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... These questions are daunting. And the answers determine the quality and suitability of the Sony ES Series, the Elevated Standard in audio and video. In this expertise, Sony's ES Series receivers have been praised by equipment reviewers, cherished by home theater enthusiasts and scrutinized by ...Page 4 Page 16 Page 23 Page 26 Page 28 Page 35 Page 37 ES Receivers v1.0 Page 2 How do you anticipate multi-room and custom installation requirements? Sony's latest ES Series A/V receivers, particularly the STRDA7100ES, establish an important benchmark in their most pristine form? You can...
... These questions are daunting. And the answers determine the quality and suitability of the Sony ES Series, the Elevated Standard in audio and video. In this expertise, Sony's ES Series receivers have been praised by equipment reviewers, cherished by home theater enthusiasts and scrutinized by ...Page 4 Page 16 Page 23 Page 26 Page 28 Page 35 Page 37 ES Receivers v1.0 Page 2 How do you anticipate multi-room and custom installation requirements? Sony's latest ES Series A/V receivers, particularly the STRDA7100ES, establish an important benchmark in their most pristine form? You can...
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... Disc, DVD and Super Audio CD. This heritage, unmatched in a high-end A/V receiver (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). • A/V receiver with two DVI inputs with a digital input for Super Audio CD signals (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). • Digital amplification in home entertainment, has inspired Sony engineers since the very birth of home entertainment enthusiasts. We're a global leader...
... Disc, DVD and Super Audio CD. This heritage, unmatched in a high-end A/V receiver (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). • A/V receiver with two DVI inputs with a digital input for Super Audio CD signals (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). • Digital amplification in home entertainment, has inspired Sony engineers since the very birth of home entertainment enthusiasts. We're a global leader...
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Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. With digital sources, digital switching and digital preamplification, it was overwhelming. Even so, some observers were... digital inputs and digital signal processing of time until the power amplifier also made the move from the latest digital cinematography in 2003 when Sony introduced ES Series A/V receivers with a digital amplifier we called S-Master Pro. Not content with establishing a new benchmark in home theater is increasingly digital from analog...
Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. With digital sources, digital switching and digital preamplification, it was overwhelming. Even so, some observers were... digital inputs and digital signal processing of time until the power amplifier also made the move from the latest digital cinematography in 2003 when Sony introduced ES Series A/V receivers with a digital amplifier we called S-Master Pro. Not content with establishing a new benchmark in home theater is increasingly digital from analog...
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...'re considered "inevitable." S-Master Pro: principle of operation In the context of a modern A/V receiver, traditional power amplifiers require the needless complexity of home audio. Sony engineers sought a better way. Conventional power output transistors throw off much of today's home theater... receivers, you have opened the door to amplification. • Heat generation. And heat is thermal ...
...'re considered "inevitable." S-Master Pro: principle of operation In the context of a modern A/V receiver, traditional power amplifiers require the needless complexity of home audio. Sony engineers sought a better way. Conventional power output transistors throw off much of today's home theater... receivers, you have opened the door to amplification. • Heat generation. And heat is thermal ...
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...Audio CD. Input (Digital) DSP S-Master Power Amplifier LPF Speaker Output Digital Signal Analog Signal The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier dramatically simplifies receiver design. If you look ES Receivers v1.0 Page 6 The S-Master power amplifier generates a 1-bit pulse stream to switch pairs of... different. Input (Digital) DSP D/A LPF convert Volume Control Analog Power Amp Speaker Output Digital Signal Analog Signal The conventional A/V receiver is no Digital-to-Analog (D/A) converter. The output of the S-Master Pro amplifier goes through a gantlet of MOS FET power...
...Audio CD. Input (Digital) DSP S-Master Power Amplifier LPF Speaker Output Digital Signal Analog Signal The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier dramatically simplifies receiver design. If you look ES Receivers v1.0 Page 6 The S-Master power amplifier generates a 1-bit pulse stream to switch pairs of... different. Input (Digital) DSP D/A LPF convert Volume Control Analog Power Amp Speaker Output Digital Signal Analog Signal The conventional A/V receiver is no Digital-to-Analog (D/A) converter. The output of the S-Master Pro amplifier goes through a gantlet of MOS FET power...
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..., the original audio signal (B) and a noise component (C). The audio signal (B) looks smooth and continuous because the frequencies are mostly 0. Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages of digital signals. That's why the first stage of the S-Master Pro process is , ...signal processing. So to recover the original audio signal. "Jitter" or time-base errors can represent the audio signal. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 As with time-axis accuracy equivalent to the requirements for extremely accurate music reproduction. The noise component (C) looks...
..., the original audio signal (B) and a noise component (C). The audio signal (B) looks smooth and continuous because the frequencies are mostly 0. Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages of digital signals. That's why the first stage of the S-Master Pro process is , ...signal processing. So to recover the original audio signal. "Jitter" or time-base errors can represent the audio signal. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 As with time-axis accuracy equivalent to the requirements for extremely accurate music reproduction. The noise component (C) looks...
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... • DC Phase Linearizer (DCPL). Digital signals remain in the digital domain until the last possible moment. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 Sony's Pulse Height Volume control adjusts the 1-bit C-PLM stream by referencing the output directly to second-order harmonic distortion. ... (S-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 a different digital...
... • DC Phase Linearizer (DCPL). Digital signals remain in the digital domain until the last possible moment. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 Sony's Pulse Height Volume control adjusts the 1-bit C-PLM stream by referencing the output directly to second-order harmonic distortion. ... (S-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 a different digital...
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...negative feedback at all! 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). In traditional amplifiers, ...Audio Compact Disc that makes the most sense. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 So thermal modulation is vigorous but not forced. But you know well. Dynamics are powerful but not boomy. Sony proudly presents a masterpiece of Sony's 32bit processing. Conventional power amplifiers use Negative Feedback...
...negative feedback at all! 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). In traditional amplifiers, ...Audio Compact Disc that makes the most sense. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 So thermal modulation is vigorous but not forced. But you know well. Dynamics are powerful but not boomy. Sony proudly presents a masterpiece of Sony's 32bit processing. Conventional power amplifiers use Negative Feedback...
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... CXD9773Q. • Superior dynamic range. Because one-bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 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 impressive 34 ...bits of the time domain, Sony suppresses jitter with 32-bit processing at the 48 kHz sampling rate (fs). The new CXD9773Q goes much further, with Clean Data Cycle....
... CXD9773Q. • Superior dynamic range. Because one-bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 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 impressive 34 ...bits of the time domain, Sony suppresses jitter with 32-bit processing at the 48 kHz sampling rate (fs). The new CXD9773Q goes much further, with Clean Data Cycle....
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That's why the engineers of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in clean, open, non-fatiguing music... characteristic steep enough to a higher level of their design, digital amplifiers are more expensive. In this way, Sony has taken the critically-acclaimed S-Master Pro amplifier to suppress high-frequency noise elements. Toroidal Low Pass Filter The...inherently less sensitive to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 • Built in less time. Where Sony's 24-bit LSI required a second chip to contain the DC Phase Linearizer,...
That's why the engineers of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in clean, open, non-fatiguing music... characteristic steep enough to a higher level of their design, digital amplifiers are more expensive. In this way, Sony has taken the critically-acclaimed S-Master Pro amplifier to suppress high-frequency noise elements. Toroidal Low Pass Filter The...inherently less sensitive to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 • Built in less time. Where Sony's 24-bit LSI required a second chip to contain the DC Phase Linearizer,...
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Consider the packaging. The top is fashioned from molded plastic, from the transistor. Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for the STR-DA7100ES. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 A detail of the power amplifier circuit board of signal integrity. MOS FET Thermal Packaging Conventional output transistors have two distinct sides. On ...
Consider the packaging. The top is fashioned from molded plastic, from the transistor. Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for the STR-DA7100ES. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 A detail of the power amplifier circuit board of signal integrity. MOS FET Thermal Packaging Conventional output transistors have two distinct sides. On ...
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...on which is the top molding of the transistor package, which the transistors are of the heat sink. Sony takes advantage of this runs counter to every practice in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are surface mounted. The power MOS FETs in traditional amplifiers-makes perfect sense considering the low heat... generation of Sony's S-Master Pro digital amplifier. This thermal design-which runs counter to previous design practices for the DA9000ES. Again, this thermal design by coupling the heat sink to the top of the MOS FET transistors, leaving the bottom to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13...
...on which is the top molding of the transistor package, which the transistors are of the heat sink. Sony takes advantage of this runs counter to every practice in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are surface mounted. The power MOS FETs in traditional amplifiers-makes perfect sense considering the low heat... generation of Sony's S-Master Pro digital amplifier. This thermal design-which runs counter to previous design practices for the DA9000ES. Again, this thermal design by coupling the heat sink to the top of the MOS FET transistors, leaving the bottom to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13...
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...paths Short, simple and straight Molecular Bonding Even inside the MOS FET output transistors, Sony innovations are at the back or sides of the chassis. be so close together that the STR-DA7100ES amplifier section is shortest and simplest-lined up side-by-side, right in...comparable power Wherever it makes the most sense for 15 amps of our molecular bonding technique to attach the transistor leads. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 Transistor heat Transistor packing Transistor location Transistor heat radiation Heat sinks Space requirements Amplifier board location Overall chassis ...
...paths Short, simple and straight Molecular Bonding Even inside the MOS FET output transistors, Sony innovations are at the back or sides of the chassis. be so close together that the STR-DA7100ES amplifier section is shortest and simplest-lined up side-by-side, right in...comparable power Wherever it makes the most sense for 15 amps of our molecular bonding technique to attach the transistor leads. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 Transistor heat Transistor packing Transistor location Transistor heat radiation Heat sinks Space requirements Amplifier board location Overall chassis ...
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Internal layout 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 ... (G) and Drain (D). The Drain on this design, the semiconductor and the three Source electrodes are connected by an aluminum sheet. (The other electrode is . ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 Illustration of the bare transistor of the DA7100ES. (1) Power supply. (2) S-Master Pro. (3) Preamp and video section. (4) Input signal processing. Also current capacity...
Internal layout 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 ... (G) and Drain (D). The Drain on this design, the semiconductor and the three Source electrodes are connected by an aluminum sheet. (The other electrode is . ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 Illustration of the bare transistor of the DA7100ES. (1) Power supply. (2) S-Master Pro. (3) Preamp and video section. (4) Input signal processing. Also current capacity...
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... and digital connections with the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI). While DVI is the RF connection, which is an extension of Sony ES Series DVD players can transmit uncompressed High Definition digital video and digital audio via a single cable. HDMI inputs and switching ...Home video connections represent a definite hierarchy of the ladder, almost not worth mentioning, is limited to the STR-DA7100ES receiver, Now the STR-DA7100 goes a giant step further with just one , but two Digital Visual Interface (DVI) inputs, with switching between them and ...
... and digital connections with the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI). While DVI is the RF connection, which is an extension of Sony ES Series DVD players can transmit uncompressed High Definition digital video and digital audio via a single cable. HDMI inputs and switching ...Home video connections represent a definite hierarchy of the ladder, almost not worth mentioning, is limited to the STR-DA7100ES receiver, Now the STR-DA7100 goes a giant step further with just one , but two Digital Visual Interface (DVI) inputs, with switching between them and ...
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...stereo PCM, Dolby Digital® and DTS® 5.1-channel compressed audio and even uncompressed multi-channel PCM audio! I 'm a DVD player. Page 17 If you wanted digital audio as Sony's DVP-NS9100ES DVD player) can support a full range of options, HDMI offers a simpler way. ES Receivers ... the HDMI output of Sony ES Series DVD players can automatically transfer the appropriate audio and video by checking the input capabilities of component connected through HDMI. Image 3 cables Component Sound Analogue 6 cables DVD TV HDMI 1 cable STR DVD TV STR etc etc Sound Digital ...
...stereo PCM, Dolby Digital® and DTS® 5.1-channel compressed audio and even uncompressed multi-channel PCM audio! I 'm a DVD player. Page 17 If you wanted digital audio as Sony's DVP-NS9100ES DVD player) can support a full range of options, HDMI offers a simpler way. ES Receivers ... the HDMI output of Sony ES Series DVD players can automatically transfer the appropriate audio and video by checking the input capabilities of component connected through HDMI. Image 3 cables Component Sound Analogue 6 cables DVD TV HDMI 1 cable STR DVD TV STR etc etc Sound Digital ...
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.../output capabilities. DVD player with the television and mediate the content exchange for 720p. Television with HDMI input Receiver, what is asking for the entire system. The receiver must then communicate with HDMI output OK. I can accept 720p video and 2channel audio at that quality! In... this illustration, the television is your input capability? DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output 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 ...
.../output capabilities. DVD player with the television and mediate the content exchange for 720p. Television with HDMI input Receiver, what is asking for the entire system. The receiver must then communicate with HDMI output OK. I can accept 720p video and 2channel audio at that quality! In... this illustration, the television is your input capability? DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output 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 ...
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... 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? DVD player with HDMI... to 2-channel sound. As you choose. The question: which chooses audio based on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you would expect, the television can only handle two channels at somewhat more modest quality. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 19 Two settings on the highest capability that the television and...
... 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? DVD player with HDMI... to 2-channel sound. As you choose. The question: which chooses audio based on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you would expect, the television can only handle two channels at somewhat more modest quality. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 19 Two settings on the highest capability that the television and...
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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. The audio is beyond its own audio specification back to the ...
... 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. The audio is beyond its own audio specification back to the ...