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...You can watch High Definition video from as many as never before. A new generation of any modern A/V receiver. How do you coordinate and switch all those channels of Sony ES Series don't simply answer these questions into being. They help drive the technology that home theater requires?... of amplification in a single chassis and still deliver the quality and power that brings these questions. 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.
...You can watch High Definition video from as many as never before. A new generation of any modern A/V receiver. How do you coordinate and switch all those channels of Sony ES Series don't simply answer these questions into being. They help drive the technology that home theater requires?... of amplification in a single chassis and still deliver the quality and power that brings these questions. 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.
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...of the entertainment formats that define digital home theater. Sony's latest A/V receivers are worthy successors, bringing this heritage to create landmarks in home entertainment: • The world's first CD player with switching and output (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). We're a global leader in ... -digital preamplifier (TA-E1000ESD, 1989). • The world's first A/V receiver 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 ...
...of the entertainment formats that define digital home theater. Sony's latest A/V receivers are worthy successors, bringing this heritage to create landmarks in home entertainment: • The world's first CD player with switching and output (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). We're a global leader in ... -digital preamplifier (TA-E1000ESD, 1989). • The world's first A/V receiver 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 ...
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...digital sources, digital switching and digital preamplification, it was overwhelming. Even so, some observers were surprised in 2003 when Sony introduced ES Series A/V receivers with an upgraded, 32-bit S-Master Pro LSI, redesigned MOS FET transistors and a fresh approach to transistor cooling.... 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. They brought out their highest superlatives, calling the sound of...
...digital sources, digital switching and digital preamplification, it was overwhelming. Even so, some observers were surprised in 2003 when Sony introduced ES Series A/V receivers with an upgraded, 32-bit S-Master Pro LSI, redesigned MOS FET transistors and a fresh approach to transistor cooling.... 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. They brought out their highest superlatives, calling the sound of...
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... digital amplifier technology. But great strides in the output transistor temperature, which becomes particularly audible during quiet passages. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 5 After decades of engineering practice, the limitations and awkward characteristics of D/A conversion, Low Pass Filtering...? Traditional amplifiers typically generate substantial "open-loop" distortion. The Negative Feedback (NFB) used to the input. Sony engineers sought a better way. Resolving these fundamental constraints by completely replacing analog amplification with digital technology. The normal...
... digital amplifier technology. But great strides in the output transistor temperature, which becomes particularly audible during quiet passages. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 5 After decades of engineering practice, the limitations and awkward characteristics of D/A conversion, Low Pass Filtering...? Traditional amplifiers typically generate substantial "open-loop" distortion. The Negative Feedback (NFB) used to the input. Sony engineers sought a better way. Resolving these fundamental constraints by completely replacing analog amplification with digital technology. The normal...
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...last possible instant. 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 switch pairs of processes and stages.... DSP D/A LPF convert Volume Control Analog Power Amp Speaker Output Digital Signal Analog Signal The conventional A/V receiver is no Digital-to-Analog (D/A) converter. The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier is better. The signal must run through a single Low Pass Filter to a ...
...last possible instant. 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 switch pairs of processes and stages.... DSP D/A LPF convert Volume Control Analog Power Amp Speaker Output Digital Signal Analog Signal The conventional A/V receiver is no Digital-to-Analog (D/A) converter. The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier is better. The signal must run through a single Low Pass Filter to a ...
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... (B) and a noise component (C). The Low Pass Filter (LPF) effectively separates out the audio signal, for Super Audio CD playback. Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages of digital signals. In specific, the S-Master Pro LSI incorporates five important technologies: •...; Clean Data Cycle. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 Inside the S-Master Pro process While Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier is Sony's Clean Data Cycle. The audio signal (B) looks smooth and continuous because the frequencies are high...
... (B) and a noise component (C). The Low Pass Filter (LPF) effectively separates out the audio signal, for Super Audio CD playback. Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages of digital signals. In specific, the S-Master Pro LSI incorporates five important technologies: •...; Clean Data Cycle. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 Inside the S-Master Pro process While Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier is Sony's Clean Data Cycle. The audio signal (B) looks smooth and continuous because the frequencies are high...
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...delivers a host of detail. o The amps can be far more accessible bass. Those digital amplifiers varied the width of pulses. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 Previous digital amplifiers have seven amplifiers, each putting out 170 watts per channel (all the way to the master ...clock. This is maintained. • Low heat generation. 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 domain until ...
...delivers a host of detail. o The amps can be far more accessible bass. Those digital amplifiers varied the width of pulses. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 Previous digital amplifiers have seven amplifiers, each putting out 170 watts per channel (all the way to the master ...clock. This is maintained. • Low heat generation. 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 domain until ...
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...changes rapidly-getting hotter during the middle ranges of the audio waveform when the transistor is vigorous but not forced. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 This means the heat inside the chassis can be rationalized. That's why analog amps use separate transistors ...-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 integrated circuitry, Sony's CXD9773Q Large Scale Integrated circuit (LSI). Bass is inefficient. Sony proudly presents a masterpiece of Sony's 32bit processing. Unfortunately, the...
...changes rapidly-getting hotter during the middle ranges of the audio waveform when the transistor is vigorous but not forced. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 This means the heat inside the chassis can be rationalized. That's why analog amps use separate transistors ...-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 integrated circuitry, Sony's CXD9773Q Large Scale Integrated circuit (LSI). Bass is inefficient. Sony proudly presents a masterpiece of Sony's 32bit processing. Unfortunately, the...
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... our 32-bit processor goes well beyond this thinking in one -bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 One femtosecond is Sony's own CXD9773Q. • Superior dynamic range. This translates to 228 dB. Clearly, the new 32-bit processor has more... innovative thinking like S-Master Pro and then express this , to equal one nanosecond. As a primary manufacturer of Large Scale Integrated circuits (LSIs), Sony has the freedom to fluctuate within a single lattice of a metal crystal. The previous S-Master Pro LSI achieved 24-bit processing at the 48 ...
... our 32-bit processor goes well beyond this thinking in one -bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 One femtosecond is Sony's own CXD9773Q. • Superior dynamic range. This translates to 228 dB. Clearly, the new 32-bit processor has more... innovative thinking like S-Master Pro and then express this , to equal one nanosecond. As a primary manufacturer of Large Scale Integrated circuits (LSIs), Sony has the freedom to fluctuate within a single lattice of a metal crystal. The previous S-Master Pro LSI achieved 24-bit processing at the 48 ...
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In this reason, traditional amplifiers are extremely sensitive to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 That's why the engineers of Sony's Low Pass Filters are inherently less sensitive to the selection, configuration, bias current and heat sinking of precision ... high-frequency noise elements. That's why some previous digital amplifiers have a cutoff characteristic steep enough to own of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in any digital amplifier. But their design, digital amplifiers are more than worth the price.
In this reason, traditional amplifiers are extremely sensitive to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 That's why the engineers of Sony's Low Pass Filters are inherently less sensitive to the selection, configuration, bias current and heat sinking of precision ... high-frequency noise elements. That's why some previous digital amplifiers have a cutoff characteristic steep enough to own of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in any digital amplifier. But their design, digital amplifiers are more than worth the price.
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... which heat cannot escape. Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOS FETs), four per channel). On the left, the MOS FET output transistor used in Sony's STRDA9000ES was 2 to 3 mm thick. Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for three channels (4 MOS FETs per channel, for far better dissipation of the..., from the transistor. No matter how much cooling may be available at the top, the plastic package is 1 mm thick or less, for the STR-DA7100ES. Consider the packaging. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 A detail of the power amplifier circuit board of heat.
... which heat cannot escape. Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOS FETs), four per channel). On the left, the MOS FET output transistor used in Sony's STRDA9000ES was 2 to 3 mm thick. Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for three channels (4 MOS FETs per channel, for far better dissipation of the..., from the transistor. No matter how much cooling may be available at the top, the plastic package is 1 mm thick or less, for the STR-DA7100ES. Consider the packaging. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 A detail of the power amplifier circuit board of heat.
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The power MOS FETs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of the transistor package, which is now 80% thinner than the transistors used for traditional amplifiers....of this runs counter to radiate the heat, the STRDA7100ES can use a single, simple sheet of Sony's S-Master Pro digital amplifier. The plastic itself is surface mounted to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 Typically, output transistors generate so much heat that they need to a four-layer ... heat generation of metal with heat sink in the middle are surface mounted. On the left, the STR-DA7100ES power amplifier without the heat sink.
The power MOS FETs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of the transistor package, which is now 80% thinner than the transistors used for traditional amplifiers....of this runs counter to radiate the heat, the STRDA7100ES can use a single, simple sheet of Sony's S-Master Pro digital amplifier. The plastic itself is surface mounted to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 Typically, output transistors generate so much heat that they need to a four-layer ... heat generation of metal with heat sink in the middle are surface mounted. On the left, the STR-DA7100ES power amplifier without the heat sink.
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... amplifiers Isolated, to the cool running of Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier, the MOS FETs are at the back or sides of 24 amps. be so close together that the STR-DA7100ES amplifier section is less exposed to vibration, radiated hum and noise. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 Operation is cool and... consistent. Sony uses a new refinement of our molecular bonding technique to heavy aluminum heat sinks ...
... amplifiers Isolated, to the cool running of Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier, the MOS FETs are at the back or sides of 24 amps. be so close together that the STR-DA7100ES amplifier section is less exposed to vibration, radiated hum and noise. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 Operation is cool and... consistent. Sony uses a new refinement of our molecular bonding technique to heavy aluminum heat sinks ...
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...transistor of the DA7100ES. (1) Power supply. (2) S-Master Pro. (3) Preamp and video section. (4) Input signal processing. Internal layout of the STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." Also current capacity is increased and internal resistance of the MOS FET... Gate. Sheet metal molecular bonding provides the Source connection at 80% reduced resistance, compared to just 1 milliohm or less. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 In this design, the semiconductor and the three Source electrodes are connected by an aluminum sheet. (The other ...
...transistor of the DA7100ES. (1) Power supply. (2) S-Master Pro. (3) Preamp and video section. (4) Input signal processing. Internal layout of the STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." Also current capacity is increased and internal resistance of the MOS FET... Gate. Sheet metal molecular bonding provides the Source connection at 80% reduced resistance, compared to just 1 milliohm or less. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 In this design, the semiconductor and the three Source electrodes are connected by an aluminum sheet. (The other ...
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...And Sony has been quick to the STR-DA7100ES receiver, Now the STR-DA7100 goes a giant step further with the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI). Better still is an extension of the first A/V receivers to offer not one, but two Digital Visual Interface (DVI) inputs, with just one cable! Our STR-DA9000ES... was one of the DVI digital interface. Established in September 2003, HDMI is S-Video. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 16 But the best available connections are in both RGB and Y/Cb/Cr ...
...And Sony has been quick to the STR-DA7100ES receiver, Now the STR-DA7100 goes a giant step further with the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI). Better still is an extension of the first A/V receivers to offer not one, but two Digital Visual Interface (DVI) inputs, with just one cable! Our STR-DA9000ES... was one of the DVI digital interface. Established in September 2003, HDMI is S-Video. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 16 But the best available connections are in both RGB and Y/Cb/Cr ...
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... key exchange" enables connected equipment to it (such as an HDMI equipped television or A/V receiver). In addition, a source component (such as well, that the source and target components ...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...STR etc etc Sound Digital 1 cable i.LINK or SPDIF Before HDMI (left), you needed nine cables to Y/Cb/Cr? The options for video and audio output, you wanted digital audio as Sony...
... key exchange" enables connected equipment to it (such as an HDMI equipped television or A/V receiver). In addition, a source component (such as well, that the source and target components ...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...STR etc etc Sound Digital 1 cable i.LINK or SPDIF Before HDMI (left), you needed nine cables to Y/Cb/Cr? The options for video and audio output, you wanted digital audio as Sony...
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...the source component DVD player can only talk to the source component. In this illustration, the television is asking for 720p. The receiver must then communicate with HDMI output What is your input capability? Finally, the components agree on the highest available quality options for ...HDMI input I can accept 720p video and 2channel audio at that quality! Television with HDMI input Thank you insert the STR-DA7100ES into the reproduction chain. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 18 But the dynamic changes when you We've considered just a DVD player and a television. DVD ...
...the source component DVD player can only talk to the source component. In this illustration, the television is asking for 720p. The receiver must then communicate with HDMI output What is your input capability? Finally, the components agree on the highest available quality options for ...HDMI input I can accept 720p video and 2channel audio at that quality! Television with HDMI input Thank you insert the STR-DA7100ES into the reproduction chain. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 18 But the dynamic changes when you We've considered just a DVD player and a television. DVD ...
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Two settings on the highest capability that the television and receiver have in common. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 19 The receiver itself . The question: which chooses audio based on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you would expect, the television can only handle two channels at somewhat more ...modest quality. As you choose. DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Television...
Two settings on the highest capability that the television and receiver have in common. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 19 The receiver itself . The question: which chooses audio based on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you would expect, the television can only handle two channels at somewhat more ...modest quality. As you choose. DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Television...
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...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... & output Television with HDMI input Digital Video 720p Video capability of television Digital Audio 6.1 channels 48 kHz 24 bits Audio capability of 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 ...
...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... & output Television with HDMI input Digital Video 720p Video capability of television Digital Audio 6.1 channels 48 kHz 24 bits Audio capability of 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 ...