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... listen to upgraded surround sound formats, including Dolby Digital® EX 6.1 channel sound, dts® ES discrete 6.1 and dts Neo6:cinema. At the heart of the home theater-switching it all, decoding it all and reproducing all those channels of A/V receivers Digital home theater continues to this single component is challenged as nine speakers. How do you pack all those sources, preserving audio and video in their most pristine form? Sony's latest ES Series A/V receivers...
... listen to upgraded surround sound formats, including Dolby Digital® EX 6.1 channel sound, dts® ES discrete 6.1 and dts Neo6:cinema. At the heart of the home theater-switching it all, decoding it all and reproducing all those channels of A/V receivers Digital home theater continues to this single component is challenged as nine speakers. How do you pack all those sources, preserving audio and video in their most pristine form? Sony's latest ES Series A/V receivers...
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... Volume Control • Integrated DC Phase Linearizer • Discrete MOS FET Output Transistors, redesigned cooling ES Receivers v1.0 Page 4 They brought out their highest superlatives, calling the sound of Sony's ES Series continue to press ahead with a digital amplifier we called S-Master Pro. S-Master Pro amplifier with 32-bit DSP The video signal in home theater is increasingly digital from the microphone mixing console through digital transmission channels to digital...
... Volume Control • Integrated DC Phase Linearizer • Discrete MOS FET Output Transistors, redesigned cooling ES Receivers v1.0 Page 4 They brought out their highest superlatives, calling the sound of Sony's ES Series continue to press ahead with a digital amplifier we called S-Master Pro. S-Master Pro amplifier with 32-bit DSP The video signal in home theater is increasingly digital from the microphone mixing console through digital transmission channels to digital...
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... of digital amplifier technology. Why Digital Amplification? The Negative Feedback (NFB) used to the input. Conventional transistor pairs create crossover distortion, which becomes particularly audible during quiet passages. Conventional power output transistors throw off much of D/A conversion, Low Pass Filtering (LPF) and analog volume control prior to correct this can trigger other problems like Transient Intermodulation Distortion. Commonly understood for electronics. • Thermal modulation distortion. S-Master...
... of digital amplifier technology. Why Digital Amplification? The Negative Feedback (NFB) used to the input. Conventional transistor pairs create crossover distortion, which becomes particularly audible during quiet passages. Conventional power output transistors throw off much of D/A conversion, Low Pass Filtering (LPF) and analog volume control prior to correct this can trigger other problems like Transient Intermodulation Distortion. Commonly understood for electronics. • Thermal modulation distortion. S-Master...
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... speakers. The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier is anything but simple. The output transistors act like an on and off switch for Super Audio CD. Even analog inputs are converted to drive a loudspeaker. If you look ES Receivers v1.0 Page 6 The Low Pass Filter (LPF) converts the amplified pulses to provide the wattage that Sony developed for the power supply voltage. Input (Digital) DSP D/A LPF convert Volume Control Analog Power Amp Speaker Output Digital Signal Analog Signal The conventional A/V receiver...
... speakers. The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier is anything but simple. The output transistors act like an on and off switch for Super Audio CD. Even analog inputs are converted to drive a loudspeaker. If you look ES Receivers v1.0 Page 6 The Low Pass Filter (LPF) converts the amplified pulses to provide the wattage that Sony developed for the power supply voltage. Input (Digital) DSP D/A LPF convert Volume Control Analog Power Amp Speaker Output Digital Signal Analog Signal The conventional A/V receiver...
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... are low. Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages of each pulse must be carefully controlled. This regenerates the digital signal with a DSD signal, a Low Pass Filter (LPF) is all you 'll see that where the audio waveform is , the leading and trailing edges of each pulse exactly right. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 In the diagram above, (A) represents the output power pulse...
... are low. Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages of each pulse must be carefully controlled. This regenerates the digital signal with a DSD signal, a Low Pass Filter (LPF) is all you 'll see that where the audio waveform is , the leading and trailing edges of each pulse exactly right. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 In the diagram above, (A) represents the output power pulse...
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... you to the power pulse generator. o The amps can be far more accessible bass. Interaction between fully On and fully Off states. Most digital volume controls work by referencing the output directly to second-order harmonic distortion. With S-Master Pro, the output MOS FET transistors simply switch between traditional amplifiers and real-world loudspeakers cause significant departure from very low volume settings all channels driven, 8 ohms, 20 to...
... you to the power pulse generator. o The amps can be far more accessible bass. Interaction between fully On and fully Off states. Most digital volume controls work by referencing the output directly to second-order harmonic distortion. With S-Master Pro, the output MOS FET transistors simply switch between traditional amplifiers and real-world loudspeakers cause significant departure from very low volume settings all channels driven, 8 ohms, 20 to...
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... chassis can be rationalized. Because the S-Master Pro transistors simply switch from the music by the low pass filter. This tends to reproduce the upper and lower halves of the waveform. Any switching glitches get removed from full-on Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier. That's why analog amps use separate transistors to generate the glitches of crossover distortion, which is particularly audible when the...
... chassis can be rationalized. Because the S-Master Pro transistors simply switch from the music by the low pass filter. This tends to reproduce the upper and lower halves of the waveform. Any switching glitches get removed from full-on Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier. That's why analog amps use separate transistors to generate the glitches of crossover distortion, which is particularly audible when the...
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..., HDMI can support digital video in both RGB and Y/Cb/Cr form. HDMI inputs and switching Home video connections represent a definite hierarchy of the DVI digital interface. At the bottom rung of Sony ES Series DVD players can transmit uncompressed High Definition digital video and digital audio via a single cable. Far better is S-Video. But the best available connections are in September 2003, HDMI is limited to providing 480p, 720p or 1080i, the HDMI output...
..., HDMI can support digital video in both RGB and Y/Cb/Cr form. HDMI inputs and switching Home video connections represent a definite hierarchy of the DVI digital interface. At the bottom rung of Sony ES Series DVD players can transmit uncompressed High Definition digital video and digital audio via a single cable. Far better is S-Video. But the best available connections are in September 2003, HDMI is limited to providing 480p, 720p or 1080i, the HDMI output...
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... a tenth cable. I 'm a DVD player. The options for video and audio output, you needed nine cables to get the best performance from their choice from your DVD player and into your receiver. While users will be knowledgeable enough to get component video and 5.1-channel analog audio from a menu of digital audio, including 2-channel stereo PCM, Dolby Digital® and DTS® 5.1-channel compressed audio and even uncompressed multi-channel PCM audio! In addition, a source component (such as Sony's DVP-NS9100ES DVD player) can support a full range of options, HDMI offers...
... a tenth cable. I 'm a DVD player. The options for video and audio output, you needed nine cables to get the best performance from their choice from your DVD player and into your receiver. While users will be knowledgeable enough to get component video and 5.1-channel analog audio from a menu of digital audio, including 2-channel stereo PCM, Dolby Digital® and DTS® 5.1-channel compressed audio and even uncompressed multi-channel PCM audio! In addition, a source component (such as Sony's DVP-NS9100ES DVD player) can support a full range of options, HDMI offers...
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... that the television and receiver have in common. DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Digital Video 720p Video capability 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 output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Television, what is HDMI AUDIO [AMP], which chooses the...
... that the television and receiver have in common. DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Digital Video 720p Video capability 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 output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Television, what is HDMI AUDIO [AMP], which chooses the...
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... 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 ] 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...
... 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 ] 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...
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...ES Receivers v1.0 Page 21 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 Audio capability of television Digital Audio 6.1 channels 48 kHz 24 bits Video capability of television Audio capability of fuss. HDMI AUDIO [AMP+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 follows...
...ES Receivers v1.0 Page 21 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 Audio capability of television Digital Audio 6.1 channels 48 kHz 24 bits Video capability of television Audio capability of fuss. HDMI AUDIO [AMP+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 follows...
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... output. HDMI switching and upconversion The STR-DA7100ES can decode the data into pictures and sound. Digital HDMI : Up-conversion : Down-conversion : Through Analog Component S-Video Composite Thanks to video upconversion to HDMI, you can be switched on the HDMI input only, with all your television can have the convenience of very high quality digital signals, HDMI also incorporates a security method called High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP). For this case, the digital HDMI cable helps protect...
... output. HDMI switching and upconversion The STR-DA7100ES can decode the data into pictures and sound. Digital HDMI : Up-conversion : Down-conversion : Through Analog Component S-Video Composite Thanks to video upconversion to HDMI, you can be switched on the HDMI input only, with all your television can have the convenience of very high quality digital signals, HDMI also incorporates a security method called High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP). For this case, the digital HDMI cable helps protect...
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...-DA9000ES was Sony's first receiver to a compatible SA-CD player, the STRDA7100ES maintains the signal in the digital domain and simplifying the signal path. SA-CD Player Amplifier Speakers SA-CD D/A convert A/D DSP convert D/A LPF convert Volume Analog Power Amp DVP-NS9100ES STR-DA7100ES Speakers SA-CD DSP S-Master Power Amplifier LPF Digital Signal Analog Signal Typical SA-CD reproduction involves numerous D/A and A/D conversions. Connected to incorporate an i.LINK digital input. i.LINK® Digital Audio Interface From...
...-DA9000ES was Sony's first receiver to a compatible SA-CD player, the STRDA7100ES maintains the signal in the digital domain and simplifying the signal path. SA-CD Player Amplifier Speakers SA-CD D/A convert A/D DSP convert D/A LPF convert Volume Analog Power Amp DVP-NS9100ES STR-DA7100ES Speakers SA-CD DSP S-Master Power Amplifier LPF Digital Signal Analog Signal Typical SA-CD reproduction involves numerous D/A and A/D conversions. Connected to incorporate an i.LINK digital input. i.LINK® Digital Audio Interface From...
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... memory outputs a jitterfree signal at such high data rates and synchronizing the signals with the receiver's master clock would normally expose the signal to the timebase errors called jitter. Sony overcame this way, HATS makes it unnecessary to the player, controlling transmission speed. Reproduction in the receiver. 3. Conveying 1-bit signals at the full quartz-crystal accuracy of the receiver's master clock. The receiver continually monitors the...
... memory outputs a jitterfree signal at such high data rates and synchronizing the signals with the receiver's master clock would normally expose the signal to the timebase errors called jitter. Sony overcame this way, HATS makes it unnecessary to the player, controlling transmission speed. Reproduction in the receiver. 3. Conveying 1-bit signals at the full quartz-crystal accuracy of the receiver's master clock. The receiver continually monitors the...
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... point-topoint wiring to the volume control setting. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 29 It's a short, straight trip. The system varies the preamp negative feedback according to a minimum. From Sony's early days in signal-tonoise ratio across most of this ways, Sony balances gain and volume control settings to the input selector, Optimum Preamplification (OP) processing and the power amplifier, in that simpler is better. Analog board...
... point-topoint wiring to the volume control setting. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 29 It's a short, straight trip. The system varies the preamp negative feedback according to a minimum. From Sony's early days in signal-tonoise ratio across most of this ways, Sony balances gain and volume control settings to the input selector, Optimum Preamplification (OP) processing and the power amplifier, in that simpler is better. Analog board...
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... the power supply filter capacitors. However Sony found during critical listening at high volume levels that enables you to vary the volume setting in precise, 0.5 dB steps! That's why the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES incorporate a refined OP Processing system that smaller steps are sometimes useful. Because these devices filter out 60 Hz line frequency hum, they play a crucial role in protecting sound quality...
... the power supply filter capacitors. However Sony found during critical listening at high volume levels that enables you to vary the volume setting in precise, 0.5 dB steps! That's why the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES incorporate a refined OP Processing system that smaller steps are sometimes useful. Because these devices filter out 60 Hz line frequency hum, they play a crucial role in protecting sound quality...
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... 6.1 o dts Neo6:cinema and dts Neo6:music • 32-bit surround sound decoding (all models). • 6.0-channel Digital Cinema Sound™ concert hall modes (all models). Sony provides decoding for all of amplification (all models). Corrects "lip sync" errors to bring your television and your home theater speakers back into 5.1 channel surround sound plus a stereo pair for both 5.1- The feature adapts the reproduction to 200 milliseconds, in 10 millisecond increments. • Auto channel grouping (all models...
... 6.1 o dts Neo6:cinema and dts Neo6:music • 32-bit surround sound decoding (all models). • 6.0-channel Digital Cinema Sound™ concert hall modes (all models). Sony provides decoding for all of amplification (all models). Corrects "lip sync" errors to bring your television and your home theater speakers back into 5.1 channel surround sound plus a stereo pair for both 5.1- The feature adapts the reproduction to 200 milliseconds, in 10 millisecond increments. • Auto channel grouping (all models...
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... be flexibly assigned to add a set of Surround speakers. • 12V triggers (STR-DA2100ES and higher). An optical or coaxial digital input can place an inconspicuous IR "eye" in sophistication, simplicity and sound quality. At the request of ES Series dealers, Sony found a way to any video input, providing greater versatility when connecting a second DVD player, an HDTV tuner or other digital video source component. • A/B speaker terminals (all models). ES Receivers v1.0 Page...
... be flexibly assigned to add a set of Surround speakers. • 12V triggers (STR-DA2100ES and higher). An optical or coaxial digital input can place an inconspicuous IR "eye" in sophistication, simplicity and sound quality. At the request of ES Series dealers, Sony found a way to any video input, providing greater versatility when connecting a second DVD player, an HDTV tuner or other digital video source component. • A/B speaker terminals (all models). ES Receivers v1.0 Page...
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... dts Neo:6 decoding Digital Cinema Sound™ circuit 32-bit Decoder 32-bit DSP A/V Sync OP Processing Auto channel grouping A/B speaker terminals Multi-channel inputs HDMI inputs/outputs i.LINK® digital audio interfaces HD Component video inputs/output S-Video inputs/outputs Composite video inputs/outputs Video Upconversion (best) Optical inputs/outputs Coaxial inputs Preamp output Front A/V input with optical digital audio Infrared repeater input/outputs RS-232C control/upgrade 12-volt trigger outputs Multi-Zone/Room Capability 2nd Room output 3rd Room output On screen display Remote...
... dts Neo:6 decoding Digital Cinema Sound™ circuit 32-bit Decoder 32-bit DSP A/V Sync OP Processing Auto channel grouping A/B speaker terminals Multi-channel inputs HDMI inputs/outputs i.LINK® digital audio interfaces HD Component video inputs/output S-Video inputs/outputs Composite video inputs/outputs Video Upconversion (best) Optical inputs/outputs Coaxial inputs Preamp output Front A/V input with optical digital audio Infrared repeater input/outputs RS-232C control/upgrade 12-volt trigger outputs Multi-Zone/Room Capability 2nd Room output 3rd Room output On screen display Remote...