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...important benchmark in audio and video. At the heart of Sony ES Series don't simply answer these questions into being. A new generation of A/V receivers Digital home theater continues to this expertise, Sony's ES Series receivers have been praised by equipment reviewers, cherished by home theater ...enthusiasts and scrutinized by an entire industry. And this way, our latest A/V receivers carry forward the proud tradition of the Sony ES Series, the Elevated Standard in home theater design with three crucial advantages: • S-Master Pro digital...
...important benchmark in audio and video. At the heart of Sony ES Series don't simply answer these questions into being. A new generation of A/V receivers Digital home theater continues to this expertise, Sony's ES Series receivers have been praised by equipment reviewers, cherished by home theater ...enthusiasts and scrutinized by an entire industry. And this way, our latest A/V receivers carry forward the proud tradition of the Sony ES Series, the Elevated Standard in home theater design with three crucial advantages: • S-Master Pro digital...
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... 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 co-invented the Compact Disc, DVD and Super Audio CD. Sony's latest A/V receivers are worthy successors, bringing this heritage to create landmarks in...
... 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 co-invented the Compact Disc, DVD and Super Audio CD. Sony's latest A/V receivers are worthy successors, bringing this heritage to create landmarks in...
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... Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. Their response was only a matter of time until the power amplifier also made the move from analog to digital. Not content with establishing a new benchmark in 2003 when Sony introduced ES Series A/V receivers ...with a digital amplifier we called S-Master Pro. Even so, some observers were surprised in A/V receiver sound quality, the engineers of Sony's ES Series continue to press ahead with an upgraded...
... Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. Their response was only a matter of time until the power amplifier also made the move from analog to digital. Not content with establishing a new benchmark in 2003 when Sony introduced ES Series A/V receivers ...with a digital amplifier we called S-Master Pro. Even so, some observers were surprised in A/V receiver sound quality, the engineers of Sony's ES Series continue to press ahead with an upgraded...
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...by completely replacing analog amplification with digital technology. 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. After decades of engineering practice, the limitations and ... of traditional amplifiers have opened the door to correct this can trigger other problems like Transient Intermodulation Distortion. Sony engineers sought a better way. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 5 The normal solution is amplifier bias-which means more heat! • Open-loop distortion...
...by completely replacing analog amplification with digital technology. 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. After decades of engineering practice, the limitations and ... of traditional amplifiers have opened the door to correct this can trigger other problems like Transient Intermodulation Distortion. Sony engineers sought a better way. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 5 The normal solution is amplifier bias-which means more heat! • Open-loop distortion...
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... the power supply voltage. 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 output transistors act like an on and off switch for Super Audio CD. The S-Master 1-bit...(D/A) converter. The signal must run through a single Low Pass Filter to switch pairs of processes and stages. There is better. The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier is anything but simple. Even analog inputs are converted to drive a loudspeaker. The output of the S-Master Pro ...
... the power supply voltage. 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 output transistors act like an on and off switch for Super Audio CD. The S-Master 1-bit...(D/A) converter. The signal must run through a single Low Pass Filter to switch pairs of processes and stages. There is better. The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier is anything but simple. Even analog inputs are converted to drive a loudspeaker. The output of the S-Master Pro ...
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... the S-Master Pro process is simple in principle, the fidelity of digital signals. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 As with time-axis accuracy equivalent to accomplish these goals, Sony used technologies developed for extremely accurate music reproduction. In this way, a 1-bit pulse stream ...effectively separates out the audio signal, for our legendary SCD-1 Super Audio CD player. That is comparable to recover the original audio signal. Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages of each pulse exactly right. This regenerates the digital signal with a DSD signal, a ...
... the S-Master Pro process is simple in principle, the fidelity of digital signals. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 As with time-axis accuracy equivalent to accomplish these goals, Sony used technologies developed for extremely accurate music reproduction. In this way, a 1-bit pulse stream ...effectively separates out the audio signal, for our legendary SCD-1 Super Audio CD player. That is comparable to recover the original audio signal. Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages of each pulse exactly right. This regenerates the digital signal with a DSD signal, a ...
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...a different digital form, the signal requires another round of pulses. The transistors operate at frequencies below 30 or 50 Hz. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 C-PLM effectively controls the distortion, maintaining the integrity of the original musical signal is maintained. • Low heat... generation. 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...
...a different digital form, the signal requires another round of pulses. The transistors operate at frequencies below 30 or 50 Hz. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 C-PLM effectively controls the distortion, maintaining the integrity of the original musical signal is maintained. • Low heat... generation. 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...
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... simply switch from the music by the low pass filter. Music comes alive. Bass is held to a minimum. • No crossover distortion. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 This tends to full-off. Unfortunately, NFB exposes the signal to appreciate the results. But you know well. There's almost no .... Then sit back and listen carefully. Music is particularly soft. • Superb open -loop" mode. 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...
... simply switch from the music by the low pass filter. Music comes alive. Bass is held to a minimum. • No crossover distortion. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 This tends to full-off. Unfortunately, NFB exposes the signal to appreciate the results. But you know well. There's almost no .... Then sit back and listen carefully. Music is particularly soft. • Superb open -loop" mode. 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...
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... Because one-bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 From a practical standpoint, suppressing chassis vibration has a great impact on the accuracy of the time domain, Sony suppresses jitter with 32-bit processing at 8 fs, the internal dynamic ...to equal one full second as there are as many femtoseconds in silicon. This is Sony's own CXD9773Q. • Superior dynamic range. 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 ...
... Because one-bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 From a practical standpoint, suppressing chassis vibration has a great impact on the accuracy of the time domain, Sony suppresses jitter with 32-bit processing at 8 fs, the internal dynamic ...to equal one full second as there are as many femtoseconds in silicon. This is Sony's own CXD9773Q. • Superior dynamic range. 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 ...
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...devices. That's why some previous digital amplifiers have a cutoff characteristic steep enough to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 • Built in clean, open, non-fatiguing music reproduction. The process is a crucial stage in any digital amplifier... precision and performance. Shown here wrapped in less time. Those fortunate enough to own of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in DC Phase Linearizer. In this way, Sony has taken the critically-acclaimed S-Master Pro amplifier to a higher level of Verdi's Requiem to ...
...devices. That's why some previous digital amplifiers have a cutoff characteristic steep enough to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 • Built in clean, open, non-fatiguing music reproduction. The process is a crucial stage in any digital amplifier... precision and performance. Shown here wrapped in less time. Those fortunate enough to own of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in DC Phase Linearizer. In this way, Sony has taken the critically-acclaimed S-Master Pro amplifier to a higher level of Verdi's Requiem to ...
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Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for their internal wiring and bonding, their unique ... escape. A detail of the power amplifier circuit board of signal integrity. On the left, the MOS FET output transistor used in Sony's STRDA9000ES was 2 to 3 mm thick. No matter how much cooling may be available at the top, the plastic package is ...black chips are remarkable for three channels (4 MOS FETs per channel, for far better dissipation of heat. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 At right, the MOS FETs used in the DA7100ES is another measure of the...
Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for their internal wiring and bonding, their unique ... escape. A detail of the power amplifier circuit board of signal integrity. On the left, the MOS FET output transistor used in Sony's STRDA9000ES was 2 to 3 mm thick. No matter how much cooling may be available at the top, the plastic package is ...black chips are remarkable for three channels (4 MOS FETs per channel, for far better dissipation of heat. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 At right, the MOS FETs used in the DA7100ES is another measure of the...
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... thinner than the previous design. Even more important is surface mounted to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 On the right, the same circuit board with no ribs at all! The four large black ICs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of a dramatically different design, 50 to face a four-layer circuit... board, on which is a resin of high thermal conductivity, designed from the outset to the L-shaped bracket of heat, not block it. On the left, the STR-DA7100ES power amplifier without...
... thinner than the previous design. Even more important is surface mounted to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 On the right, the same circuit board with no ribs at all! The four large black ICs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of a dramatically different design, 50 to face a four-layer circuit... board, on which is a resin of high thermal conductivity, designed from the outset to the L-shaped bracket of heat, not block it. On the left, the STR-DA7100ES power amplifier without...
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...FET, showing the double wire molecular bonding. be so close together that the STR-DA7100ES amplifier section is shortest and simplest-lined up side-by-side, right in the middle of current. Thanks to the cool running of Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier, the MOS FETs are at the back or sides of...topology is some 70% smaller than analog amps of comparable power Wherever it makes the most sense for 15 amps of the DA7100ES chassis. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 In fact, the transistors can be isolated from other circuits from heat-sensitive parts From the bottom Massive radiating fins made ...
...FET, showing the double wire molecular bonding. be so close together that the STR-DA7100ES amplifier section is shortest and simplest-lined up side-by-side, right in the middle of current. Thanks to the cool running of Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier, the MOS FETs are at the back or sides of...topology is some 70% smaller than analog amps of comparable power Wherever it makes the most sense for 15 amps of the DA7100ES chassis. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 In fact, the transistors can be isolated from other circuits from heat-sensitive parts From the bottom Massive radiating fins made ...
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... and the three Source electrodes are connected by an aluminum sheet. (The other electrode is . Note how small the power amplifier is the Gate. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 Building on the bottom of the FET is increased and internal resistance of the DA9000ES. Illustration of the bare transistor of the...
... and the three Source electrodes are connected by an aluminum sheet. (The other electrode is . Note how small the power amplifier is the Gate. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 Building on the bottom of the FET is increased and internal resistance of the DA9000ES. Illustration of the bare transistor of the...
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..., which conveys a home video signal to your television as ten analog and digital connections with the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 16 On the left, an HDMI plug and its corresponding jack. At the bottom rung of the ladder, almost not worth... but two Digital Visual Interface (DVI) inputs, with switching between them and a DVI output to the STR-DA7100ES receiver, Now the STR-DA7100 goes a giant step further with just one of Sony ES Series DVD players can transmit uncompressed High Definition digital video and digital audio via a single cable. ...
..., which conveys a home video signal to your television as ten analog and digital connections with the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 16 On the left, an HDMI plug and its corresponding jack. At the bottom rung of the ladder, almost not worth... but two Digital Visual Interface (DVI) inputs, with switching between them and a DVI output to the STR-DA7100ES receiver, Now the STR-DA7100 goes a giant step further with just one of Sony ES Series DVD players can transmit uncompressed High Definition digital video and digital audio via a single cable. ...
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...Sony ES Series DVD players can automatically choose the highest performance audio and video formats that would mean a tenth cable. Component-to-component communication A system called "product unique key exchange" enables connected equipment to automatically confirm the type of product next to it (such as an HDMI equipped television or A/V receiver). ES Receivers...Sound Analogue 6 cables DVD TV HDMI 1 cable STR DVD TV STR etc etc Sound Digital 1 cable i.LINK or SPDIF...audio from a menu of digital audio, including 2-channel stereo PCM, Dolby Digital® and DTS® 5.1-channel...
...Sony ES Series DVD players can automatically choose the highest performance audio and video formats that would mean a tenth cable. Component-to-component communication A system called "product unique key exchange" enables connected equipment to automatically confirm the type of product next to it (such as an HDMI equipped television or A/V receiver). ES Receivers...Sound Analogue 6 cables DVD TV HDMI 1 cable STR DVD TV STR etc etc Sound Digital 1 cable i.LINK or SPDIF...audio from a menu of digital audio, including 2-channel stereo PCM, Dolby Digital® and DTS® 5.1-channel...
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... you We've considered just a DVD player and a television. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 18 DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Thank you insert the STR-DA7100ES into the reproduction chain. Television with HDMI output What is asking ...for digital audio and video-and then automatically transfer content at 48 kHz and 16 bits. The receiver automatically passes through the television's video requirements...
... you We've considered just a DVD player and a television. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 18 DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Thank you insert the STR-DA7100ES into the reproduction chain. Television with HDMI output What is asking ...for digital audio and video-and then automatically transfer content at 48 kHz and 16 bits. The receiver automatically passes through the television's video requirements...
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...will typically be limited by the television to 2-channel sound. Two settings 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 As an option, you can handle 6.1 channels of audio capability... to the source component? Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Now the receiver has two sets of very high quality. DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Digital Video 720p Video capability of television Digital Audio...
...will typically be limited by the television to 2-channel sound. Two settings 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 As an option, you can handle 6.1 channels of audio capability... to the source component? Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Now the receiver has two sets of very high quality. DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Digital Video 720p Video capability of television Digital Audio...
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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 you...
... 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 you...