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..., switching and output. • i.LINK® IEEE 1394 interface for digital transmission from a Super Audio CD or DVD player. Sony's latest ES Series A/V receivers, particularly the STRDA7100ES, establish an important benchmark in home theater design with three crucial advantages: • S-Master Pro digital amplifiers with...16 Page 23 Page 26 Page 28 Page 35 Page 37 ES Receivers v1.0 Page 2 Digital Home Theater and Sony ES S-Master Pro amplifier with 32-bit processing and a new generation of any modern A/V receiver. You can watch High Definition video from as many as never before...
..., switching and output. • i.LINK® IEEE 1394 interface for digital transmission from a Super Audio CD or DVD player. Sony's latest ES Series A/V receivers, particularly the STRDA7100ES, establish an important benchmark in home theater design with three crucial advantages: • S-Master Pro digital amplifiers with...16 Page 23 Page 26 Page 28 Page 35 Page 37 ES Receivers v1.0 Page 2 Digital Home Theater and Sony ES S-Master Pro amplifier with 32-bit processing and a new generation of any modern A/V receiver. You can watch High Definition video from as many as never before...
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... of the Sony ES Series haven't simply witnessed the digital home theater revolution. Digital home theater and the ES Series The engineers of the entertainment formats that define digital home theater. 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...
... of the Sony ES Series haven't simply witnessed the digital home theater revolution. Digital home theater and the ES Series The engineers of the entertainment formats that define digital home theater. 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...
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..., it was overwhelming. 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 an upgraded, 32-bit S-Master Pro LSI,...8226; Discrete MOS FET Output Transistors, redesigned cooling ES Receivers v1.0 Page 4 The audio in home theater is increasingly digital from the latest digital cinematography in A/V receiver sound quality, the engineers of Sony's ES Series continue to press ahead with a digital amplifier...
..., it was overwhelming. 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 an upgraded, 32-bit S-Master Pro LSI,...8226; Discrete MOS FET Output Transistors, redesigned cooling ES Receivers v1.0 Page 4 The audio in home theater is increasingly digital from the latest digital cinematography in A/V receiver sound quality, the engineers of Sony's ES Series continue to press ahead with a digital amplifier...
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...faster 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 engineers sought a better way. But great strides in home audio design that most engineers don't ...trigger other problems like Transient Intermodulation Distortion. Commonly understood for decades, outside the mainstream of their power as heat. Sony's S-Master Pro circuitry overcomes these fundamental constraints by completely replacing analog amplification with digital technology. Changes in the audio...
...faster 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 engineers sought a better way. But great strides in home audio design that most engineers don't ...trigger other problems like Transient Intermodulation Distortion. Commonly understood for decades, outside the mainstream of their power as heat. Sony's S-Master Pro circuitry overcomes these fundamental constraints by completely replacing analog amplification with digital technology. Changes in the audio...
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... simple. 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 Low Pass Filter (LPF) converts the amplified pulses to -Analog (D/A) converter. If you look ES...CD. 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 Sony S-Master Pro amplifier is no Digital-to a smooth, continuous analog waveform. The output of the S-Master Pro amplifier goes ...
... simple. 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 Low Pass Filter (LPF) converts the amplified pulses to -Analog (D/A) converter. If you look ES...CD. 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 Sony S-Master Pro amplifier is no Digital-to a smooth, continuous analog waveform. The output of the S-Master Pro amplifier goes ...
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... can represent the audio signal. That is Sony's Clean Data Cycle. This combines two components, the original audio signal (B) and a noise component (C). Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages... above, (A) represents the output power pulse stream. Inside the S-Master Pro process While Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier is negative, the pulses are mostly 1. Where the audio waveform...of digital signals. As with time-axis accuracy equivalent to accomplish these goals, Sony used technologies developed for our legendary SCD-1 Super Audio CD player. So to...
... can represent the audio signal. That is Sony's Clean Data Cycle. This combines two components, the original audio signal (B) and a noise component (C). Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages... above, (A) represents the output power pulse stream. Inside the S-Master Pro process While Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier is negative, the pulses are mostly 1. Where the audio waveform...of digital signals. As with time-axis accuracy equivalent to accomplish these goals, Sony used technologies developed for our legendary SCD-1 Super Audio CD player. So to...
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... music in a different digital form, the signal requires another round of pulses. 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 approach that supplies voltage to second-...order harmonic distortion. Sound quality is restored. • DC Phase Linearizer (DCPL). The transistors operate at 0.15% THD). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 this way, jitter is completely eliminated-and the integrity of the original musical signal is maintained from phase linearity at...
... music in a different digital form, the signal requires another round of pulses. 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 approach that supplies voltage to second-...order harmonic distortion. Sound quality is restored. • DC Phase Linearizer (DCPL). The transistors operate at 0.15% THD). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 this way, jitter is completely eliminated-and the integrity of the original musical signal is maintained from phase linearity at...
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... Disc that makes the most sense. Music is soft. 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). o Instead of isolating the power amplifier because it runs too... paths inside the transistors changes rapidly-getting hotter during the middle ranges of silky silence. Music comes alive. Dynamics are powerful but not boomy. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9
... Disc that makes the most sense. Music is soft. 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). o Instead of isolating the power amplifier because it runs too... paths inside the transistors changes rapidly-getting hotter during the middle ranges of silky silence. Music comes alive. Dynamics are powerful but not boomy. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9
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... 100 kHz. The result is 1/1,000,000,000,000,000 second (in one -bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 The new CXD9773Q goes much further, with Clean Data Cycle. When Super Audio CD signals are seconds in silicon. Clearly,...'s fair to say that accuracy of 40 femtoseconds is roughly four orders of magnitude more than the jitter induced by chassis vibration. One femtosecond is Sony's own CXD9773Q. • Superior dynamic range. Our 24-bit processor achieved a theoretical accuracy of resolution at 8 fs, the internal dynamic range...
... 100 kHz. The result is 1/1,000,000,000,000,000 second (in one -bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 The new CXD9773Q goes much further, with Clean Data Cycle. When Super Audio CD signals are seconds in silicon. Clearly,...'s fair to say that accuracy of 40 femtoseconds is roughly four orders of magnitude more than the jitter induced by chassis vibration. One femtosecond is Sony's own CXD9773Q. • Superior dynamic range. Our 24-bit processor achieved a theoretical accuracy of resolution at 8 fs, the internal dynamic range...
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..., the toroidal coils of the latest action movie. But their contribution to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 For this circuitry is more than worth the price. That's why some previous digital amplifiers have a cutoff characteristic ...Master Pro amplifier to the selection, configuration, bias current and heat sinking of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in any digital amplifier. So they will experience superb clarity of Sony ES selected the filter parts carefully and methodically. Toroidal Low Pass Filter The Low Pass...
..., the toroidal coils of the latest action movie. But their contribution to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 For this circuitry is more than worth the price. That's why some previous digital amplifiers have a cutoff characteristic ...Master Pro amplifier to the selection, configuration, bias current and heat sinking of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in any digital amplifier. So they will experience superb clarity of Sony ES selected the filter parts carefully and methodically. Toroidal Low Pass Filter The Low Pass...
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... output transistors for three channels (4 MOS FETs per channel, for the STR-DA7100ES. MOS FET Thermal Packaging Conventional output transistors have two distinct sides. On the left, the MOS FET output transistor used in Sony's STRDA9000ES was 2 to 3 mm thick. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOS FETs), four per... package is fashioned from molded plastic, from the transistor. Consider the packaging. The bottom is designed to radiate heat, and is another measure of the STR-DA7100ES.
... output transistors for three channels (4 MOS FETs per channel, for the STR-DA7100ES. MOS FET Thermal Packaging Conventional output transistors have two distinct sides. On the left, the MOS FET output transistor used in Sony's STRDA9000ES was 2 to 3 mm thick. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOS FETs), four per... package is fashioned from molded plastic, from the transistor. Consider the packaging. The bottom is designed to radiate heat, and is another measure of the STR-DA7100ES.
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... all! 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. The four large black ICs... so much heat that they need to a four-layer circuit board (bottom). The power MOS FETs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of a dramatically different design, 50 to 70% thinner than the previous design. Where most amplifiers.... Even more important is surface mounted to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 On the left, the STR-DA7100ES power amplifier without the heat sink.
... all! 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. The four large black ICs... so much heat that they need to a four-layer circuit board (bottom). The power MOS FETs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of a dramatically different design, 50 to 70% thinner than the previous design. Where most amplifiers.... Even more important is surface mounted to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 On the left, the STR-DA7100ES power amplifier without the heat sink.
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... from other circuits. As a result, the DA9000ES MOS FET binding wires had 30 amp capacity. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 As a result, the music is cool and consistent. In the STR-DA9000ES, the MOS FETs use "double wire molecular bonding" with two bonding wires, each rated for the... shortest possible signal paths Short, simple and straight Molecular Bonding Even inside the MOS FET output transistors, Sony innovations are located where the circuit ...
... from other circuits. As a result, the DA9000ES MOS FET binding wires had 30 amp capacity. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 As a result, the music is cool and consistent. In the STR-DA9000ES, the MOS FETs use "double wire molecular bonding" with two bonding wires, each rated for the... shortest possible signal paths Short, simple and straight Molecular Bonding Even inside the MOS FET output transistors, Sony innovations are located where the circuit ...
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...heat generation further still! Internal layout of the DA7100ES reduces this experience, the redesigned MOS FETs for Source (S), Gate (G) and Drain (D). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 The Drain on this to the MOS FETs of the DA9000ES. Also current capacity is increased and internal resistance of the... STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." Illustration of the bare transistor of the MOS FET is...
...heat generation further still! Internal layout of the DA7100ES reduces this experience, the redesigned MOS FETs for Source (S), Gate (G) and Drain (D). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 The Drain on this to the MOS FETs of the DA9000ES. Also current capacity is increased and internal resistance of the... STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." Illustration of the bare transistor of the MOS FET is...
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... with the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI). And Sony has been quick to providing 480p, 720p or 1080i, the HDMI output of the DVI digital interface. Our STR-DA9000ES was one cable! Established in September 2003, HDMI is limited to the STR-DA7100ES receiver, Now the STR-DA7100 goes a giant step further with just one...
... with the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI). And Sony has been quick to providing 480p, 720p or 1080i, the HDMI output of the DVI digital interface. Our STR-DA9000ES was one cable! Established in September 2003, HDMI is limited to the STR-DA7100ES receiver, Now the STR-DA7100 goes a giant step further with just one...
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...information-they "introduce themselves." I 'm a DVD player. For example, the HDMI output of Sony ES Series DVD players can support a full range of component connected through HDMI. DVD player ... exchange" enables connected equipment to automatically confirm the type of digital audio, including 2-channel stereo PCM, Dolby Digital® and DTS® 5.1-channel compressed audio and even uncompressed multi...choice from your DVD player and into your receiver. 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...
...information-they "introduce themselves." I 'm a DVD player. For example, the HDMI output of Sony ES Series DVD players can support a full range of component connected through HDMI. DVD player ... exchange" enables connected equipment to automatically confirm the type of digital audio, including 2-channel stereo PCM, Dolby Digital® and DTS® 5.1-channel compressed audio and even uncompressed multi...choice from your DVD player and into your receiver. 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...
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... input capability? In the case of this case, the source component DVD player can output those signals. DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI output What is asking for the entire system. I can accept 720p video and 2channel... audio at that quality! Television with HDMI input Thank you insert the STR-DA7100ES into the reproduction chain. Television with HDMI input I can only talk to the source component. Next, the components communicate their ...
... input capability? In the case of this case, the source component DVD player can output those signals. DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI output What is asking for the entire system. I can accept 720p video and 2channel... audio at that quality! Television with HDMI input Thank you insert the STR-DA7100ES into the reproduction chain. Television with HDMI input I can only talk to the source component. Next, the components communicate their ...
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...STR-DA7100ES receiver let you would expect, the television can choose HDMI AUDIO [AMP + TV], which chooses audio based on the highest capability of the receiver itself can handle 6.1 channels of very high quality. This will the receiver communicate back to the source component? DVD player with HDMI output Receiver...of television Digital Audio 6.1 channels 48 kHz 24 bits Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Audio capability Audio capability of receiver of television Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits The default mode is your input capability? As an ...
...STR-DA7100ES receiver let you would expect, the television can choose HDMI AUDIO [AMP + TV], which chooses audio based on the highest capability of the receiver itself can handle 6.1 channels of very high quality. This will the receiver communicate back to the source component? DVD player with HDMI output Receiver...of television Digital Audio 6.1 channels 48 kHz 24 bits Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Audio capability Audio capability of receiver of television Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits The default mode is your input capability? As an ...
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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. Since 6.1-channel sound is available on the...
... 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. Since 6.1-channel sound is available on the...