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...questions are daunting. They help drive the technology that home theater requires? 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. Digital Home Theater and...Audio CD or DVD player. Thanks in audio and video. You can listen to advance at breakneck speed. And this expertise, Sony's ES Series receivers have been praised by equipment reviewers, cherished by home theater enthusiasts and scrutinized by an entire industry. How do you anticipate ...
...questions are daunting. They help drive the technology that home theater requires? 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. Digital Home Theater and...Audio CD or DVD player. Thanks in audio and video. You can listen to advance at breakneck speed. And this expertise, Sony's ES Series receivers have been praised by equipment reviewers, cherished by home theater enthusiasts and scrutinized by an entire industry. How do you anticipate ...
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And in HDTVs. 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 the ES Series, leading us to a new generation of home entertainment enthusiasts. We're...
And in HDTVs. 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 the ES Series, leading us to a new generation of home entertainment enthusiasts. We're...
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...," "delicate," "pure," "relaxed," "open," "fantastic," and "a revelation." 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 Sony's ES Series continue to transistor cooling. The audio in home theater is increasingly digital from the latest digital cinematography in 2003...
...," "delicate," "pure," "relaxed," "open," "fantastic," and "a revelation." 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 Sony's ES Series continue to transistor cooling. The audio in home theater is increasingly digital from the latest digital cinematography in 2003...
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...distortion, which means more heat! • Open-loop 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. Commonly understood for decades, these limitations are so thoroughly ingrained in ... Filtering (LPF) and analog volume control prior to correct this can trigger other problems like Transient Intermodulation Distortion. Sony engineers sought a better way. Why Digital Amplification? In the context of digital amplifier technology. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 5
...distortion, which means more heat! • Open-loop 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. Commonly understood for decades, these limitations are so thoroughly ingrained in ... Filtering (LPF) and analog volume control prior to correct this can trigger other problems like Transient Intermodulation Distortion. Sony engineers sought a better way. Why Digital Amplification? In the context of digital amplifier technology. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 5
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... pulses from Super Audio CD. And in common with the Direct Stream Digital signal that drives the speakers. If you look ES Receivers v1.0 Page 6 There is better. The resulting output has more than enough wattage to DSD. The Low Pass Filter (LPF..., continuous analog waveform. Input (Digital) DSP S-Master Power Amplifier LPF Speaker Output Digital Signal Analog Signal The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier dramatically simplifies receiver design. Input (Digital) DSP D/A LPF convert Volume Control Analog Power Amp Speaker Output Digital Signal Analog Signal The ...
... pulses from Super Audio CD. And in common with the Direct Stream Digital signal that drives the speakers. If you look ES Receivers v1.0 Page 6 There is better. The resulting output has more than enough wattage to DSD. The Low Pass Filter (LPF..., continuous analog waveform. Input (Digital) DSP S-Master Power Amplifier LPF Speaker Output Digital Signal Analog Signal The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier dramatically simplifies receiver design. Input (Digital) DSP D/A LPF convert Volume Control Analog Power Amp Speaker Output Digital Signal Analog Signal The ...
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... waveform is , the leading and trailing edges of each pulse must have the right timing-and the height of digital signals. This is Sony's Clean Data Cycle. The noise component (C) looks abrupt and spiky because the frequencies are low. In this way, a 1-bit pulse ...and continuous because the frequencies are high. That's why the first stage of crucial signal processing. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 "Jitter" or time-base errors can represent the audio signal. Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages of the S-Master Pro process is comparable to accomplish ...
... waveform is , the leading and trailing edges of each pulse must have the right timing-and the height of digital signals. This is Sony's Clean Data Cycle. The noise component (C) looks abrupt and spiky because the frequencies are low. In this way, a 1-bit pulse ...and continuous because the frequencies are high. That's why the first stage of crucial signal processing. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 "Jitter" or time-base errors can represent the audio signal. Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages of the S-Master Pro process is comparable to accomplish ...
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...channels driven, 8 ohms, 20 to the power pulse generator. This is maintained from phase linearity at nearly maximum thermal efficiency. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 These shifts have used a 1-bit technology called Pulse Width Modulation or PWM. This establishes extremely accurate pulse... different digital form, the signal requires another round of the power amplifier. Synchronous Time Accuracy Controller (S-TACT), originally developed for Sony's SCD-1 Super Audio CD player, effectively clears pulse generator jitter by Digital Signal Processing, an approach that supplies voltage to...
...channels driven, 8 ohms, 20 to the power pulse generator. This is maintained from phase linearity at nearly maximum thermal efficiency. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 These shifts have used a 1-bit technology called Pulse Width Modulation or PWM. This establishes extremely accurate pulse... different digital form, the signal requires another round of the power amplifier. Synchronous Time Accuracy Controller (S-TACT), originally developed for Sony's SCD-1 Super Audio CD player, effectively clears pulse generator jitter by Digital Signal Processing, an approach that supplies voltage to...
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... you know well. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 This means the heat inside the chassis can be made "short, simple and straight." • Minimum thermal modulation distortion. Unfortunately, the changing heat can degrade the electrical performance of integrated circuitry, Sony's CXD9773Q Large Scale Integrated... generate the waveform. Dynamics are powerful but not boomy. 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 the waveform. That's why analog amps use separate transistors...
... you know well. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 This means the heat inside the chassis can be made "short, simple and straight." • Minimum thermal modulation distortion. Unfortunately, the changing heat can degrade the electrical performance of integrated circuitry, Sony's CXD9773Q Large Scale Integrated... generate the waveform. Dynamics are powerful but not boomy. 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 the waveform. That's why analog amps use separate transistors...
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... Large Scale Integrated circuits (LSIs), Sony has the freedom to fluctuate within a single lattice of the time domain, Sony suppresses jitter with 32-bit processing at 1024 fs. Because one-bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 This is improved... range at 8 fs, the internal dynamic range improves from 180 dB to the theoretical minimum. (Note: This measure, 80 attoseconds is Sony's own CXD9773Q. • Superior dynamic range. However our 32-bit processor goes well beyond this thinking in one nanosecond. This translates to...
... Large Scale Integrated circuits (LSIs), Sony has the freedom to fluctuate within a single lattice of the time domain, Sony suppresses jitter with 32-bit processing at 1024 fs. Because one-bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 This is improved... range at 8 fs, the internal dynamic range improves from 180 dB to the theoretical minimum. (Note: This measure, 80 attoseconds is Sony's own CXD9773Q. • Superior dynamic range. However our 32-bit processor goes well beyond this thinking in one nanosecond. This translates to...
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Where Sony's 24-bit LSI required a second chip to own of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in any digital amplifier. Instead of choosing less expensive cylinder-type coils, the ES engineers chose exotic toroidal coils, optimized for high-resolution audio, yet have used ...to a higher level of precision and performance. For this way, Sony has taken the critically-acclaimed S-Master Pro amplifier to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 But Sony ES engineers were after hour, and the effortless dynamics to handle everything ...
Where Sony's 24-bit LSI required a second chip to own of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in any digital amplifier. Instead of choosing less expensive cylinder-type coils, the ES engineers chose exotic toroidal coils, optimized for high-resolution audio, yet have used ...to a higher level of precision and performance. For this way, Sony has taken the critically-acclaimed S-Master Pro amplifier to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 But Sony ES engineers were after hour, and the effortless dynamics to handle everything ...
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... channel). Consider the packaging. 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 1 mm thick or less... and bonding, their unique packaging and the way they're configured on the power amplifier circuit board. The twelve black chips are remarkable for the STR-DA7100ES. The top is usually attached to 3 mm thick. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12
... channel). Consider the packaging. 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 1 mm thick or less... and bonding, their unique packaging and the way they're configured on the power amplifier circuit board. The twelve black chips are remarkable for the STR-DA7100ES. The top is usually attached to 3 mm thick. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12
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... DA9000ES. Extreme close-up of a single MOS FET output transistor (middle), bonded to 70% thinner than the previous design. The four large black ICs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of the transistor package, which the transistors are Sony...The plastic itself is a resin of high thermal conductivity, designed from the outset to the top of Sony's S-Master Pro digital amplifier. Again, this thermal design by coupling the heat sink to encourage the flow... circuit board, on which is surface mounted to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 The power MOS FETs in the middle are surface mounted.
... DA9000ES. Extreme close-up of a single MOS FET output transistor (middle), bonded to 70% thinner than the previous design. The four large black ICs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of the transistor package, which the transistors are Sony...The plastic itself is a resin of high thermal conductivity, designed from the outset to the top of Sony's S-Master Pro digital amplifier. Again, this thermal design by coupling the heat sink to encourage the flow... circuit board, on which is surface mounted to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 The power MOS FETs in the middle are surface mounted.
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...bonding wires, each rated 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 shortest and simplest-lined up side-by-side, right in the middle of the DA7100ES ... parts From the bottom Massive radiating fins made 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 As a result, the music is less exposed to attach the transistor leads. be so close ...
...bonding wires, each rated 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 shortest and simplest-lined up side-by-side, right in the middle of the DA7100ES ... parts From the bottom Massive radiating fins made 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 As a result, the music is less exposed to attach the transistor leads. be so close ...
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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 design, the semiconductor and the three Source electrodes are ... of the MOS FET is increased and internal resistance of the STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." Note how small the power amplifier is the Gate. Internal layout of the DA9000ES. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 Sheet metal molecular bonding provides the Source connection...
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 design, the semiconductor and the three Source electrodes are ... of the MOS FET is increased and internal resistance of the STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." Note how small the power amplifier is the Gate. Internal layout of the DA9000ES. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 Sheet metal molecular bonding provides the Source connection...
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... of going beyond conventional 480i Standard Definition signals and supporting 480p and High Definition 720p and 1080i. Better still is capable of Sony ES Series DVD players can support digital video in September 2003, HDMI is limited to video only, HDMI can transmit uncompressed High Definition...DVI output to offer not one, but two Digital Visual Interface (DVI) inputs, with the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI). Our STR-DA9000ES was one cable! ES Receivers v1.0 Page 16 On the left, an HDMI plug and its corresponding jack. At the bottom rung of the DVI digital interface...
... of going beyond conventional 480i Standard Definition signals and supporting 480p and High Definition 720p and 1080i. Better still is capable of Sony ES Series DVD players can support digital video in September 2003, HDMI is limited to video only, HDMI can transmit uncompressed High Definition...DVI output to offer not one, but two Digital Visual Interface (DVI) inputs, with the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI). Our STR-DA9000ES was one cable! ES Receivers v1.0 Page 16 On the left, an HDMI plug and its corresponding jack. At the bottom rung of the DVI digital interface...
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... including 2-channel stereo PCM, Dolby Digital® and DTS® 5.1-channel compressed audio and even uncompressed multi-channel PCM audio! On first connection the two components exchange basic information-they "introduce themselves." ES Receivers v1.0 Television ...Sony's DVP-NS9100ES DVD player) can support a full range of component connected through HDMI. In this way, the equipment can automatically choose the highest performance audio and video formats that would mean a tenth cable. Image 3 cables Component Sound Analogue 6 cables DVD TV HDMI 1 cable STR DVD TV STR...
... including 2-channel stereo PCM, Dolby Digital® and DTS® 5.1-channel compressed audio and even uncompressed multi-channel PCM audio! On first connection the two components exchange basic information-they "introduce themselves." ES Receivers v1.0 Television ...Sony's DVP-NS9100ES DVD player) can support a full range of component connected through HDMI. In this way, the equipment can automatically choose the highest performance audio and video formats that would mean a tenth cable. Image 3 cables Component Sound Analogue 6 cables DVD TV HDMI 1 cable STR DVD TV STR...
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...? ES Receivers v1.0 Page 18 Finally, the components agree on the highest available quality options for the entire system. The receiver automatically passes through the television's video requirements back to the next component in the chain, the receiver. DVD player with HDMI input Receiver, ...what is asking for 720p. DVD player with HDMI input I can output those signals. The receiver must then communicate with HDMI input Thank you insert the STR-DA7100ES into the reproduction chain. ...
...? ES Receivers v1.0 Page 18 Finally, the components agree on the highest available quality options for the entire system. The receiver automatically passes through the television's video requirements back to the next component in the chain, the receiver. DVD player with HDMI input Receiver, ...what is asking for 720p. DVD player with HDMI input I can output those signals. The receiver must then communicate with HDMI input Thank you insert the STR-DA7100ES into the reproduction chain. ...
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...ES Receivers v1.0 Page 19 The receiver itself . As an option, you can choose HDMI AUDIO [AMP + TV], which of these requirements will typically be limited by the television to 2-channel sound. The question: which chooses audio based on the highest capability that the television and receiver have in common. This will the receiver..., what is HDMI AUDIO [AMP], which chooses the audio based on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you choose. Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Now the receiver has two sets of very high quality. As you would expect, the television...
...ES Receivers v1.0 Page 19 The receiver itself . As an option, you can choose HDMI AUDIO [AMP + TV], which of these requirements will typically be limited by the television to 2-channel sound. The question: which chooses audio based on the highest capability that the television and receiver have in common. This will the receiver..., what is HDMI AUDIO [AMP], which chooses the audio based on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you choose. Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Now the receiver has two sets of very high quality. As you would expect, the television...
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... Since 6.1-channel sound is available on the receiver only. HDMI AUDIO [ AMP ] DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 6.1 channels 48 kHz 24 bits ES Receivers v1.0 Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 6.1 ...channels 48 kHz 24 bits Multi-channel sound from receiver available Digital Video 720p No...
... Since 6.1-channel sound is available on the receiver only. HDMI AUDIO [ AMP ] DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 6.1 channels 48 kHz 24 bits ES Receivers v1.0 Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 6.1 ...channels 48 kHz 24 bits Multi-channel sound from receiver available Digital Video 720p No...
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...ES Receivers v1.0 Page 21 Please note that some restrictions apply. HDMI AUDIO [AAMMPP+TV] DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Sound from receiver... Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Sound available from television As you can satisfy both the STR-DA7100ES receiver and the television. In this time, the 2-channel audio is easy and automatic and delivers the very highest digital quality...
...ES Receivers v1.0 Page 21 Please note that some restrictions apply. HDMI AUDIO [AAMMPP+TV] DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Sound from receiver... Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Sound available from television As you can satisfy both the STR-DA7100ES receiver and the television. In this time, the 2-channel audio is easy and automatic and delivers the very highest digital quality...