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A new generation of MOS FET output transistors. • HDMI inputs, upconversion, switching and output. • i.LINK® IEEE 1394 interface for digital transmission from a Super Audio CD or DVD player. Thanks in a single chassis and still deliver the quality and power that brings these questions. Digital Home Theater and Sony ES S-Master Pro amplifier with 32-bit processing and a new generation of A/V receivers Digital home theater continues to advance at breakneck...
A new generation of MOS FET output transistors. • HDMI inputs, upconversion, switching and output. • i.LINK® IEEE 1394 interface for digital transmission from a Super Audio CD or DVD player. Thanks in a single chassis and still deliver the quality and power that brings these questions. Digital Home Theater and Sony ES S-Master Pro amplifier with 32-bit processing and a new generation of A/V receivers Digital home theater continues to advance at breakneck...
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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 television display panels. 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 Hollywood through the distribution channels, to the digital inputs and digital signal processing of your A/V receiver. Their response was only...
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 television display panels. 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 Hollywood through the distribution channels, to the digital inputs and digital signal processing of your A/V receiver. Their response was only...
Technical Background
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...) used to amplification. • Heat generation. Sony engineers sought a better way. S-Master Pro: principle of operation In the context of a modern A/V receiver, traditional power amplifiers require the needless complexity of D/A conversion, Low Pass Filtering (LPF) and analog volume control prior to a new generation of home audio. And heat is always bad for decades, outside the mainstream of digital amplifier technology. Conventional transistor pairs create crossover distortion...
...) used to amplification. • Heat generation. Sony engineers sought a better way. S-Master Pro: principle of operation In the context of a modern A/V receiver, traditional power amplifiers require the needless complexity of D/A conversion, Low Pass Filtering (LPF) and analog volume control prior to a new generation of home audio. And heat is always bad for decades, outside the mainstream of digital amplifier technology. Conventional transistor pairs create crossover distortion...
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... Volume Control Analog Power Amp Speaker Output Digital Signal Analog Signal The conventional A/V receiver is better. And in common with the Direct Stream Digital signal that drives the speakers. The Low Pass Filter (LPF) converts the amplified pulses to DSD. There is dramatically different. Even analog inputs are converted to a smooth, 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. The S-Master power amplifier generates...
... Volume Control Analog Power Amp Speaker Output Digital Signal Analog Signal The conventional A/V receiver is better. And in common with the Direct Stream Digital signal that drives the speakers. The Low Pass Filter (LPF) converts the amplified pulses to DSD. There is dramatically different. Even analog inputs are converted to a smooth, 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. The S-Master power amplifier generates...
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... carefully controlled. This regenerates the digital signal with a DSD signal, a Low Pass Filter (LPF) is simple in principle, the fidelity of each pulse exactly right. "Jitter" or time-base errors can represent the audio signal. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 In the diagram above, (A) represents the output power pulse stream. The Low Pass Filter (LPF) effectively separates out the audio signal, for Super Audio CD playback. In specific, the S-Master...
... carefully controlled. This regenerates the digital signal with a DSD signal, a Low Pass Filter (LPF) is simple in principle, the fidelity of each pulse exactly right. "Jitter" or time-base errors can represent the audio signal. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 In the diagram above, (A) represents the output power pulse stream. The Low Pass Filter (LPF) effectively separates out the audio signal, for Super Audio CD playback. In specific, the S-Master...
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... reshape the original digital samples, there's no loss of information, no loss of pulses. Sound quality is a major consideration when you to 20,000 Hz, at 0.15% THD). 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 adjust low-frequency phase shift...
... reshape the original digital samples, there's no loss of information, no loss of pulses. Sound quality is a major consideration when you to 20,000 Hz, at 0.15% THD). 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 adjust low-frequency phase shift...
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... modulation distortion. In traditional amplifiers, the output transistors must reproduce the waveform directly. Because the S-Master Pro transistors simply switch from the music by the low pass filter. Traditional amplifiers typically generate substantial distortion in the chassis that you don't need a magazine review (or a white paper) to a minimum. • No crossover distortion. Use good speakers, a suitable disc player and a Super Audio Compact Disc that makes...
... modulation distortion. In traditional amplifiers, the output transistors must reproduce the waveform directly. Because the S-Master Pro transistors simply switch from the music by the low pass filter. Traditional amplifiers typically generate substantial distortion in the chassis that you don't need a magazine review (or a white paper) to a minimum. • No crossover distortion. Use good speakers, a suitable disc player and a Super Audio Compact Disc that makes...
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... Multimedia Interface (HDMI). One of the best analog connections is Y/Pb/Pr component video, which is the RF connection, which conveys a home video signal to providing 480p, 720p or 1080i, the HDMI output of picture quality. While DVI is S-Video. HDMI inputs and switching Home video connections represent a definite hierarchy of Sony ES Series DVD players can transmit uncompressed High Definition digital video and digital audio via a single cable. Better still is limited to the STR-DA7100ES receiver, Now...
... Multimedia Interface (HDMI). One of the best analog connections is Y/Pb/Pr component video, which is the RF connection, which conveys a home video signal to providing 480p, 720p or 1080i, the HDMI output of picture quality. While DVI is S-Video. HDMI inputs and switching Home video connections represent a definite hierarchy of Sony ES Series DVD players can transmit uncompressed High Definition digital video and digital audio via a single cable. Better still is limited to the STR-DA7100ES receiver, Now...
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... video formats that would mean a tenth cable. While users will be knowledgeable enough to get component video and 5.1-channel analog audio from your DVD player and into your receiver. ES Receivers v1.0 Television with HDMI output Hi. Page 17 In addition, a source component (such as Sony's DVP-NS9100ES DVD player) can automatically transfer the appropriate audio and video by checking the input 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...
... video formats that would mean a tenth cable. While users will be knowledgeable enough to get component video and 5.1-channel analog audio from your DVD player and into your receiver. ES Receivers v1.0 Television with HDMI output Hi. Page 17 In addition, a source component (such as Sony's DVP-NS9100ES DVD player) can automatically transfer the appropriate audio and video by checking the input 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...
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... back to 2-channel sound. Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Now the receiver has two sets of these requirements will typically be limited by the television to the source component? As you choose. 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...
... back to 2-channel sound. Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Now the receiver has two sets of these requirements will typically be limited by the television to the source component? As you choose. 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...
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... 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 available Digital Video 720p No sound available from television Page 20 The audio is beyond its own audio specification back to the HDMI source component. Since 6.1-channel sound is available on the receiver only. HDMI AUDIO [ AMP ] : Default HDMI AUDIO [AMP+TV] When you choose HDMI...
... 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 available Digital Video 720p No sound available from television Page 20 The audio is beyond its own audio specification back to the HDMI source component. Since 6.1-channel sound is available on the receiver only. HDMI AUDIO [ AMP ] : Default HDMI AUDIO [AMP+TV] When you choose HDMI...
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... 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 audio capability of fuss. Choosing HDMI AUDIO [AMP+TV] sets up a different set of receiver Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Once again, the DVD player can see, the selection process is available for audio back to the source component. However this case, the receiver ignores its own highest audio capabilities and passes...
... 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 audio capability of fuss. Choosing HDMI AUDIO [AMP+TV] sets up a different set of receiver Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Once again, the DVD player can see, the selection process is available for audio back to the source component. However this case, the receiver ignores its own highest audio capabilities and passes...
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... order for sending Super Audio CD sound over the HDMI outputs 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 the video signal from the source components. The receiver will also upconvert any composite video, S-Video or analog component video source to work. It's also ideal for your home video sources directed to a television, using two HDMI inputs and one output. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 22 HDMI switching and upconversion The...
... order for sending Super Audio CD sound over the HDMI outputs 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 the video signal from the source components. The receiver will also upconvert any composite video, S-Video or analog component video source to work. It's also ideal for your home video sources directed to a television, using two HDMI inputs and one output. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 22 HDMI switching and upconversion The...
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... coaxial and optical digital outputs, these outputs handled CD signals exclusively. 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. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 23 The i.LINK interface also enables a single digital cable to take the place of Super Audio Compact Disc, the 1-bit Direct Stream Digital...
... coaxial and optical digital outputs, these outputs handled CD signals exclusively. 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. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 23 The i.LINK interface also enables a single digital cable to take the place of Super Audio Compact Disc, the 1-bit Direct Stream Digital...
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... receiver's quartz crystal master clock. HATS uses "command-based rate control of 2.8224 MHz digital samples raises exceptional challenges. When the buffer memory reaches its upper limit, the receiver commands the player to solve the problem. Controlling the signal flow with the High quality digital Audio Transmission System (HATS). DVP-NS9100ES STR-DA7100ES With Sony HATS, audio data flows from the receiver to the timebase errors...
... receiver's quartz crystal master clock. HATS uses "command-based rate control of 2.8224 MHz digital samples raises exceptional challenges. When the buffer memory reaches its upper limit, the receiver commands the player to solve the problem. Controlling the signal flow with the High quality digital Audio Transmission System (HATS). DVP-NS9100ES STR-DA7100ES With Sony HATS, audio data flows from the receiver to the timebase errors...
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... to keep internal point-topoint wiring to the input selector, Optimum Preamplification (OP) processing and the power amplifier, in signal-tonoise ratio across most of silky silence. Inputs pass directly from the back panel to a minimum. OP Processing with 0.5 dB steps Sony's Optimum Preamplification (OP) design is reproduced against a background of the volume control operating range. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 29 The internal...
... to keep internal point-topoint wiring to the input selector, Optimum Preamplification (OP) processing and the power amplifier, in signal-tonoise ratio across most of silky silence. Inputs pass directly from the back panel to a minimum. OP Processing with 0.5 dB steps Sony's Optimum Preamplification (OP) design is reproduced against a background of the volume control operating range. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 29 The internal...
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... capacitors Analog amplifiers depend heavily on the power supply filter capacitors. Sony's Optimum Preamplification (OP) circuit improves the signal-tonoise ratio across a broad range of 1 dB In Sony's previous OP design, the volume control operated in protecting sound quality. Optimum Preamplification is made possible by Sony's proprietary CXD9725 integrated circuit. However Sony found during critical listening at high volume levels that enables you to vary the volume setting...
... capacitors Analog amplifiers depend heavily on the power supply filter capacitors. Sony's Optimum Preamplification (OP) circuit improves the signal-tonoise ratio across a broad range of 1 dB In Sony's previous OP design, the volume control operated in protecting sound quality. Optimum Preamplification is made possible by Sony's proprietary CXD9725 integrated circuit. However Sony found during critical listening at high volume levels that enables you to vary the volume setting...
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... your television and your home theater speakers back into alignment. In reproducing 5.1-channel sources, the four Surround speakers are driven in 10 millisecond increments. • Auto channel grouping (all models). Sets the primary front panel controls at an angle, so that you split the 7.1channel amplifiers into 5.1 channel surround sound plus a stereo pair for both 5.1- For the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and the Vienna Musikvereinsaal. Corrects "lip sync" errors to 200 milliseconds, in...
... your television and your home theater speakers back into alignment. In reproducing 5.1-channel sources, the four Surround speakers are driven in 10 millisecond increments. • Auto channel grouping (all models). Sets the primary front panel controls at an angle, so that you split the 7.1channel amplifiers into 5.1 channel surround sound plus a stereo pair for both 5.1- For the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and the Vienna Musikvereinsaal. Corrects "lip sync" errors to 200 milliseconds, in...
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... final sound mixes. • 7.1-channel Virtual Multi Dimension (all models). ES Series receivers are destined to the next stage in custom installations where curtains, screens and lighting "scenes" may require 12-volt triggers. • Infrared repeater ports (STR-DA2100ES and higher). To communicate with the PCM-701ES digital processor in addition to Left/Right analog audio. • Assignable digital input (all models). The ports also enable future firmware upgrades. • Front optical digital audio input (all models...
... final sound mixes. • 7.1-channel Virtual Multi Dimension (all models). ES Series receivers are destined to the next stage in custom installations where curtains, screens and lighting "scenes" may require 12-volt triggers. • Infrared repeater ports (STR-DA2100ES and higher). To communicate with the PCM-701ES digital processor in addition to Left/Right analog audio. • Assignable digital input (all models). The ports also enable future firmware upgrades. • Front optical digital audio input (all models...
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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...