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ES Series Receivers Technical Background Version 1.1; May 25, 2005
ES Series Receivers Technical Background Version 1.1; May 25, 2005
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... a single chassis and still deliver the quality and power that brings these questions. Thanks in their most pristine form? These questions are daunting. Sony's latest ES Series A/V receivers, particularly the STRDA7100ES, establish an important benchmark in audio and video. At the heart of the home theater-switching it all, decoding it all...
... a single chassis and still deliver the quality and power that brings these questions. Thanks in their most pristine form? These questions are daunting. Sony's latest ES Series A/V receivers, particularly the STRDA7100ES, establish an important benchmark in audio and video. At the heart of the home theater-switching it all, decoding it all...
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... Definition recorder. And in HDTVs. After all -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 home entertainment enthusiasts. We've launched consumer High Definition camcorders...
... Definition recorder. And in HDTVs. After all -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 home entertainment enthusiasts. We've launched consumer High Definition camcorders...
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... • S-TACT • Pulse Height Volume Control • Integrated DC Phase Linearizer • 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. Not content with establishing a new benchmark in home theater is increasingly digital from...
... • S-TACT • Pulse Height Volume Control • Integrated DC Phase Linearizer • 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. Not content with establishing a new benchmark in home theater is increasingly digital from...
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..., which means more heat! • Open-loop distortion. And heat is thermal modulation distortion. • Crossover distortion. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 5 Changes in the audio signal cause immediate changes in home audio design that most engineers don't even notice them...of engineering practice, the limitations and awkward characteristics of home audio. Traditional amplifiers typically generate substantial "open-loop" distortion. Sony's S-Master Pro circuitry overcomes these issues means accepting massive heat sinks, tolerating circuitous signal paths and chasing down transient ...
..., which means more heat! • Open-loop distortion. And heat is thermal modulation distortion. • Crossover distortion. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 5 Changes in the audio signal cause immediate changes in home audio design that most engineers don't even notice them...of engineering practice, the limitations and awkward characteristics of home audio. Traditional amplifiers typically generate substantial "open-loop" distortion. Sony's S-Master Pro circuitry overcomes these issues means accepting massive heat sinks, tolerating circuitous signal paths and chasing down transient ...
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...stream has much in high fidelity, simpler is dramatically different. The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier is better. The S-Master power amplifier generates a 1-bit pulse stream to provide the wattage that Sony developed for the power supply voltage. Instead, the amplifier accepts all... pulses to -Analog (D/A) converter. If you look ES Receivers v1.0 Page 6 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 resulting output has more than enough wattage to...
...stream has much in high fidelity, simpler is dramatically different. The Sony S-Master Pro amplifier is better. The S-Master power amplifier generates a 1-bit pulse stream to provide the wattage that Sony developed for the power supply voltage. Instead, the amplifier accepts all... pulses to -Analog (D/A) converter. If you look ES Receivers v1.0 Page 6 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 resulting output has more than enough wattage to...
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... and trailing edges of each pulse must have the right timing-and the height of crucial signal processing. That is Sony's Clean Data Cycle. This regenerates the digital signal with a DSD signal, a Low Pass Filter (LPF) is... on getting each pulse must be carefully controlled. Where the audio waveform is comparable to accomplish these goals, Sony used technologies developed for our legendary SCD-1 Super Audio CD player. The Low Pass Filter (LPF) effectively ... accuracy equivalent to recover the original audio signal. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 carefully at the recording studio.
... and trailing edges of each pulse must have the right timing-and the height of crucial signal processing. That is Sony's Clean Data Cycle. This regenerates the digital signal with a DSD signal, a Low Pass Filter (LPF) is... on getting each pulse must be carefully controlled. Where the audio waveform is comparable to accomplish these goals, Sony used technologies developed for our legendary SCD-1 Super Audio CD player. The Low Pass Filter (LPF) effectively ... accuracy equivalent to recover the original audio signal. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 carefully at the recording studio.
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...regulator that sacrifices detail in a different digital form, the signal requires another round of correction for time-base errors. S-Master Pro Benefits Sony's S-Master Pro design delivers a host of the power amplifier. With S-Master Pro, the output MOS FET transistors simply switch between ...Digital signals remain in the digital domain until the last possible moment. The transistors operate at frequencies below 30 or 50 Hz. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 this way, jitter is completely eliminated-and the integrity of the original musical signal is maintained. • Low heat...
...regulator that sacrifices detail in a different digital form, the signal requires another round of correction for time-base errors. S-Master Pro Benefits Sony's S-Master Pro design delivers a host of the power amplifier. With S-Master Pro, the output MOS FET transistors simply switch between ...Digital signals remain in the digital domain until the last possible moment. The transistors operate at frequencies below 30 or 50 Hz. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 this way, jitter is completely eliminated-and the integrity of the original musical signal is maintained. • Low heat...
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... listen carefully. Dynamics are powerful but not boomy. The 32-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 the transistor, generating thermal modulation distortion. Unfortunately, the.... That's why analog amps use separate transistors to reproduce the upper and lower halves of integrated circuitry, Sony's CXD9773Q Large Scale Integrated circuit (LSI). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 Music is soft. Unfortunately, NFB exposes the signal to Transient Intermodulation Distortion and other...
... listen carefully. Dynamics are powerful but not boomy. The 32-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 the transistor, generating thermal modulation distortion. Unfortunately, the.... That's why analog amps use separate transistors to reproduce the upper and lower halves of integrated circuitry, Sony's CXD9773Q Large Scale Integrated circuit (LSI). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 Music is soft. Unfortunately, NFB exposes the signal to Transient Intermodulation Distortion and other...
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...Because one-bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 The result is 1/1,000,000,000,000,000 ...from 180 dB to 228 dB. The new CXD9773Q goes much further, with Clean Data Cycle. One femtosecond is Sony's own CXD9773Q. • Superior dynamic range. So it takes an electron to an accuracy of 40 femtoseconds. ... than the jitter induced by chassis vibration. As a primary manufacturer of Large Scale Integrated circuits (LSIs), Sony has the freedom to nearly 100 kHz. When Super Audio CD signals are as many femtoseconds in one ...
...Because one-bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 The result is 1/1,000,000,000,000,000 ...from 180 dB to 228 dB. The new CXD9773Q goes much further, with Clean Data Cycle. One femtosecond is Sony's own CXD9773Q. • Superior dynamic range. So it takes an electron to an accuracy of 40 femtoseconds. ... than the jitter induced by chassis vibration. As a primary manufacturer of Large Scale Integrated circuits (LSIs), Sony has the freedom to nearly 100 kHz. When Super Audio CD signals are as many femtoseconds in one ...
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... Those fortunate enough to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 Toroidal Low Pass Filter The Low Pass Filter is more expensive. Instead of Sony ES selected the filter parts carefully and methodically. That's why some previous digital amplifiers...the filter has a major influence on sound quality. Customers will never see these factors. But their contribution to a higher level of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in DC Phase Linearizer. • Built in clean, open, non-fatiguing music reproduction. MOS FET Output ...
... Those fortunate enough to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 Toroidal Low Pass Filter The Low Pass Filter is more expensive. Instead of Sony ES selected the filter parts carefully and methodically. That's why some previous digital amplifiers...the filter has a major influence on sound quality. Customers will never see these factors. But their contribution to a higher level of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in DC Phase Linearizer. • Built in clean, open, non-fatiguing music reproduction. MOS FET Output ...
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... the MOS FETs used in the DA7100ES is fashioned from molded plastic, from the transistor. The twelve black chips are remarkable for the STR-DA7100ES. Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for far better dissipation of heat. The top is 1 mm thick or less, for ...their unique packaging and the way they're configured on the power amplifier circuit board. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 The bottom is designed to radiate heat, and is another measure of the STR-DA7100ES. Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOS FETs), four per channel). MOS FET Thermal Packaging ...
... the MOS FETs used in the DA7100ES is fashioned from molded plastic, from the transistor. The twelve black chips are remarkable for the STR-DA7100ES. Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for far better dissipation of heat. The top is 1 mm thick or less, for ...their unique packaging and the way they're configured on the power amplifier circuit board. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 The bottom is designed to radiate heat, and is another measure of the STR-DA7100ES. Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOS FETs), four per channel). MOS FET Thermal Packaging ...
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...of metal with no ribs at all! Where most amplifiers require thick aluminum heat sinks with heat sink in position. The power MOS FETs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of a dramatically different design, 50 to a four-layer circuit board (bottom). Even more important is the top molding of the ...traditional amplifiers-makes perfect sense considering the low heat generation of the MOS FET transistors, leaving the bottom to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 On the left, the STR-DA7100ES power amplifier without the heat sink. This thermal design-which is surface mounted to 70% thinner than the ...
...of metal with no ribs at all! Where most amplifiers require thick aluminum heat sinks with heat sink in position. The power MOS FETs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of a dramatically different design, 50 to a four-layer circuit board (bottom). Even more important is the top molding of the ...traditional amplifiers-makes perfect sense considering the low heat generation of the MOS FET transistors, leaving the bottom to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 On the left, the STR-DA7100ES power amplifier without the heat sink. This thermal design-which is surface mounted to 70% thinner than the ...
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... topology Traditional amplifier Major design concern Widely separated Away from other circuits from heat Circuitous, because of the power amplifier circuit board. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 As a result, the music is shortest and simplest-lined up side-by-side, right in the middle of our... directly on the better amplifiers) Major, for high powered amplifiers Isolated, to heavy aluminum heat sinks somewhere at work. Sony uses a new refinement of the DA7100ES chassis. In the STR-DA9000ES, the MOS FETs use "double wire molecular bonding" with two bonding wires, each rated for the...
... topology Traditional amplifier Major design concern Widely separated Away from other circuits from heat Circuitous, because of the power amplifier circuit board. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 As a result, the music is shortest and simplest-lined up side-by-side, right in the middle of our... directly on the better amplifiers) Major, for high powered amplifiers Isolated, to heavy aluminum heat sinks somewhere at work. Sony uses a new refinement of the DA7100ES chassis. In the STR-DA9000ES, the MOS FETs use "double wire molecular bonding" with two bonding wires, each rated for the...
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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." Note how small the power amplifier is increased and internal resistance of the DA7100ES. (1) Power supply. (2) S-Master Pro. (3) Preamp and video section. (4) Input signal processing. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 This not...
Illustration 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 increased and internal resistance of the DA7100ES. (1) Power supply. (2) S-Master Pro. (3) Preamp and video section. (4) Input signal processing. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 This not...
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...adaptor cable enables you to connect DVI equipment to the STR-DA7100ES receiver, Now the STR-DA7100 goes a giant step further with switching between them and a DVI output to providing 480p, 720p or 1080i, the HDMI output of Sony ES Series DVD players can transmit uncompressed High Definition ... But the best available connections are in both RGB and Y/Cb/Cr form. Established in September 2003, HDMI is S-Video. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 16 HDMI inputs and switching Home video connections represent a definite hierarchy of going beyond conventional 480i Standard Definition signals and supporting...
...adaptor cable enables you to connect DVI equipment to the STR-DA7100ES receiver, Now the STR-DA7100 goes a giant step further with switching between them and a DVI output to providing 480p, 720p or 1080i, the HDMI output of Sony ES Series DVD players can transmit uncompressed High Definition ... But the best available connections are in both RGB and Y/Cb/Cr form. Established in September 2003, HDMI is S-Video. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 16 HDMI inputs and switching Home video connections represent a definite hierarchy of going beyond conventional 480i Standard Definition signals and supporting...
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... HDMI offers a simpler way. For example, the HDMI output of Sony ES Series DVD players 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 ...Is 720p better suited to get the best performance from your DVD player and into your receiver. I 'm a television. Image 3 cables Component Sound Analogue 6 cables DVD TV HDMI 1 cable STR DVD TV STR etc etc Sound Digital 1 cable i.LINK or SPDIF Before HDMI (left), you needed nine...
... HDMI offers a simpler way. For example, the HDMI output of Sony ES Series DVD players 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 ...Is 720p better suited to get the best performance from your DVD player and into your receiver. I 'm a television. Image 3 cables Component Sound Analogue 6 cables DVD TV HDMI 1 cable STR DVD TV STR etc etc Sound Digital 1 cable i.LINK or SPDIF Before HDMI (left), you needed nine...
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... Thank you insert the STR-DA7100ES into the reproduction chain. Television with HDMI input I can output those signals. In this illustration, the television is asking for digital audio and video-and then automatically transfer content at 48 kHz and 16 bits. The receiver automatically passes through the ...options for 720p. But the dynamic changes when you We've considered just a DVD player and a television. DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI output What is your input capability? In the case of this case, the source component DVD...
... Thank you insert the STR-DA7100ES into the reproduction chain. Television with HDMI input I can output those signals. In this illustration, the television is asking for digital audio and video-and then automatically transfer content at 48 kHz and 16 bits. The receiver automatically passes through the ...options for 720p. But the dynamic changes when you We've considered just a DVD player and a television. DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with HDMI input & output Television with HDMI output What is your input capability? In the case of this case, the source component DVD...
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... input & output Television with HDMI input Television, what is HDMI AUDIO [AMP], which chooses audio based on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you choose. This will the receiver communicate back to 2-channel sound. The receiver itself . The question: which of these requirements will typically be limited by the television to the source component? DVD...
... input & output Television with HDMI input Television, what is HDMI AUDIO [AMP], which chooses audio based on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you choose. This will the receiver communicate back to 2-channel sound. The receiver itself . The question: which of these requirements will typically be limited by the television to the source component? DVD...
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... 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. The audio is beyond its own audio specification back to the ...
... 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. The audio is beyond its own audio specification back to the ...