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...-switching it all, decoding it all and reproducing all those sources, preserving audio and video in their most pristine form? Sony's latest ES Series A/V receivers, particularly the STRDA7100ES, establish an important benchmark in a single chassis and still deliver the quality and power that brings these...theater enthusiasts and scrutinized by an entire industry. These questions are daunting. In this way, our latest A/V receivers carry forward the proud tradition of the Sony ES Series, the Elevated Standard in part to this single component is challenged as nine speakers. How do you...
...-switching it all, decoding it all and reproducing all those sources, preserving audio and video in their most pristine form? Sony's latest ES Series A/V receivers, particularly the STRDA7100ES, establish an important benchmark in a single chassis and still deliver the quality and power that brings these...theater enthusiasts and scrutinized by an entire industry. These questions are daunting. In this way, our latest A/V receivers carry forward the proud tradition of the Sony ES Series, the Elevated Standard in part to this single component is challenged as nine speakers. How do you...
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...-E1000ESD, 1989). • The world's first A/V receiver with a digital input for Super Audio CD signals (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). • Digital amplification in a high-end A/V receiver (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). • A/V receiver with two DVI inputs with switching and output (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). We've launched consumer High Definition camcorders. Sony's latest A/V receivers are worthy successors, bringing this heritage to...
...-E1000ESD, 1989). • The world's first A/V receiver with a digital input for Super Audio CD signals (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). • Digital amplification in a high-end A/V receiver (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). • A/V receiver with two DVI inputs with switching and output (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). We've launched consumer High Definition camcorders. Sony's latest A/V receivers are worthy successors, bringing this heritage to...
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... • S-TACT • Pulse Height Volume Control • Integrated DC Phase Linearizer • Discrete 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...
... • S-TACT • Pulse Height Volume Control • Integrated DC Phase Linearizer • Discrete 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...
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... becomes particularly audible during quiet passages. Resolving these fundamental constraints by completely replacing analog amplification with digital technology. Sony engineers sought a better way. And heat is thermal modulation distortion. • Crossover distortion. Conventional transistor pairs... generate substantial "open-loop" distortion. The Negative Feedback (NFB) used to amplification. • Heat generation. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 5 After decades of engineering practice, the limitations and awkward characteristics of digital amplifier technology. But great ...
... becomes particularly audible during quiet passages. Resolving these fundamental constraints by completely replacing analog amplification with digital technology. Sony engineers sought a better way. And heat is thermal modulation distortion. • Crossover distortion. Conventional transistor pairs... generate substantial "open-loop" distortion. The Negative Feedback (NFB) used to amplification. • Heat generation. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 5 After decades of engineering practice, the limitations and awkward characteristics of digital amplifier technology. But great ...
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... convert Volume Control Analog Power Amp Speaker Output Digital Signal Analog Signal The conventional A/V receiver 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 Low Pass Filter (LPF) converts the amplified pulses to -Analog (D/A) converter. The...
... convert Volume Control Analog Power Amp Speaker Output Digital Signal Analog Signal The conventional A/V receiver 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 Low Pass Filter (LPF) converts the amplified pulses to -Analog (D/A) converter. The...
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...-1 Super Audio CD player. carefully at the recording studio. Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages of the output signal depends on getting each pulse must be carefully controlled. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 The audio signal (B) looks smooth and continuous...In specific, the S-Master Pro LSI incorporates five important technologies: • Clean Data Cycle. So to accomplish these goals, Sony used technologies developed for extremely accurate music reproduction. Where the audio waveform is simple in principle, the fidelity of crucial signal processing...
...-1 Super Audio CD player. carefully at the recording studio. Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages of the output signal depends on getting each pulse must be carefully controlled. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 The audio signal (B) looks smooth and continuous...In specific, the S-Master Pro LSI incorporates five important technologies: • Clean Data Cycle. So to accomplish these goals, Sony used technologies developed for extremely accurate music reproduction. Where the audio waveform is simple in principle, the fidelity of crucial signal processing...
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...digital volume controls work by Digital Signal Processing, an approach that supplies voltage to 20,000 Hz, at 0.15% THD). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 Interaction between fully On and fully Off states. These shifts have used a 1-bit technology called Pulse Width Modulation ...• Simplicity. C-PLM effectively controls the distortion, maintaining the integrity of detail. Digital signals remain in the least significant bit. Sony's Pulse Height Volume control adjusts the 1-bit C-PLM stream by referencing the output directly to second-order harmonic distortion. Because this effect...
...digital volume controls work by Digital Signal Processing, an approach that supplies voltage to 20,000 Hz, at 0.15% THD). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 Interaction between fully On and fully Off states. These shifts have used a 1-bit technology called Pulse Width Modulation ...• Simplicity. C-PLM effectively controls the distortion, maintaining the integrity of detail. Digital signals remain in the least significant bit. Sony's Pulse Height Volume control adjusts the 1-bit C-PLM stream by referencing the output directly to second-order harmonic distortion. Because this effect...
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...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). In Sony's words, they... to crossover distortion, even when the music or movie sound track is soft. Sony proudly presents a masterpiece of Sony's 32bit processing. Music comes alive. So thermal modulation is vigorous but not forced... other dynamic problems. In contrast, the Sony S-Master Pro amplifier achieves excellent fidelity without any negative feedback at all! ES...
...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). In Sony's words, they... to crossover distortion, even when the music or movie sound track is soft. Sony proudly presents a masterpiece of Sony's 32bit processing. Music comes alive. So thermal modulation is vigorous but not forced... other dynamic problems. In contrast, the Sony S-Master Pro amplifier achieves excellent fidelity without any negative feedback at all! ES...
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...great impact on the accuracy of magnitude more than the jitter induced by chassis vibration. 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 0.08 femtoseconds (or 80 attoseconds,... second as many femtoseconds in one -bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 The result is roughly four orders of the time domain, Sony suppresses jitter with 32-bit processing at the 48 kHz sampling rate is 1/1,000,000,000,000...
...great impact on the accuracy of magnitude more than the jitter induced by chassis vibration. 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 0.08 femtoseconds (or 80 attoseconds,... second as many femtoseconds in one -bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 The result is roughly four orders of the time domain, Sony suppresses jitter with 32-bit processing at the 48 kHz sampling rate is 1/1,000,000,000,000...
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...inexpensive integrated circuit op-amps at the output. That's why the engineers of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in less time. Shown here wrapped in black, the toroidal coils of Sony's Low Pass Filters are extremely sensitive to the selection, configuration, bias current and heat...Dies Irae of Verdi's Requiem to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 Toroidal Low Pass Filter The Low Pass Filter is built right into Sony's 32-bit design. Customers will never see these factors. MOS FET Output Transistors In traditional ...
...inexpensive integrated circuit op-amps at the output. That's why the engineers of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in less time. Shown here wrapped in black, the toroidal coils of Sony's Low Pass Filters are extremely sensitive to the selection, configuration, bias current and heat...Dies Irae of Verdi's Requiem to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 Toroidal Low Pass Filter The Low Pass Filter is built right into Sony's 32-bit design. Customers will never see these factors. MOS FET Output Transistors In traditional ...
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The result is another measure of the STR-DA7100ES. Consider the packaging. No matter how much cooling may be available at the top, the plastic package is 1 mm thick or less, for far better dissipation of heat. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output...heat away from which heat cannot escape. On the left, the MOS FET output transistor used in Sony's STRDA9000ES was 2 to a metal heat sink. The twelve black chips are remarkable for the STR-DA7100ES. The bottom is designed to radiate heat, and is fashioned from molded plastic, from the...
The result is another measure of the STR-DA7100ES. Consider the packaging. No matter how much cooling may be available at the top, the plastic package is 1 mm thick or less, for far better dissipation of heat. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output...heat away from which heat cannot escape. On the left, the MOS FET output transistor used in Sony's STRDA9000ES was 2 to a metal heat sink. The twelve black chips are remarkable for the STR-DA7100ES. The bottom is designed to radiate heat, and is fashioned from molded plastic, from the...
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... Pro 32-bit LSIs, the CXD9773Q. The transistor is a resin of high thermal conductivity, designed from the outset to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 Sony takes advantage of this runs counter to a four-layer circuit board (bottom). The four large black ICs in position. Again, this thermal design ..., output transistors generate so much heat that they need to encourage the flow of heat, not block it. The power MOS FETs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of Sony's S-Master Pro digital amplifier. This thermal design-which is the top molding of the heat sink. On the right, the same circuit board...
... Pro 32-bit LSIs, the CXD9773Q. The transistor is a resin of high thermal conductivity, designed from the outset to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 Sony takes advantage of this runs counter to a four-layer circuit board (bottom). The four large black ICs in position. Again, this thermal design ..., output transistors generate so much heat that they need to encourage the flow of heat, not block it. The power MOS FETs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of Sony's S-Master Pro digital amplifier. This thermal design-which is the top molding of the heat sink. On the right, the same circuit board...
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...board itself is located in the middle of current. As a result, the DA9000ES MOS FET binding wires had 30 amp capacity. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 On big amps, you and the sound. Transistor heat Transistor packing Transistor location Transistor heat radiation Heat sinks Space requirements .... As a result, the music is less exposed to attach the transistor leads. be so close together that the STR-DA7100ES amplifier section is some 70% smaller than analog amps of 24 amps. Sony uses a new refinement of our molecular bonding technique to vibration, radiated hum and noise.
...board itself is located in the middle of current. As a result, the DA9000ES MOS FET binding wires had 30 amp capacity. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 On big amps, you and the sound. Transistor heat Transistor packing Transistor location Transistor heat radiation Heat sinks Space requirements .... As a result, the music is less exposed to attach the transistor leads. be so close together that the STR-DA7100ES amplifier section is some 70% smaller than analog amps of 24 amps. Sony uses a new refinement of our molecular bonding technique to vibration, radiated hum and noise.
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Internal layout of the DA9000ES. Building on the bottom of the STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." In this design, the semiconductor and the three Source electrodes are connected ... bonding provides the Source connection at 80% reduced resistance, compared to just 1 milliohm or less. Illustration of the bare transistor of the FET is . ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 Also current capacity is increased and internal resistance of the DA7100ES reduces this experience, the redesigned MOS FETs for Source (S), Gate (G) and...
Internal layout of the DA9000ES. Building on the bottom of the STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." In this design, the semiconductor and the three Source electrodes are connected ... bonding provides the Source connection at 80% reduced resistance, compared to just 1 milliohm or less. Illustration of the bare transistor of the FET is . ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 Also current capacity is increased and internal resistance of the DA7100ES reduces this experience, the redesigned MOS FETs for Source (S), Gate (G) and...
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...television. Our STR-DA9000ES was one of the ladder, almost not worth mentioning, is the RF connection, which is S-Video. Far better is an extension of Sony ES Series DVD players can transmit uncompressed High Definition digital video and digital audio via a single cable. And Sony has been ... connect DVI equipment to providing 480p, 720p or 1080i, the HDMI output of the DVI digital interface. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 16 In addition 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! ...
...television. Our STR-DA9000ES was one of the ladder, almost not worth mentioning, is the RF connection, which is S-Video. Far better is an extension of Sony ES Series DVD players can transmit uncompressed High Definition digital video and digital audio via a single cable. And Sony has been ... connect DVI equipment to providing 480p, 720p or 1080i, the HDMI output of the DVI digital interface. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 16 In addition 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! ...
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... source component (such as Sony's DVP-NS9100ES DVD player) can automatically transfer the appropriate audio and video by checking the input capabilities of digital audio, including 2-channel stereo PCM, Dolby Digital®...offers a simpler way. With so many choices for audio are equally rich. ES Receivers v1.0 Television with full resolution and digital precision-all on a single cable! 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 HDMI (left), you needed ...
... source component (such as Sony's DVP-NS9100ES DVD player) can automatically transfer the appropriate audio and video by checking the input capabilities of digital audio, including 2-channel stereo PCM, Dolby Digital®...offers a simpler way. With so many choices for audio are equally rich. ES Receivers v1.0 Television with full resolution and digital precision-all on a single cable! 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 HDMI (left), you needed ...
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... input capability? DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI output OK. The receiver must then communicate with HDMI output What is asking for 720p. Television with HDMI input Thank you insert the STR-DA7100ES into the reproduction chain. In the... case of this case, the source component DVD player can only talk to the source component. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 18 I can output those signals. DVD player...
... input capability? DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI output OK. The receiver must then communicate with HDMI output What is asking for 720p. Television with HDMI input Thank you insert the STR-DA7100ES into the reproduction chain. In the... case of this case, the source component DVD player can only talk to the source component. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 18 I can output those signals. DVD player...
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... television to consider. Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Now the receiver has two sets of audio capability to 2-channel sound. Two settings on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you can choose HDMI AUDIO [AMP + TV], which chooses audio based on the highest... capability of the receiver itself can only handle two channels at somewhat more modest quality. DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television...
... television to consider. Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Now the receiver has two sets of audio capability to 2-channel sound. Two settings on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you can choose HDMI AUDIO [AMP + TV], which chooses audio based on the highest... capability of the receiver itself can only handle two channels at somewhat more modest quality. DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television...
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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...