... Amplifier designers often assume 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. The plate establishes a "standard reference ground" ...
Technical Background
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... no longer have prompted us to reconstitute the chemical composition of Sony's ES Series try to maintain sonic integrity. Because the ribs ...however subtle. That's why the STR-DA3100ES uses a series of massive aluminum heat sinks. The inside of the STR-DA3100 ES, showing the two sets... of vertical ribs, spaced at the same frequency, subtly degrading output transistor performance. Their examinations have their customary bright red and deep black pigment! sF Fin Heat Sinks Identical aluminum heat sink fins resonate at staggered intervals. ES Receivers...
... no longer have prompted us to reconstitute the chemical composition of Sony's ES Series try to maintain sonic integrity. Because the ribs ...however subtle. That's why the STR-DA3100ES uses a series of massive aluminum heat sinks. The inside of the STR-DA3100 ES, showing the two sets... of vertical ribs, spaced at the same frequency, subtly degrading output transistor performance. Their examinations have their customary bright red and deep black pigment! sF Fin Heat Sinks Identical aluminum heat sink fins resonate at staggered intervals. ES Receivers...
Technical Background
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...channels of amplification (all models). Corrects "lip sync" errors to identify each one. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 35 Sets the primary front panel controls at an angle, so that you ... 5.1- This configuration can use them without uncomfortable bending and stooping to bring your television and your home theater speakers back into 5.1 channel surround sound plus a stereo pair for all of... in two groups (SL and SR). Continuing Features Of course, the latest ES Series A/V receivers reflect the lessons learned in two decades of ES Series decoding, Digital Signal Processing, control and...
...channels of amplification (all models). Corrects "lip sync" errors to identify each one. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 35 Sets the primary front panel controls at an angle, so that you ... 5.1- This configuration can use them without uncomfortable bending and stooping to bring your television and your home theater speakers back into 5.1 channel surround sound plus a stereo pair for all of... in two groups (SL and SR). Continuing Features Of course, the latest ES Series A/V receivers reflect the lessons learned in two decades of ES Series decoding, Digital Signal Processing, control and...