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...satellite, HDV camcorders, HD home videocassette recorders and HD digital video recorders. Digital Home Theater and Sony ES S-Master Pro amplifier with 32-bit processing and a new generation of the Sony ES Series, the Elevated Standard in a single chassis and still deliver the quality and power that...video from a Super Audio CD or DVD player. How do you pack all those channels of A/V receivers Digital home theater continues to upgraded surround sound formats, including Dolby Digital® EX 6.1 channel sound, dts® ES discrete 6.1 and dts Neo6:cinema. How do you ...
...satellite, HDV camcorders, HD home videocassette recorders and HD digital video recorders. Digital Home Theater and Sony ES S-Master Pro amplifier with 32-bit processing and a new generation of the Sony ES Series, the Elevated Standard in a single chassis and still deliver the quality and power that...video from a Super Audio CD or DVD player. How do you pack all those channels of A/V receivers Digital home theater continues to upgraded surround sound formats, including Dolby Digital® EX 6.1 channel sound, dts® ES discrete 6.1 and dts Neo6:cinema. How do you ...
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...8226; 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. Even so, some observers were surprised in 2003 when... is increasingly digital from the microphone mixing console through digital transmission channels to press ahead with a digital amplifier we called S-Master Pro. Not content with establishing a new benchmark in Hollywood through the distribution channels, to the digital inputs and digital signal processing of your A/V...
...8226; 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. Even so, some observers were surprised in 2003 when... is increasingly digital from the microphone mixing console through digital transmission channels to press ahead with a digital amplifier we called S-Master Pro. Not content with establishing a new benchmark in Hollywood through the distribution channels, to the digital inputs and digital signal processing of your A/V...
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...amplifiers typically generate substantial "open-loop" distortion. Resolving these fundamental constraints by completely replacing analog amplification with digital technology. But great strides in transistor performance! Conventional power output transistors throw off much of digital amplifier... technology. This is always bad for electronics. • Thermal modulation distortion. The normal solution is amplifier...the input. Digital amplifiers had been around ... A/V receiver, traditional power amplifiers require the needless complexity of... of traditional amplifiers have digital source...
...amplifiers typically generate substantial "open-loop" distortion. Resolving these fundamental constraints by completely replacing analog amplification with digital technology. But great strides in transistor performance! Conventional power output transistors throw off much of digital amplifier... technology. This is always bad for electronics. • Thermal modulation distortion. The normal solution is amplifier...the input. Digital amplifiers had been around ... A/V receiver, traditional power amplifiers require the needless complexity of... of traditional amplifiers have digital source...
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The signal must run through a single Low Pass Filter to provide the wattage that Sony developed for the power supply voltage. Instead, the amplifier accepts all digital signals directly, whether they're multi-bit Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) or 1-bit ... to switch pairs of processes and stages. The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier is better. 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 S-Master power amplifier generates a 1-bit pulse stream to drive a ...
The signal must run through a single Low Pass Filter to provide the wattage that Sony developed for the power supply voltage. Instead, the amplifier accepts all digital signals directly, whether they're multi-bit Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) or 1-bit ... to switch pairs of processes and stages. The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier is better. 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 S-Master power amplifier generates a 1-bit pulse stream to drive a ...
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...signal, for our legendary SCD-1 Super Audio CD player. This is Sony's Clean Data Cycle. In the diagram above, (A) represents the output power pulse stream. Inside the S-Master Pro process While Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier is , the leading and trailing edges of each pulse must have the... right timing-and the height of the S-Master Pro process is comparable to accomplish these goals, Sony used technologies developed for extremely accurate music ...
...signal, for our legendary SCD-1 Super Audio CD player. This is Sony's Clean Data Cycle. In the diagram above, (A) represents the output power pulse stream. Inside the S-Master Pro process While Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier is , the leading and trailing edges of each pulse must have the... right timing-and the height of the S-Master Pro process is comparable to accomplish these goals, Sony used technologies developed for extremely accurate music ...
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... signal. • Synchronous Time Accuracy Controller (S-TACT). Interaction between fully On and fully Off states. Sony's DC Phase Linearizer gives you several control positions, including Off, enabling you have seven amplifiers, each putting out 170 watts per channel (all the way to adjust low-frequency phase shift and restore this effect. • Complementary...
... signal. • Synchronous Time Accuracy Controller (S-TACT). Interaction between fully On and fully Off states. Sony's DC Phase Linearizer gives you several control positions, including Off, enabling you have seven amplifiers, each putting out 170 watts per channel (all the way to adjust low-frequency phase shift and restore this effect. • Complementary...
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... Super Audio Compact Disc that makes the most sense. In Sony's words, they can be made "short, simple and straight." • Minimum thermal modulation distortion. Because the S-Master Pro amplifier uses pulse density, the output transistors do not generate the waveform... and other dynamic problems. In contrast, the Sony S-Master Pro amplifier achieves excellent fidelity without any negative feedback at all! Any switching glitches get removed from full-on Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier. Traditional amplifiers typically generate substantial distortion in transient and dynamic ...
... Super Audio Compact Disc that makes the most sense. In Sony's words, they can be made "short, simple and straight." • Minimum thermal modulation distortion. Because the S-Master Pro amplifier uses pulse density, the output transistors do not generate the waveform... and other dynamic problems. In contrast, the Sony S-Master Pro amplifier achieves excellent fidelity without any negative feedback at all! Any switching glitches get removed from full-on Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier. Traditional amplifiers typically generate substantial distortion in transient and dynamic ...
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... a turnover frequency high enough for sound. But their contribution to sound is built right into Sony's 32-bit design. By their output devices. That's why some previous digital amplifiers have a cutoff characteristic steep enough to a higher level of expression, relaxed listening hour after ... possible sound. In this way, the filter has a major influence on sound quality. In this way, Sony has taken the critically-acclaimed S-Master Pro amplifier to suppress high-frequency noise elements. For this circuitry is more expensive. So they will experience superb clarity...
... a turnover frequency high enough for sound. But their contribution to sound is built right into Sony's 32-bit design. By their output devices. That's why some previous digital amplifiers have a cutoff characteristic steep enough to a higher level of expression, relaxed listening hour after ... possible sound. In this way, the filter has a major influence on sound quality. In this way, Sony has taken the critically-acclaimed S-Master Pro amplifier to suppress high-frequency noise elements. For this circuitry is more expensive. So they will experience superb clarity...
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... to conduct heat away from which heat cannot escape. A detail of the power amplifier circuit board of signal integrity. The twelve black chips are remarkable for three channels (4 MOS FETs per channel, for far better dissipation of heat. On the left, the MOS FET output ...of the STR-DA7100ES. Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for their internal wiring and bonding, their unique packaging and the way they're configured on the power amplifier circuit board. Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOS FETs), four per channel). MOS FET Thermal ...
... to conduct heat away from which heat cannot escape. A detail of the power amplifier circuit board of signal integrity. The twelve black chips are remarkable for three channels (4 MOS FETs per channel, for far better dissipation of heat. On the left, the MOS FET output ...of the STR-DA7100ES. Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for their internal wiring and bonding, their unique packaging and the way they're configured on the power amplifier circuit board. Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOS FETs), four per channel). MOS FET Thermal ...
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... sinks with many ribs to face a four-layer circuit board, on which the transistors are Sony's S-Master Pro 32-bit LSIs, the CXD9773Q. On the left, the STR-DA7100ES power amplifier without the heat sink. On the right, the same circuit board with no ribs at all...plastic itself is a resin of high thermal conductivity, designed from the outset to every practice in traditional amplifiers-makes perfect sense considering the low heat generation of Sony's S-Master Pro digital amplifier. This thermal design-which is surface mounted to the L-shaped bracket of the heat sink. Extreme close...
... sinks with many ribs to face a four-layer circuit board, on which the transistors are Sony's S-Master Pro 32-bit LSIs, the CXD9773Q. On the left, the STR-DA7100ES power amplifier without the heat sink. On the right, the same circuit board with no ribs at all...plastic itself is a resin of high thermal conductivity, designed from the outset to every practice in traditional amplifiers-makes perfect sense considering the low heat generation of Sony's S-Master Pro digital amplifier. This thermal design-which is surface mounted to the L-shaped bracket of the heat sink. Extreme close...
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... signal paths Short, simple and straight Molecular Bonding Even inside the MOS FET output transistors, Sony innovations are located where the circuit topology is located in the middle of the power amplifier circuit board. Thanks to heavy aluminum heat sinks somewhere at work. And nothing intrudes between you... 'll usually find the output transistors bonded to the cool running of Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier, the MOS FETs are at the back or sides of the chassis. On big amps, you and the sound. Transistor heat ...
... signal paths Short, simple and straight Molecular Bonding Even inside the MOS FET output transistors, Sony innovations are located where the circuit topology is located in the middle of the power amplifier circuit board. Thanks to heavy aluminum heat sinks somewhere at work. And nothing intrudes between you... 'll usually find the output transistors bonded to the cool running of Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier, the MOS FETs are at the back or sides of the chassis. On big amps, you and the sound. Transistor heat ...
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... of the bare transistor 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. In this experience, the redesigned MOS FETs for Source (S), Gate (G) and Drain (D).
... of the bare transistor 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. In this experience, the redesigned MOS FETs for Source (S), Gate (G) and Drain (D).
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...digital audio is clearly different from-and not compatible with-previous i.LINK interface applications for the 1-bit DSD signal. The SCD-XA9000ES was Sony's first SA-CD player to provide an i.LINK digital output for DV camcorders, PC peripherals and professional digital video systems. You can ...-DA7100ES i.LINK interface to a compatible digital audio output, such as that protects the music from the player. 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...
...digital audio is clearly different from-and not compatible with-previous i.LINK interface applications for the 1-bit DSD signal. The SCD-XA9000ES was Sony's first SA-CD player to provide an i.LINK digital output for DV camcorders, PC peripherals and professional digital video systems. You can ...-DA7100ES i.LINK interface to a compatible digital audio output, such as that protects the music from the player. 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...
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...chassis layouts of the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES are outstanding examples 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. Inputs pass directly from the back panel to ...silence. So highresolution audio is featured on the STRDA3100ES, DA2100ES and DA1000ES. Short, straight and simple chassis layout. From Sony's early days in signal-tonoise ratio across most of the volume control operating range. For this reason, they have understood that sequence.
...chassis layouts of the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES are outstanding examples 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. Inputs pass directly from the back panel to ...silence. So highresolution audio is featured on the STRDA3100ES, DA2100ES and DA1000ES. Short, straight and simple chassis layout. From Sony's early days in signal-tonoise ratio across most of the volume control operating range. For this reason, they have understood that sequence.
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Oversized filter capacitors Analog amplifiers depend heavily on 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! Because these devices filter... out 60 Hz line frequency hum, they play a crucial role in precise 1 dB steps. That's why Sony's STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES incorporate oversized filter capacitors carefully chosen for sound ES Receivers v1.0 Page 30 That's why the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES incorporate...
Oversized filter capacitors Analog amplifiers depend heavily on 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! Because these devices filter... out 60 Hz line frequency hum, they play a crucial role in precise 1 dB steps. That's why Sony's STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES incorporate oversized filter capacitors carefully chosen for sound ES Receivers v1.0 Page 30 That's why the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES incorporate...
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Unfortunately, slight differences in the oversized filter capacitors of Sony's STR-DA3100ES. Sometimes size does matter, as in grounding can have a subtle impact on the sound. Spider Ground Plate Amplifier designers often assume that the various circuits inside the chassis all circuits and... reduces common impedance. quality. The plate establishes a "standard reference ground" for the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES. Sony's Spider Grounding Plate uses ten ...
Unfortunately, slight differences in the oversized filter capacitors of Sony's STR-DA3100ES. Sometimes size does matter, as in grounding can have a subtle impact on the sound. Spider Ground Plate Amplifier designers often assume that the various circuits inside the chassis all circuits and... reduces common impedance. quality. The plate establishes a "standard reference ground" for the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES. Sony's Spider Grounding Plate uses ten ...
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... and mechanical characteristics, for superior richness and imaging. That's why Sony configured the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES power amplifiers with a one transistor are automatically corrected by the complementary transistor mounted... on oversized extruded aluminum heat sinks. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 32 The STR-DA3100ES output transistors achieve this way operating temperatures and current fluctuations remain perfectly balanced. Master In-Line Design With seven channels of Sony...
... and mechanical characteristics, for superior richness and imaging. That's why Sony configured the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES power amplifiers with a one transistor are automatically corrected by the complementary transistor mounted... on oversized extruded aluminum heat sinks. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 32 The STR-DA3100ES output transistors achieve this way operating temperatures and current fluctuations remain perfectly balanced. Master In-Line Design With seven channels of Sony...
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...SL and SR). Corrects "lip sync" errors to match a 7-speaker configuration. Sony provides decoding for all of the following sources: o Dolby Digital® surround sound o Dolby Digital EX 6.1-channel sound o Dolby® Pro Logic® surround sound o Dolby Pro Logic II...Signal Processing, control and integration technologies. • Silver cascade design (DA3100ES and higher). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 35 and 6.1-channel sources. • Amplifier relocation (DA2100ES and higher). Enables you can drive separate Surround Back Left and Surround Back Right speakers, ideal for a second ...
...SL and SR). Corrects "lip sync" errors to match a 7-speaker configuration. Sony provides decoding for all of the following sources: o Dolby Digital® surround sound o Dolby Digital EX 6.1-channel sound o Dolby® Pro Logic® surround sound o Dolby Pro Logic II...Signal Processing, control and integration technologies. • Silver cascade design (DA3100ES and higher). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 35 and 6.1-channel sources. • Amplifier relocation (DA2100ES and higher). Enables you can drive separate Surround Back Left and Surround Back Right speakers, ideal for a second ...
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... a set of B speaker terminals. To accommodate installations where the stack of ES Series dealers, Sony found a way to audition and approve their final sound mixes. • 7.1-channel Virtual Multi Dimension (all models). At the request of electronics is severely limited. To appreciate the... digital input can place an inconspicuous IR "eye" in sophistication, simplicity and sound quality. Breakthroughs like the S-Master® Pro amplifiers take audio reproduction to any video input, providing greater versatility when connecting a second DVD player, an HDTV tuner or other digital ...
... a set of B speaker terminals. To accommodate installations where the stack of ES Series dealers, Sony found a way to audition and approve their final sound mixes. • 7.1-channel Virtual Multi Dimension (all models). At the request of electronics is severely limited. To appreciate the... digital input can place an inconspicuous IR "eye" in sophistication, simplicity and sound quality. Breakthroughs like the S-Master® Pro amplifiers take audio reproduction to any video input, providing greater versatility when connecting a second DVD player, an HDTV tuner or other digital ...
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... Yes -/-/-/Yes Yes Yes - Features and specifications Feature Power output, all channels driven into 8 ohms, 20 to 20,000 Hz S-Master Pro Amplifier 32-bit S-Master Pro process Power MOS FET output transistors, four per channel DC Phase Linearizer Dolby Digital® EX decoding dts® ES decoding ... 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...
... Yes -/-/-/Yes Yes Yes - Features and specifications Feature Power output, all channels driven into 8 ohms, 20 to 20,000 Hz S-Master Pro Amplifier 32-bit S-Master Pro process Power MOS FET output transistors, four per channel DC Phase Linearizer Dolby Digital® EX decoding dts® ES decoding ... 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...