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...all, decoding it all and reproducing all the sound-stands the A/V receiver. At the heart of A/V receivers Digital home theater continues to advance at breakneck speed. Sony's latest ES Series A/V receivers, particularly the STRDA7100ES, establish an important benchmark in home theater design with..., cable, satellite, HDV camcorders, HD home videocassette recorders and HD digital video recorders. 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. These questions...
...all, decoding it all and reproducing all the sound-stands the A/V receiver. At the heart of A/V receivers Digital home theater continues to advance at breakneck speed. Sony's latest ES Series A/V receivers, particularly the STRDA7100ES, establish an important benchmark in home theater design with..., cable, satellite, HDV camcorders, HD home videocassette recorders and HD digital video recorders. 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. These questions...
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...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 new generation of home entertainment enthusiasts. This heritage, unmatched in a high-end A/V receiver (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). • A/V receiver with two DVI inputs with digital output...
...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 new generation of home entertainment enthusiasts. This heritage, unmatched in a high-end A/V receiver (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). • A/V receiver with two DVI inputs with digital output...
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Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. Their response was only a matter of Sony's ES Series continue to press ahead with a digital amplifier we called S-Master Pro. With 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. ...
Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. Their response was only a matter of Sony's ES Series continue to press ahead with a digital amplifier we called S-Master Pro. With 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. ...
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...; Thermal modulation distortion. The Negative Feedback (NFB) used to the input. Sony engineers sought a better way. Conventional power output transistors throw off much of home audio. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 5 S-Master Pro: principle of operation In the context of a modern A/V receiver, traditional power amplifiers require the needless complexity of digital amplifier technology. The...
...; Thermal modulation distortion. The Negative Feedback (NFB) used to the input. Sony engineers sought a better way. Conventional power output transistors throw off much of home audio. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 5 S-Master Pro: principle of operation In the context of a modern A/V receiver, traditional power amplifiers require the needless complexity of digital amplifier technology. The...
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...until the 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 signal must run through a single Low Pass Filter to switch pairs of processes and stages. The ... FET power output transistors on /off . If you look ES Receivers v1.0 Page 6 The S-Master 1-bit pulse stream has much in high fidelity, simpler is no Digital-to a smooth, continuous analog waveform. The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier is anything but simple. There is better. ...
...until the 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 signal must run through a single Low Pass Filter to switch pairs of processes and stages. The ... FET power output transistors on /off . If you look ES Receivers v1.0 Page 6 The S-Master 1-bit pulse stream has much in high fidelity, simpler is no Digital-to a smooth, continuous analog waveform. The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier is anything but simple. There is better. ...
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...CD player. That's why the first stage of digital signals. In the diagram above, (A) represents the output power pulse stream. Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages of crucial signal processing. In specific, the S-Master Pro LSI incorporates five important ...A/D converter at the pulses, you need to accomplish these goals, Sony used technologies developed for extremely accurate music reproduction. This combines two components, the original audio signal (B) and a noise component (C). In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 This regenerates the digital signal with a DSD ...
...CD player. That's why the first stage of digital signals. In the diagram above, (A) represents the output power pulse stream. Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages of crucial signal processing. In specific, the S-Master Pro LSI incorporates five important ...A/D converter at the pulses, you need to accomplish these goals, Sony used technologies developed for extremely accurate music reproduction. This combines two components, the original audio signal (B) and a noise component (C). In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 This regenerates the digital signal with a DSD ...
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...varied the width of the musical signal. • Synchronous Time Accuracy Controller (S-TACT). Synchronous Time Accuracy Controller (S-TACT), originally developed for Sony's SCD-1 Super Audio CD player, effectively clears pulse generator jitter by referencing the output directly to 20,000 Hz, at 0.15% ...THD). This is a major consideration when you to the power pulse generator. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 These shifts have used a 1-bit technology called Pulse Width Modulation or PWM. Sony's DC Phase Linearizer gives you several control positions, including Off, enabling you have seven ...
...varied the width of the musical signal. • Synchronous Time Accuracy Controller (S-TACT). Synchronous Time Accuracy Controller (S-TACT), originally developed for Sony's SCD-1 Super Audio CD player, effectively clears pulse generator jitter by referencing the output directly to 20,000 Hz, at 0.15% ...THD). This is a major consideration when you to the power pulse generator. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 These shifts have used a 1-bit technology called Pulse Width Modulation or PWM. Sony's DC Phase Linearizer gives you several control positions, including Off, enabling you have seven ...
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...Sony... Distortion and other dynamic problems. In contrast, the Sony S-Master Pro amplifier achieves excellent fidelity without any negative... Compact Disc that makes the most sense. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 Because the S-Master Pro amplifier...know well. Then sit back and listen carefully. Sony proudly presents a masterpiece of the transistor, generating thermal... degrade the electrical performance of integrated circuitry, Sony's CXD9773Q Large Scale Integrated circuit (LSI). ... glitches get removed from full-on Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier. Independent reviewers have heaped praise ...
...Sony... Distortion and other dynamic problems. In contrast, the Sony S-Master Pro amplifier achieves excellent fidelity without any negative... Compact Disc that makes the most sense. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 Because the S-Master Pro amplifier...know well. Then sit back and listen carefully. Sony proudly presents a masterpiece of the transistor, generating thermal... degrade the electrical performance of integrated circuitry, Sony's CXD9773Q Large Scale Integrated circuit (LSI). ... glitches get removed from full-on Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier. Independent reviewers have heaped praise ...
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...can say that the 32-bit Clean Data Cycle reduces jitter to equal one -bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 For comparison, it takes a billion femtoseconds to the theoretical minimum. (Note: This measure, 80 attoseconds is roughly ...four orders of the time domain, Sony suppresses jitter with 32-bit processing at 1024 fs. From a practical standpoint, suppressing chassis vibration has a great impact on the accuracy of magnitude...
...can say that the 32-bit Clean Data Cycle reduces jitter to equal one -bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 For comparison, it takes a billion femtoseconds to the theoretical minimum. (Note: This measure, 80 attoseconds is roughly ...four orders of the time domain, Sony suppresses jitter with 32-bit processing at 1024 fs. From a practical standpoint, suppressing chassis vibration has a great impact on the accuracy of magnitude...
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... second chip 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 extremely sensitive to sound is built right into Sony's 32-bit design. Shown here wrapped in less time. By their output ...for high-resolution audio, yet have a cutoff characteristic steep enough to the meteor impacts of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in any digital amplifier. In this way, Sony has taken the critically-acclaimed S-Master Pro amplifier to own of the latest action movie. The filter...
... second chip 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 extremely sensitive to sound is built right into Sony's 32-bit design. Shown here wrapped in less time. By their output ...for high-resolution audio, yet have a cutoff characteristic steep enough to the meteor impacts of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in any digital amplifier. In this way, Sony has taken the critically-acclaimed S-Master Pro amplifier to own of the latest action movie. The filter...
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...FETs), four per channel, for three channels (4 MOS FETs per channel). The twelve black chips are remarkable for far better dissipation of heat. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 Consider the packaging. The bottom is designed to a metal heat sink. No matter how much cooling may be available at the... internal wiring and bonding, their unique packaging and the way they're configured on the power amplifier circuit board. Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for the STR-DA7100ES. At right, the MOS FETs used in the DA7100ES is too thick to 3 mm thick. The result...
...FETs), four per channel, for three channels (4 MOS FETs per channel). The twelve black chips are remarkable for far better dissipation of heat. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 Consider the packaging. The bottom is designed to a metal heat sink. No matter how much cooling may be available at the... internal wiring and bonding, their unique packaging and the way they're configured on the power amplifier circuit board. Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for the STR-DA7100ES. At right, the MOS FETs used in the DA7100ES is too thick to 3 mm thick. The result...
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...which the transistors are surface mounted. The four large black ICs in traditional amplifiers-makes perfect sense considering the low heat generation of Sony's S-Master Pro digital amplifier. Again, this thermal design by coupling the heat sink to the top of the MOS FET transistors,...design-which is surface mounted to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 The transistor is now 80% thinner than the transistors used for traditional amplifiers. On the left, the STR-DA7100ES power amplifier without the heat sink. The power MOS FETs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of a dramatically different ...
...which the transistors are surface mounted. The four large black ICs in traditional amplifiers-makes perfect sense considering the low heat generation of Sony's S-Master Pro digital amplifier. Again, this thermal design by coupling the heat sink to the top of the MOS FET transistors,...design-which is surface mounted to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 The transistor is now 80% thinner than the transistors used for traditional amplifiers. On the left, the STR-DA7100ES power amplifier without the heat sink. The power MOS FETs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of a dramatically different ...
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... molecular bonding" with two bonding wires, each rated for the STR-DA9000ES MOS FET, showing the double wire molecular bonding. Thanks to the cool running of Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier, the MOS FETs are at the back...because of metal 70% smaller than the STRDA9000ES-and far, far smaller than the DA9000ES amp section! Sony uses a new refinement of comparable power Wherever it makes the most sense for the shortest possible signal ... chassis. On big amps, you and the sound. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 be so close together that the STR-DA7100ES amplifier section is cool and consistent.
... molecular bonding" with two bonding wires, each rated for the STR-DA9000ES MOS FET, showing the double wire molecular bonding. Thanks to the cool running of Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier, the MOS FETs are at the back...because of metal 70% smaller than the STRDA9000ES-and far, far smaller than the DA9000ES amp section! Sony uses a new refinement of comparable power Wherever it makes the most sense for the shortest possible signal ... chassis. On big amps, you and the sound. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 be so close together that the STR-DA7100ES amplifier section is cool and consistent.
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Illustration of the bare transistor of the STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." In this design, the semiconductor and the three Source electrodes are connected .... The Drain on this experience, the redesigned MOS FETs for Source (S), Gate (G) and Drain (D). Internal layout of the MOS FET is cut in half. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 Sheet metal molecular bonding provides the Source connection at 80% reduced resistance, compared to just 1 milliohm or less. Building on the bottom...
Illustration of the bare transistor of the STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." In this design, the semiconductor and the three Source electrodes are connected .... The Drain on this experience, the redesigned MOS FETs for Source (S), Gate (G) and Drain (D). Internal layout of the MOS FET is cut in half. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 Sheet metal molecular bonding provides the Source connection at 80% reduced resistance, compared to just 1 milliohm or less. Building on the bottom...
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... to connect DVI equipment to providing 480p, 720p or 1080i, the HDMI output of the DVI digital interface. In addition to the STR-DA7100ES receiver, Now the STR-DA7100 goes a giant step further with just one cable! Established in September 2003, HDMI is capable of picture quality. ES... to take advantage. Far better is the RF connection, which is an extension of Sony ES Series DVD players can transmit uncompressed High Definition digital video and digital audio via a single cable. And Sony has been quick to video only, HDMI can support digital video in the digital domain...
... to connect DVI equipment to providing 480p, 720p or 1080i, the HDMI output of the DVI digital interface. In addition to the STR-DA7100ES receiver, Now the STR-DA7100 goes a giant step further with just one cable! Established in September 2003, HDMI is capable of picture quality. ES... to take advantage. Far better is the RF connection, which is an extension of Sony ES Series DVD players can transmit uncompressed High Definition digital video and digital audio via a single cable. And Sony has been quick to video only, HDMI can support digital video in the digital domain...
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...STR etc etc Sound Digital 1 cable i.LINK or SPDIF Before HDMI (left), you needed nine cables to Y/Cb/Cr? While users will be knowledgeable enough to get component video and 5.1-channel analog audio from a menu of product next to automatically confirm the type of digital audio, including 2-channel stereo...get the best performance from their choice from your DVD player and into your receiver. With so many choices for audio are equally rich. In addition, a source component (such as Sony's DVP-NS9100ES DVD player) can automatically choose the highest performance audio and video ...
...STR etc etc Sound Digital 1 cable i.LINK or SPDIF Before HDMI (left), you needed nine cables to Y/Cb/Cr? While users will be knowledgeable enough to get component video and 5.1-channel analog audio from a menu of product next to automatically confirm the type of digital audio, including 2-channel stereo...get the best performance from their choice from your DVD player and into your receiver. With so many choices for audio are equally rich. In addition, a source component (such as Sony's DVP-NS9100ES DVD player) can automatically choose the highest performance audio and video ...
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...and then automatically transfer content at 48 kHz and 16 bits. Television with HDMI output OK. DVD player with HDMI input Thank you insert the STR-DA7100ES into the reproduction chain. I can accept 720p video and 2channel audio at that quality! In this illustration, the television is your input... then communicate with HDMI output What is asking for the entire system. Next, the components communicate their input/output capabilities. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 18 In the case of this case, the source component DVD player can output those signals. DVD player with the ...
...and then automatically transfer content at 48 kHz and 16 bits. Television with HDMI output OK. DVD player with HDMI input Thank you insert the STR-DA7100ES into the reproduction chain. I can accept 720p video and 2channel audio at that quality! In this illustration, the television is your input... then communicate with HDMI output What is asking for the entire system. Next, the components communicate their input/output capabilities. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 18 In the case of this case, the source component DVD player can output those signals. DVD player with the ...
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... modest quality. DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Television, what is HDMI AUDIO [AMP], which chooses the audio based on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you choose. This will the receiver communicate back to the source component? Digital... Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Now the receiver has two sets of audio capability to 2-channel sound....
... modest quality. DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Television, what is HDMI AUDIO [AMP], which chooses the audio based on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you choose. This will the receiver communicate back to the source component? Digital... Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Now the receiver has two sets of audio capability to 2-channel sound....
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... HDMI input & 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 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...
... HDMI input & 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 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...