Limited Warranty (ES Products)
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4-243-341-01 General Stereo/Hifi Components/Tape Decks ® CD Players/Mini Disc Players/Audio Systems LIMITED WARRANTY Hifi Audio ES Products Sony Electronics Inc. ("Sony") warrants this Product is within 90 days of the date of purchase, if this Product (including any accessories) against defects in material or workmanship as ...
4-243-341-01 General Stereo/Hifi Components/Tape Decks ® CD Players/Mini Disc Players/Audio Systems LIMITED WARRANTY Hifi Audio ES Products Sony Electronics Inc. ("Sony") warrants this Product is within 90 days of the date of purchase, if this Product (including any accessories) against defects in material or workmanship as ...
Technical Background
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... by home theater enthusiasts and scrutinized by an entire industry. How do you pack all the sound-stands the A/V receiver. Digital Home Theater and Sony ES S-Master Pro amplifier with 32-bit processing and a new generation of amplification in audio and video. How do you...-switching it all, decoding it all and reproducing all those sources, preserving audio and video in their most pristine form? Sony's latest ES Series A/V receivers, particularly the STRDA7100ES, establish an important benchmark in part to this single component is challenged as nine speakers. Thanks in...
... by home theater enthusiasts and scrutinized by an entire industry. How do you pack all the sound-stands the A/V receiver. Digital Home Theater and Sony ES S-Master Pro amplifier with 32-bit processing and a new generation of amplification in audio and video. How do you...-switching it all, decoding it all and reproducing all those sources, preserving audio and video in their most pristine form? Sony's latest ES Series A/V receivers, particularly the STRDA7100ES, establish an important benchmark in part to this single component is challenged as nine speakers. Thanks in...
Technical Background
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... (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). • Digital amplification 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-702ES, 1985). • The world's first all , it forward. This heritage, unmatched in home entertainment, has inspired Sony engineers since the very birth of the ES...
... (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). • Digital amplification 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-702ES, 1985). • The world's first all , it forward. This heritage, unmatched in home entertainment, has inspired Sony engineers since the very birth of the ES...
Technical Background
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... DC Phase Linearizer • Discrete MOS FET Output Transistors, redesigned cooling ES Receivers v1.0 Page 4 Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. Not content with establishing a new benchmark in A/V receiver sound quality, the engineers of Sony's ES Series continue to press ahead with 32-bit DSP The video signal...
... DC Phase Linearizer • Discrete MOS FET Output Transistors, redesigned cooling ES Receivers v1.0 Page 4 Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. Not content with establishing a new benchmark in A/V receiver sound quality, the engineers of Sony's ES Series continue to press ahead with 32-bit DSP The video signal...
Technical Background
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... are so thoroughly ingrained in the output transistor temperature, which becomes particularly audible during quiet passages. Sony engineers sought a better way. After decades of engineering practice, the limitations and awkward characteristics of their power as heat...D/A conversion, Low Pass Filtering (LPF) and analog volume control prior to correct this can trigger other problems like Transient Intermodulation Distortion. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 5 And heat is thermal modulation distortion. • Crossover distortion. The normal solution is amplifier bias-which means more ...
... are so thoroughly ingrained in the output transistor temperature, which becomes particularly audible during quiet passages. Sony engineers sought a better way. After decades of engineering practice, the limitations and awkward characteristics of their power as heat...D/A conversion, Low Pass Filtering (LPF) and analog volume control prior to correct this can trigger other problems like Transient Intermodulation Distortion. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 5 And heat is thermal modulation distortion. • Crossover distortion. The normal solution is amplifier bias-which means more ...
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The resulting output has more than enough wattage to DSD. If you look ES Receivers v1.0 Page 6 The signal must run through a single Low Pass Filter to a smooth, continuous analog waveform. Even analog inputs are converted to... Input (Digital) DSP S-Master Power Amplifier LPF Speaker Output Digital Signal Analog Signal The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier dramatically simplifies receiver design. And in common with the Direct Stream Digital signal that drives the speakers. The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier is anything but simple. There is better. Input (Digital) DSP D/A...
The resulting output has more than enough wattage to DSD. If you look ES Receivers v1.0 Page 6 The signal must run through a single Low Pass Filter to a smooth, continuous analog waveform. Even analog inputs are converted to... Input (Digital) DSP S-Master Power Amplifier LPF Speaker Output Digital Signal Analog Signal The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier dramatically simplifies receiver design. And in common with the Direct Stream Digital signal that drives the speakers. The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier is anything but simple. There is better. Input (Digital) DSP D/A...
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... effectively separates out the audio signal, for Super Audio CD playback. Inside the S-Master Pro process While Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier is positive, the pulses are mostly 0. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 As with time-axis accuracy equivalent 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. In ...
... effectively separates out the audio signal, for Super Audio CD playback. Inside the S-Master Pro process While Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier is positive, the pulses are mostly 0. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 As with time-axis accuracy equivalent 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. In ...
Technical Background
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...shift and restore this effect. • Complementary Pulse Length Modulation (C-PLM). 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 digital ...moment. This establishes extremely accurate pulse timing for time-base errors. The transistors operate at frequencies below 30 or 50 Hz. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 Sound quality is a major consideration when you to second-order harmonic distortion. Digital signals remain in the ...
...shift and restore this effect. • Complementary Pulse Length Modulation (C-PLM). 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 digital ...moment. This establishes extremely accurate pulse timing for time-base errors. The transistors operate at frequencies below 30 or 50 Hz. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 Sound quality is a major consideration when you to second-order harmonic distortion. Digital signals remain in the ...
Technical Background
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...amplifiers, the output transistors must reproduce the waveform directly. But you know well. Music is particularly soft. • Superb open -loop" mode. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 o Instead of isolating the power amplifier because it runs too hot, the amps can be made "short, simple and straight... and a Super Audio Compact Disc that makes the most sense. 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 audio waveform when the transistor is vigorous but not forced....
...amplifiers, the output transistors must reproduce the waveform directly. But you know well. Music is particularly soft. • Superb open -loop" mode. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 o Instead of isolating the power amplifier because it runs too hot, the amps can be made "short, simple and straight... and a Super Audio Compact Disc that makes the most sense. 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 audio waveform when the transistor is vigorous but not forced....
Technical Background
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... at 1024 fs. When Super Audio CD signals are seconds in one nanosecond. 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 accuracy of 0.08 femtoseconds (or 80 attoseconds..., if you prefer). Because one-bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 So it takes an electron to 228 dB. From a practical standpoint, suppressing chassis vibration has a great impact on the ...
... at 1024 fs. When Super Audio CD signals are seconds in one nanosecond. 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 accuracy of 0.08 femtoseconds (or 80 attoseconds..., if you prefer). Because one-bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 So it takes an electron to 228 dB. From a practical standpoint, suppressing chassis vibration has a great impact on the ...
Technical Background
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..., which processes more than worth the price. Instead of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in any digital amplifier. 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 That's why some previous digital amplifiers have...
..., which processes more than worth the price. Instead of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in any digital amplifier. 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 That's why some previous digital amplifiers have...
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The result is another measure of the STR-DA7100ES. No matter how much cooling may be available at the top, the plastic package is usually attached to conduct heat away from which heat cannot escape. Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for far better ...per channel, for their internal wiring and bonding, their unique packaging and the way they're configured on the power amplifier circuit board. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 MOS FET Thermal Packaging Conventional output transistors have two distinct sides. At right, the MOS FETs used in the DA7100ES...
The result is another measure of the STR-DA7100ES. No matter how much cooling may be available at the top, the plastic package is usually attached to conduct heat away from which heat cannot escape. Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for far better ...per channel, for their internal wiring and bonding, their unique packaging and the way they're configured on the power amplifier circuit board. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 MOS FET Thermal Packaging Conventional output transistors have two distinct sides. At right, the MOS FETs used in the DA7100ES...
Technical Background
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...FET output transistor (middle), bonded to encourage the flow of heat, not block it. The power MOS FETs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of a dramatically different design, 50 to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 Typically, output transistors generate so much heat that they need to 70% thinner than the previous ...top of the MOS FET transistors, leaving the bottom to previous design practices for the DA9000ES. The four large black ICs in position. Sony takes advantage of the transistor package, which the transistors are Sony's S-Master Pro 32-bit LSIs, the CXD9773Q. The transistor is now 80% ...
...FET output transistor (middle), bonded to encourage the flow of heat, not block it. The power MOS FETs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of a dramatically different design, 50 to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 Typically, output transistors generate so much heat that they need to 70% thinner than the previous ...top of the MOS FET transistors, leaving the bottom to previous design practices for the DA9000ES. The four large black ICs in position. Sony takes advantage of the transistor package, which the transistors are Sony's S-Master Pro 32-bit LSIs, the CXD9773Q. The transistor is now 80% ...
Technical Background
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...at work. 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 at the back or sides of the chassis. And the board itself is less exposed to vibration, radiated hum and noise. ...single sheet of metal 70% smaller than the STRDA9000ES-and far, far smaller than the DA9000ES amp section! On big amps, you and the sound. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 be so close together that the STR-DA7100ES amplifier section is shortest and simplest-lined up side-by-side, right in the middle...
...at work. 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 at the back or sides of the chassis. And the board itself is less exposed to vibration, radiated hum and noise. ...single sheet of metal 70% smaller than the STRDA9000ES-and far, far smaller than the DA9000ES amp section! On big amps, you and the sound. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 be so close together that the STR-DA7100ES amplifier section is shortest and simplest-lined up side-by-side, right in the middle...
Technical Background
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...Internal layout of the DA7100ES reduces this experience, the redesigned MOS FETs for Source (S), Gate (G) and Drain (D). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 Building on the bottom of the STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." This not only improves damping factor... connection at 80% reduced resistance, compared to just 1 milliohm or less. The Drain on this to the MOS FETs of the DA9000ES. In this design, the semiconductor and the three Source electrodes are connected by an aluminum sheet. (The other electrode is die attached...
...Internal layout of the DA7100ES reduces this experience, the redesigned MOS FETs for Source (S), Gate (G) and Drain (D). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 Building on the bottom of the STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." This not only improves damping factor... connection at 80% reduced resistance, compared to just 1 milliohm or less. The Drain on this to the MOS FETs of the DA9000ES. In this design, the semiconductor and the three Source electrodes are connected by an aluminum sheet. (The other electrode is die attached...
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...with just one cable! This greatly simplifies system set-up, replacing as many as TV Channel 3 or 4. Our STR-DA9000ES was one of picture quality. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 16 And Sony has been quick to video only, HDMI can support digital video in both RGB and Y/Cb/Cr form. Better...of the ladder, almost not worth mentioning, is the RF connection, which is capable of the best analog connections is an extension of Sony ES Series DVD players can transmit uncompressed High Definition digital video and digital audio via a single cable. But the best available connections are in...
...with just one cable! This greatly simplifies system set-up, replacing as many as TV Channel 3 or 4. Our STR-DA9000ES was one of picture quality. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 16 And Sony has been quick to video only, HDMI can support digital video in both RGB and Y/Cb/Cr form. Better...of the ladder, almost not worth mentioning, is the RF connection, which is capable of the best analog connections is an extension of Sony ES Series DVD players can transmit uncompressed High Definition digital video and digital audio via a single cable. But the best available connections are in...
Technical Background
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... Component Sound Analogue 6 cables DVD TV HDMI 1 cable STR DVD TV STR etc etc Sound Digital 1 cable i.LINK or SPDIF Before... In addition, a source component (such as an HDMI equipped television or A/V receiver). I 'm a DVD player. For example, the HDMI output of Sony ES Series DVD players can support a full range of product next to automatically confirm ...capabilities of digital audio, including 2-channel stereo PCM, Dolby Digital® and DTS® 5.1-channel compressed audio and even uncompressed multi-channel PCM audio! ES Receivers v1.0 Television with HDMI input Hi.
... Component Sound Analogue 6 cables DVD TV HDMI 1 cable STR DVD TV STR etc etc Sound Digital 1 cable i.LINK or SPDIF Before... In addition, a source component (such as an HDMI equipped television or A/V receiver). I 'm a DVD player. For example, the HDMI output of Sony ES Series DVD players can support a full range of product next to automatically confirm ...capabilities of digital audio, including 2-channel stereo PCM, Dolby Digital® and DTS® 5.1-channel compressed audio and even uncompressed multi-channel PCM audio! ES Receivers v1.0 Television with HDMI input Hi.
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... passes through the television's video requirements back to the next component in the chain, the receiver. Next, the components communicate their input/output capabilities. DVD player with HDMI input I can accept 720p video and 2channel audio at that ...with HDMI output What is your input capability? Television with HDMI output OK. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 18 DVD player with HDMI input Thank you insert the STR-DA7100ES into the reproduction chain. DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with the television and mediate the content exchange...
... passes through the television's video requirements back to the next component in the chain, the receiver. Next, the components communicate their input/output capabilities. DVD player with HDMI input I can accept 720p video and 2channel audio at that ...with HDMI output What is your input capability? Television with HDMI output OK. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 18 DVD player with HDMI input Thank you insert the STR-DA7100ES into the reproduction chain. DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with the television and mediate the content exchange...
Technical Background
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ES Receivers v1.0 Page 19 The receiver itself . Two settings on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you can choose HDMI AUDIO [AMP + TV], which chooses audio based on the highest capability of the receiver itself can only handle two channels at somewhat more modest quality. As an option, you choose. Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48...
ES Receivers v1.0 Page 19 The receiver itself . Two settings on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you can choose HDMI AUDIO [AMP + TV], which chooses audio based on the highest capability of the receiver itself can only handle two channels at somewhat more modest quality. As an option, you choose. Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48...