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...these questions. How do you coordinate and switch all the sound-stands the A/V receiver. They help drive the technology that home theater requires? In this expertise, Sony's ES Series receivers have been praised by equipment reviewers, cherished by home theater enthusiasts and scrutinized by... in their most pristine form? And the answers determine the quality and suitability of Sony ES Series don't simply answer these questions into being. Sony's latest ES Series A/V receivers, particularly the STRDA7100ES, establish an important benchmark in audio and video. Digital Home Theater...
...these questions. How do you coordinate and switch all the sound-stands the A/V receiver. They help drive the technology that home theater requires? In this expertise, Sony's ES Series receivers have been praised by equipment reviewers, cherished by home theater enthusiasts and scrutinized by... in their most pristine form? And the answers determine the quality and suitability of Sony ES Series don't simply answer these questions into being. Sony's latest ES Series A/V receivers, particularly the STRDA7100ES, establish an important benchmark in audio and video. Digital Home Theater...
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... since the very birth of the ES Series, leading us to a new generation of home entertainment enthusiasts. Sony's latest A/V receivers are worthy successors, bringing this heritage to create landmarks in a high-end A/V receiver (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). • A/V receiver with two DVI inputs with digital output and the world's first outboard D/A converter (CDP-650ES and DAS...
... since the very birth of the ES Series, leading us to a new generation of home entertainment enthusiasts. Sony's latest A/V receivers are worthy successors, bringing this heritage to create landmarks in a high-end A/V receiver (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). • A/V receiver with two DVI inputs with digital output and the world's first outboard D/A converter (CDP-650ES and DAS...
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...video signal in home theater is increasingly digital from analog to digital television display panels. Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. S-Master Pro amplifier with a digital amplifier we called S-Master ... • Pulse Height Volume Control • Integrated DC Phase Linearizer • Discrete MOS FET Output Transistors, redesigned cooling ES Receivers v1.0 Page 4 Not content with establishing a new benchmark in home theater is increasingly digital from the latest digital cinematography in ...
...video signal in home theater is increasingly digital from analog to digital television display panels. Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. S-Master Pro amplifier with a digital amplifier we called S-Master ... • Pulse Height Volume Control • Integrated DC Phase Linearizer • Discrete MOS FET Output Transistors, redesigned cooling ES Receivers v1.0 Page 4 Not content with establishing a new benchmark in home theater is increasingly digital from the latest digital cinematography in ...
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...bad for decades, outside the mainstream of traditional amplifiers 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 and chasing down ... for electronics. • Thermal modulation distortion. S-Master Pro: principle of operation In the context of a modern A/V receiver, traditional power amplifiers require the needless complexity of their power as heat. Resolving these fundamental constraints by completely replacing analog amplification...
...bad for decades, outside the mainstream of traditional amplifiers 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 and chasing down ... for electronics. • Thermal modulation distortion. S-Master Pro: principle of operation In the context of a modern A/V receiver, traditional power amplifiers require the needless complexity of their power as heat. Resolving these fundamental constraints by completely replacing analog amplification...
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...that drives the speakers. The Low Pass Filter (LPF) converts the amplified pulses to -Analog (D/A) converter. If you look ES Receivers v1.0 Page 6 Even analog inputs are converted to drive a loudspeaker. 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 resulting output has more than enough wattage to DSD. The S-Master 1-bit pulse stream has much in ...
...that drives the speakers. The Low Pass Filter (LPF) converts the amplified pulses to -Analog (D/A) converter. If you look ES Receivers v1.0 Page 6 Even analog inputs are converted to drive a loudspeaker. 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 resulting output has more than enough wattage to DSD. The S-Master 1-bit pulse stream has much in ...
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... or time-base errors can represent the audio signal. Inside the S-Master Pro process While Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier is , the leading and trailing edges of crucial signal processing. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 This combines two components, the original audio signal (B) and a noise ...component (C). Where the audio waveform is Sony's Clean Data Cycle. In specific, the S-Master Pro LSI incorporates five important...
... or time-base errors can represent the audio signal. Inside the S-Master Pro process While Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier is , the leading and trailing edges of crucial signal processing. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 This combines two components, the original audio signal (B) and a noise ...component (C). Where the audio waveform is Sony's Clean Data Cycle. In specific, the S-Master Pro LSI incorporates five important...
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... in a different digital form, the signal requires another round of detail. Synchronous Time Accuracy Controller (S-TACT), originally developed for Sony's SCD-1 Super Audio CD player, effectively clears pulse generator jitter by adjusting the regulator that sacrifices detail in the least significant... effectively controls the distortion, maintaining the integrity of pulses. Sony's Pulse Height Volume control adjusts the 1-bit C-PLM stream by referencing the output directly to 20,000 Hz, at 0.15% THD). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 Because C-PLM conversion expresses the music in...
... in a different digital form, the signal requires another round of detail. Synchronous Time Accuracy Controller (S-TACT), originally developed for Sony's SCD-1 Super Audio CD player, effectively clears pulse generator jitter by adjusting the regulator that sacrifices detail in the least significant... effectively controls the distortion, maintaining the integrity of pulses. Sony's Pulse Height Volume control adjusts the 1-bit C-PLM stream by referencing the output directly to 20,000 Hz, at 0.15% THD). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 Because C-PLM conversion expresses the music in...
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... waveform. There's almost no power wasted as heat. Music comes alive. Conventional power amplifiers use Negative Feedback (NFB). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 In this new freedom in locating the amplifier, the circuit paths inside the transistors changes rapidly-getting hotter during...characteristics. 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 boasts the superior precision of Sony's 32bit processing. Independent reviewers have heaped praise on to a minimum. • No...
... waveform. There's almost no power wasted as heat. Music comes alive. Conventional power amplifiers use Negative Feedback (NFB). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 In this new freedom in locating the amplifier, the circuit paths inside the transistors changes rapidly-getting hotter during...characteristics. 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 boasts the superior precision of Sony's 32bit processing. Independent reviewers have heaped praise on to a minimum. • No...
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...roughly four orders 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 equal one nanosecond. The new CXD9773Q goes much further, with Clean Data Cycle. Because one-bit digital signals ...depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 For comparison, it takes a billion femtoseconds to pursue innovative thinking like S-Master Pro and then express this , to an...
...roughly four orders 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 equal one nanosecond. The new CXD9773Q goes much further, with Clean Data Cycle. Because one-bit digital signals ...depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 For comparison, it takes a billion femtoseconds to pursue innovative thinking like S-Master Pro and then express this , to an...
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...traditional amplifiers are extremely sensitive to the selection, configuration, bias current and heat sinking of Sony's Low Pass Filters are inherently less sensitive to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 The process is more than worth the price. In this circuitry is... influence on sound quality. MOS FET Output Transistors In traditional amplifiers, the output transistors or ICs directly shape the analog waveform. Where Sony's 24-bit LSI required a second chip to own of the STR-DA7100ES will never see these factors.
...traditional amplifiers are extremely sensitive to the selection, configuration, bias current and heat sinking of Sony's Low Pass Filters are inherently less sensitive to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 The process is more than worth the price. In this circuitry is... influence on sound quality. MOS FET Output Transistors In traditional amplifiers, the output transistors or ICs directly shape the analog waveform. Where Sony's 24-bit LSI required a second chip to own of the STR-DA7100ES will never see these factors.
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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. A detail of the power amplifier circuit board of heat. MOS FET Thermal Packaging Conventional output transistors have two distinct sides. The twelve black chips are remarkable for far better dissipation of the STR-DA7100ES. ES Receivers...
.... Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for three channels (4 MOS FETs per channel, for the STR-DA7100ES. A detail of the power amplifier circuit board of heat. MOS FET Thermal Packaging Conventional output transistors have two distinct sides. The twelve black chips are remarkable for far better dissipation of the STR-DA7100ES. ES Receivers...
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... package, which runs counter to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 Typically, output transistors generate so much heat that they need to every practice in traditional amplifiers-makes perfect sense considering the low heat generation of metal with no ribs at all! The power MOS FETs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are surface mounted. Even more...
... package, which runs counter to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 Typically, output transistors generate so much heat that they need to every practice in traditional amplifiers-makes perfect sense considering the low heat generation of metal with no ribs at all! The power MOS FETs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are surface mounted. Even more...
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... Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier, the MOS FETs are at the back or sides of die cast aluminum (on the better amplifiers) Major, for the STR-DA9000ES MOS FET, showing the double wire molecular bonding. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 be so close together that the STR-DA7100ES ...amplifier section is cool and consistent. This was sufficient for the transistor's rated instantaneous current supply of the DA7100ES chassis. The bare transistor for high powered amplifiers ...
... Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier, the MOS FETs are at the back or sides of die cast aluminum (on the better amplifiers) Major, for the STR-DA9000ES MOS FET, showing the double wire molecular bonding. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 be so close together that the STR-DA7100ES ...amplifier section is cool and consistent. This was sufficient for the transistor's rated instantaneous current supply of the DA7100ES chassis. The bare transistor for high powered amplifiers ...
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...% reduced resistance, compared to just 1 milliohm or less. Illustration of the bare transistor of the STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 The Drain on this experience, the redesigned MOS FETs for Source (S), Gate (G)... While the double wire bonding of the DA9000ES achieved a low resistance of 5 milliohms, the sheet metal bonding of the DA7100ES reduces this to the MOS FETs of the DA7100ES. (1) Power supply. (2) S-Master Pro. (3) Preamp and video section. (4) Input signal processing. Note how small the...
...% reduced resistance, compared to just 1 milliohm or less. Illustration of the bare transistor of the STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 The Drain on this experience, the redesigned MOS FETs for Source (S), Gate (G)... While the double wire bonding of the DA9000ES achieved a low resistance of 5 milliohms, the sheet metal bonding of the DA7100ES reduces this to the MOS FETs of the DA7100ES. (1) Power supply. (2) S-Master Pro. (3) Preamp and video section. (4) Input signal processing. Note how small the...
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And Sony has been quick to the STR-DA7100ES receiver, Now the STR-DA7100 goes a giant step further with switching between them and a DVI output to providing 480p, 720p or 1080i, the HDMI output of picture quality. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 16 Far better is the RF connection, which is S-Video....rung of the ladder, almost not worth mentioning, is the composite video connection. Our STR-DA9000ES was one of the DVI digital interface. While DVI is an extension of the first A/V receivers to video only, HDMI can support digital video in the digital domain. Established in...
And Sony has been quick to the STR-DA7100ES receiver, Now the STR-DA7100 goes a giant step further with switching between them and a DVI output to providing 480p, 720p or 1080i, the HDMI output of picture quality. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 16 Far better is the RF connection, which is S-Video....rung of the ladder, almost not worth mentioning, is the composite video connection. Our STR-DA9000ES was one of the DVI digital interface. While DVI is an extension of the first A/V receivers to video only, HDMI can support digital video in the digital domain. Established in...
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...both video and audio with full resolution and digital precision-all on a single cable! ES Receivers v1.0 Television with HDMI output Hi. DVD player with HDMI input Hi. Page 17 Is... 720p better suited 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-channel PCM...TV STR etc etc Sound Digital 1 cable i.LINK or SPDIF Before HDMI (left), you connect an HDMI equipped DVD player to an HDMI equipped television. For example, the HDMI output of Sony ES...
...both video and audio with full resolution and digital precision-all on a single cable! ES Receivers v1.0 Television with HDMI output Hi. DVD player with HDMI input Hi. Page 17 Is... 720p better suited 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-channel PCM...TV STR etc etc Sound Digital 1 cable i.LINK or SPDIF Before HDMI (left), you connect an HDMI equipped DVD player to an HDMI equipped television. For example, the HDMI output of Sony ES...
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.... 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. The receiver must then communicate with HDMI output OK. The receiver automatically passes through the television's video requirements back ... DVD player can output those signals. In this illustration, the television is your input capability? ES Receivers v1.0 Page 18 DVD player with HDMI input Receiver, what is asking for digital audio and video-and then automatically transfer content at 48 kHz and ...
.... 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. The receiver must then communicate with HDMI output OK. The receiver automatically passes through the television's video requirements back ... DVD player can output those signals. In this illustration, the television is your input capability? ES Receivers v1.0 Page 18 DVD player with HDMI input Receiver, what is asking for digital audio and video-and then automatically transfer content at 48 kHz and ...
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... HDMI AUDIO [AMP + TV], which chooses audio based on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you can only handle two channels at somewhat more modest quality. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 19 This will the receiver communicate back to consider. The receiver itself . DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Television, what...
... HDMI AUDIO [AMP + TV], which chooses audio based on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you can only handle two channels at somewhat more modest quality. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 19 This will the receiver communicate back to consider. The receiver itself . DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Television, what...
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...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 ] : Default HDMI AUDIO [AMP+TV] When ...
...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 ] : Default HDMI AUDIO [AMP+TV] When ...