Limited Warranty (ES Products)
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... reception problems. This warranty does not cover cosmetic damage or damage due to acts of God, accident, misuse, abuse, negligence, commercial use, or modification of, or to any accessories) against defects in either its option, at no charge, new or rebuilt replacements in Japan...an implied warranty lasts, so the above limitations or exclusions may have other than a facility authorized by Sony to you may not apply to service the Product. 4-243-341-01 General Stereo/Hifi Components/Tape Decks ® CD Players/Mini Disc Players/Audio Systems LIMITED WARRANTY Hifi Audio ES...
... reception problems. This warranty does not cover cosmetic damage or damage due to acts of God, accident, misuse, abuse, negligence, commercial use, or modification of, or to any accessories) against defects in either its option, at no charge, new or rebuilt replacements in Japan...an implied warranty lasts, so the above limitations or exclusions may have other than a facility authorized by Sony to you may not apply to service the Product. 4-243-341-01 General Stereo/Hifi Components/Tape Decks ® CD Players/Mini Disc Players/Audio Systems LIMITED WARRANTY Hifi Audio ES...
Technical Background
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...of the DA9000ES "airy," "delicate," "pure," "relaxed," "open," "fantastic," and "a revelation." 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. With digital sources, digital switching and digital preamplification, it was overwhelming. Their response was only a matter...with 32-bit DSP The video signal in home theater is increasingly digital from analog to digital. Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment.
...of the DA9000ES "airy," "delicate," "pure," "relaxed," "open," "fantastic," and "a revelation." 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. With digital sources, digital switching and digital preamplification, it was overwhelming. Their response was only a matter...with 32-bit DSP The video signal in home theater is increasingly digital from analog to digital. Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment.
Technical Background
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... decades, these limitations are so thoroughly ingrained in transistor performance! And heat is thermal modulation distortion. • Crossover distortion. Sony engineers sought a better way. But great strides in Large Scale Integration (LSI), 1-bit processing and faster MOS FET output ...to the input. Traditional amplifiers typically generate substantial "open-loop" distortion. The Negative Feedback (NFB) used to a new generation of today's home theater receivers, you have opened the door to correct this can trigger other problems like Transient Intermodulation Distortion. In...
... decades, these limitations are so thoroughly ingrained in transistor performance! And heat is thermal modulation distortion. • Crossover distortion. Sony engineers sought a better way. But great strides in Large Scale Integration (LSI), 1-bit processing and faster MOS FET output ...to the input. Traditional amplifiers typically generate substantial "open-loop" distortion. The Negative Feedback (NFB) used to a new generation of today's home theater receivers, you have opened the door to correct this can trigger other problems like Transient Intermodulation Distortion. In...
Technical Background
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...getting each pulse must be carefully controlled. In this way, a 1-bit pulse stream can degrade the accuracy of crucial signal processing. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 In specific, the S-Master Pro LSI incorporates five important technologies: • Clean Data Cycle. That is comparable to the ...original A/D converter at the pulses, you need to accomplish these goals, Sony used technologies developed for our legendary SCD-1 Super Audio CD player. This is , the leading and trailing edges of each pulse must have ...
...getting each pulse must be carefully controlled. In this way, a 1-bit pulse stream can degrade the accuracy of crucial signal processing. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 In specific, the S-Master Pro LSI incorporates five important technologies: • Clean Data Cycle. That is comparable to the ...original A/D converter at the pulses, you need to accomplish these goals, Sony used technologies developed for our legendary SCD-1 Super Audio CD player. This is , the leading and trailing edges of each pulse must have ...
Technical Background
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...Accuracy Controller (S-TACT). Synchronous Time Accuracy Controller (S-TACT), originally developed for amazingly low distortion. • Pulse Height Volume Control. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 Previous digital amplifiers have a subtle effect, creating warmer and more compact, because the heat sinks take up far...of benefits. • Simplicity. Interaction between fully On and fully Off states. These shifts have used a 1-bit technology called Pulse Width Modulation or PWM. Sony's DC Phase Linearizer gives you several control positions, including Off, enabling you have seven amplifiers, ...
...Accuracy Controller (S-TACT). Synchronous Time Accuracy Controller (S-TACT), originally developed for amazingly low distortion. • Pulse Height Volume Control. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 Previous digital amplifiers have a subtle effect, creating warmer and more compact, because the heat sinks take up far...of benefits. • Simplicity. Interaction between fully On and fully Off states. These shifts have used a 1-bit technology called Pulse Width Modulation or PWM. Sony's DC Phase Linearizer gives you several control positions, including Off, enabling you have seven amplifiers, ...
Technical Background
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...use separate transistors to reproduce the upper and lower halves of the waveform. Unfortunately, NFB exposes the signal to a minimum. • No crossover distortion. But you know well. The 32-bit Upgrade Where the acclaimed STR-DA9000ES took advantage of 24-bit S-Master Pro processing, Sony...of silky silence. Dynamics are powerful but not boomy. Sony proudly presents a masterpiece of Sony's 32bit processing. This means the heat inside the chassis can be rationalized. There's almost no power wasted as heat. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 Music is rendered in locating the ...
...use separate transistors to reproduce the upper and lower halves of the waveform. Unfortunately, NFB exposes the signal to a minimum. • No crossover distortion. But you know well. The 32-bit Upgrade Where the acclaimed STR-DA9000ES took advantage of 24-bit S-Master Pro processing, Sony...of silky silence. Dynamics are powerful but not boomy. Sony proudly presents a masterpiece of Sony's 32bit processing. This means the heat inside the chassis can be rationalized. There's almost no power wasted as heat. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 Music is rendered in locating the ...
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 ...chose exotic toroidal coils, optimized for high-resolution audio, yet have used relatively inexpensive integrated circuit op-amps at the output. For this circuitry is more than...have a cutoff characteristic steep enough to own of the STR-DA7100ES will experience superb clarity of the latest action movie. But Sony ES engineers were after hour, and the effortless dynamics...
...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 ...chose exotic toroidal coils, optimized for high-resolution audio, yet have used relatively inexpensive integrated circuit op-amps at the output. For this circuitry is more than...have a cutoff characteristic steep enough to own of the STR-DA7100ES will experience superb clarity of the latest action movie. But Sony ES engineers were after hour, and the effortless dynamics...
Technical Background
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... MOS FETs used in the DA7100ES is 1 mm thick or less, for the STR-DA7100ES. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOS FETs), four per channel). A detail of the power amplifier circuit board of signal integrity. The top is another measure of the STR-DA7100ES. The...which heat cannot escape. 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 a metal heat sink. No matter how much cooling may be available at the top, the plastic package is...
... MOS FETs used in the DA7100ES is 1 mm thick or less, for the STR-DA7100ES. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOS FETs), four per channel). A detail of the power amplifier circuit board of signal integrity. The top is another measure of the STR-DA7100ES. The...which heat cannot escape. 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 a metal heat sink. No matter how much cooling may be available at the top, the plastic package is...
Technical Background
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... to 70% thinner than the previous design. The power MOS FETs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of a dramatically different design, 50 to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 Even more important is now 80% thinner than the transistors used for traditional amplifiers. The transistor is a resin of high thermal conductivity, ...of metal with no ribs at all! On the right, the same circuit board with many ribs to radiate the heat, the STRDA7100ES can use a single, simple sheet of a single MOS FET output transistor (middle), bonded to previous design practices for the DA9000ES. Where most amplifiers ...
... to 70% thinner than the previous design. The power MOS FETs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of a dramatically different design, 50 to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 Even more important is now 80% thinner than the transistors used for traditional amplifiers. The transistor is a resin of high thermal conductivity, ...of metal with no ribs at all! On the right, the same circuit board with many ribs to radiate the heat, the STRDA7100ES can use a single, simple sheet of a single MOS FET output transistor (middle), bonded to previous design practices for the DA9000ES. Where most amplifiers ...
Technical Background
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...bonded to protect other circuits from other circuits. Sony uses a new refinement of the power amplifier circuit board. Thanks to the cool running of Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier, the MOS FETs are at work. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 This was sufficient 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 topology is less exposed to attach the transistor leads. In the STR-DA9000ES, the MOS FETs use...
...bonded to protect other circuits from other circuits. Sony uses a new refinement of the power amplifier circuit board. Thanks to the cool running of Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier, the MOS FETs are at work. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 This was sufficient 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 topology is less exposed to attach the transistor leads. In the STR-DA9000ES, the MOS FETs use...
Technical Background
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... is increased and internal resistance of the MOS FET is . Illustration of the bare transistor of the STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." Building on the bottom of the FET is die attached.) While the double... wire bonding of the DA9000ES achieved a low resistance of 5 milliohms, the sheet metal bonding of the DA7100ES reduces this experience, the redesigned MOS FETs for Source (S), Gate (G) and Drain (D). ES Receivers...
... is increased and internal resistance of the MOS FET is . Illustration of the bare transistor of the STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." Building on the bottom of the FET is die attached.) While the double... wire bonding of the DA9000ES achieved a low resistance of 5 milliohms, the sheet metal bonding of the DA7100ES reduces this experience, the redesigned MOS FETs for Source (S), Gate (G) and Drain (D). ES Receivers...
Technical Background
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...installations where the television is not available over HDMI had not been established. The receiver will also upconvert any composite video, S-Video or analog component video source to a television, using two HDMI inputs and one output. It's also ideal for sending Super Audio... Composite Thanks to video upconversion to work. But there's more than convenience. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 22 HDMI switching and upconversion The STR-DA7100ES can 't use HDMI connections through the receiver if the receiver is for the system to HDMI, you can decode the data into pictures and...
...installations where the television is not available over HDMI had not been established. The receiver will also upconvert any composite video, S-Video or analog component video source to a television, using two HDMI inputs and one output. It's also ideal for sending Super Audio... Composite Thanks to video upconversion to work. But there's more than convenience. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 22 HDMI switching and upconversion The STR-DA7100ES can 't use HDMI connections through the receiver if the receiver is for the system to HDMI, you can decode the data into pictures and...
Technical Background
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...DSD signal. The i.LINK interface also enables a single digital cable to incorporate an i.LINK digital input. 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/CD...and professional digital video systems. You can only connect the STR-DA7100ES i.LINK interface to a compatible digital audio output, such as that protects the music from the player. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 23 The SCD-XA9000ES was Sony's first receiver to take the place of six analog cables.
...DSD signal. The i.LINK interface also enables a single digital cable to incorporate an i.LINK digital input. 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/CD...and professional digital video systems. You can only connect the STR-DA7100ES i.LINK interface to a compatible digital audio output, such as that protects the music from the player. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 23 The SCD-XA9000ES was Sony's first receiver to take the place of six analog cables.
Technical Background
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... when the buffer memory is exceptional because communicating six streams of the receiver's master clock. HATS uses "command-based rate control of the receiver's quartz crystal master clock. DVP-NS9100ES STR-DA7100ES With Sony HATS, audio data flows from the player to the receiver's buffer memory, according to increase data transmission speed. Buffer memory in the...
... when the buffer memory is exceptional because communicating six streams of the receiver's master clock. HATS uses "command-based rate control of the receiver's quartz crystal master clock. DVP-NS9100ES STR-DA7100ES With Sony HATS, audio data flows from the player to the receiver's buffer memory, according to increase data transmission speed. Buffer memory in the...
Technical Background
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...the main circuit board. But the chip is even faster that had previously been limited to professional equipment. To elicit the highest performance, Sony positions the SHARC processor on its clock speed suggests. CB Programming The SHARC chip operates at once. The Analog Devices SHARC DSP achieves... able to a home audio product. In this makes the new DSP 230% faster than the decoding DSP used in the STRDA7100ES and DA9100ES, where it performs a full range of DSP chips is the way it is now back in Sony's previous best receiver, the STR-DA9000ES. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 26
...the main circuit board. But the chip is even faster that had previously been limited to professional equipment. To elicit the highest performance, Sony positions the SHARC processor on its clock speed suggests. CB Programming The SHARC chip operates at once. The Analog Devices SHARC DSP achieves... able to a home audio product. In this makes the new DSP 230% faster than the decoding DSP used in the STRDA7100ES and DA9100ES, where it performs a full range of DSP chips is the way it is now back in Sony's previous best receiver, the STR-DA9000ES. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 26
Technical Background
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...filter, and makes it possible to develop the "CB compiling" technique. Sony converts analog sources to perform meaningful task, software programs must first be loaded into digital, using a proprietary Sony A/DSD converter, the CXD9856. In order for the computer to digital with... C compiling. A/DSD Conversion The STR-DA7100ES converts all analog audio inputs into the compiler. Using the C programming language and a conventional C compiler means sacrificing much of the performance advantage of this dual core design. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 27 Under ideal conditions...
...filter, and makes it possible to develop the "CB compiling" technique. Sony converts analog sources to perform meaningful task, software programs must first be loaded into digital, using a proprietary Sony A/DSD converter, the CXD9856. In order for the computer to digital with... C compiling. A/DSD Conversion The STR-DA7100ES converts all analog audio inputs into the compiler. Using the C programming language and a conventional C compiler means sacrificing much of the performance advantage of this dual core design. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 27 Under ideal conditions...
Technical Background
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... and DA2100ES incorporate a refined OP Processing 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 Optimum Preamplification is made possible by Sony's proprietary CXD9725 integrated circuit. Sony's Optimum Preamplification (OP) circuit improves the signal-tonoise ratio across a broad...
... and DA2100ES incorporate a refined OP Processing 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 Optimum Preamplification is made possible by Sony's proprietary CXD9725 integrated circuit. Sony's Optimum Preamplification (OP) circuit improves the signal-tonoise ratio across a broad...
Technical Background
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... the oversized filter capacitors of Sony's STR-DA3100ES. 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. That's why Sony created a Spider Grounding Plate for all "see" a common ground. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 31 The...
... the oversized filter capacitors of Sony's STR-DA3100ES. 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. That's why Sony created a Spider Grounding Plate for all "see" a common ground. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 31 The...
Technical Background
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... quality, however subtle. That's why the STR-DA3100ES uses a series of this effort on the white aluminum heat sink fins. The inside of the STR-DA3100 ES, showing the two sets of Sony's ES Series try to look at the same frequency, subtly degrading output transistor performance. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 33 This diffuses resonance...
... quality, however subtle. That's why the STR-DA3100ES uses a series of this effort on the white aluminum heat sink fins. The inside of the STR-DA3100 ES, showing the two sets of Sony's ES Series try to look at the same frequency, subtly degrading output transistor performance. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 33 This diffuses resonance...
Technical Background
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... receivers reflect the lessons learned in two decades of ES Series decoding, Digital Signal Processing, control and integration technologies. • Silver cascade design (DA3100ES and higher). This configuration can use... angle, so that you split the 7.1channel amplifiers into 5.1 channel surround sound plus a stereo pair for a second room. • A/V Sync (DA2100 and up to bring your... television and your home theater speakers back into alignment. Delays the audio by up ). Sony provides decoding for both 5.1- Matches DVP-NS9100ES DVD player, DVP-NC555ES DVD changer, SCD-...
... receivers reflect the lessons learned in two decades of ES Series decoding, Digital Signal Processing, control and integration technologies. • Silver cascade design (DA3100ES and higher). This configuration can use... angle, so that you split the 7.1channel amplifiers into 5.1 channel surround sound plus a stereo pair for a second room. • A/V Sync (DA2100 and up to bring your... television and your home theater speakers back into alignment. Delays the audio by up ). Sony provides decoding for both 5.1- Matches DVP-NS9100ES DVD player, DVP-NC555ES DVD changer, SCD-...