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... 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 entertainment formats that launched and spearheaded...the ES Series, leading us to a new generation of the Sony ES Series haven't simply witnessed the digital home theater revolution. This heritage, unmatched in a high-end A/V receiver (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). • A/V receiver with two DVI inputs with digital output and the world's first...
... 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 entertainment formats that launched and spearheaded...the ES Series, leading us to a new generation of the Sony ES Series haven't simply witnessed the digital home theater revolution. This heritage, unmatched in a high-end A/V receiver (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). • A/V receiver with two DVI inputs with digital output and the world's first...
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...8226; Discrete MOS FET Output Transistors, redesigned cooling ES Receivers v1.0 Page 4 Even so, some observers were surprised in 2003 when Sony introduced ES Series A/V receivers with establishing a new benchmark in A/V receiver sound quality, the engineers of time until the power ... in home theater is increasingly digital from analog to digital television display panels. Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. With digital sources, digital switching and digital preamplification, it was...
...8226; Discrete MOS FET Output Transistors, redesigned cooling ES Receivers v1.0 Page 4 Even so, some observers were surprised in 2003 when Sony introduced ES Series A/V receivers with establishing a new benchmark in A/V receiver sound quality, the engineers of time until the power ... in home theater is increasingly digital from analog to digital television display panels. Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. With digital sources, digital switching and digital preamplification, it was...
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...particularly audible when the music is inefficient. Dynamics are powerful but not boomy. Bass is rendered in transient and dynamic characteristics. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 Because the S-Master Pro transistors simply switch from the music by the low pass filter. Any switching glitches get... Disc that makes the most sense. 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 integrated circuitry, Sony's CXD9773Q Large Scale Integrated circuit (LSI). This means the heat inside the ...
...particularly audible when the music is inefficient. Dynamics are powerful but not boomy. Bass is rendered in transient and dynamic characteristics. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 Because the S-Master Pro transistors simply switch from the music by the low pass filter. Any switching glitches get... Disc that makes the most sense. 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 integrated circuitry, Sony's CXD9773Q Large Scale Integrated circuit (LSI). This means the heat inside the ...
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...data in clean, open, non-fatiguing music reproduction. But their contribution to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 Customers will never see these factors. That's why the engineers of the latest action movie. In this reason, ...amplifiers are extremely sensitive to the meteor impacts of Sony ES selected the filter parts carefully and methodically. Those fortunate enough to own of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in less time. For this way, Sony has taken the critically-acclaimed S-Master Pro amplifier to...
...data in clean, open, non-fatiguing music reproduction. But their contribution to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 Customers will never see these factors. That's why the engineers of the latest action movie. In this reason, ...amplifiers are extremely sensitive to the meteor impacts of Sony ES selected the filter parts carefully and methodically. Those fortunate enough to own of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in less time. For this way, Sony has taken the critically-acclaimed S-Master Pro amplifier to...
Technical Background
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... Field Effect Transistors (MOS FETs), four per channel). The top is another measure of signal integrity. Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for far better dissipation of the STR-DA7100ES. At right, the MOS FETs used in the DA7100ES is usually attached to conduct heat away from...may be available at the top, the plastic package is too thick to a metal heat sink. The twelve black chips are remarkable for the STR-DA7100ES. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 The bottom is designed to radiate heat, and is 1 mm thick or less, for three channels (4 MOS FETs per ...
... Field Effect Transistors (MOS FETs), four per channel). The top is another measure of signal integrity. Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for far better dissipation of the STR-DA7100ES. At right, the MOS FETs used in the DA7100ES is usually attached to conduct heat away from...may be available at the top, the plastic package is too thick to a metal heat sink. The twelve black chips are remarkable for the STR-DA7100ES. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 The bottom is designed to radiate heat, and is 1 mm thick or less, for three channels (4 MOS FETs per ...
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...to encourage the flow of heat, not block it. Extreme close-up of a single MOS FET output transistor (middle), bonded to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 Typically, output transistors generate so much heat that they need to the L-shaped bracket of the heat sink. The power... power amplifier without the heat sink. This thermal design-which the transistors are of this runs counter to every practice in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are surface mounted. Sony takes advantage of a dramatically different design, 50 to a four-layer circuit board (bottom). The transistor is surface mounted to 70%...
...to encourage the flow of heat, not block it. Extreme close-up of a single MOS FET output transistor (middle), bonded to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13 Typically, output transistors generate so much heat that they need to the L-shaped bracket of the heat sink. The power... power amplifier without the heat sink. This thermal design-which the transistors are of this runs counter to every practice in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are surface mounted. Sony takes advantage of a dramatically different design, 50 to a four-layer circuit board (bottom). The transistor is surface mounted to 70%...
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... bonding technique to the cool running of Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier, the MOS FETs are at the back or sides of the chassis. The bare transistor for the transistor's rated instantaneous current supply of current. be so close together that the STR-DA7100ES amplifier section is some 70% smaller...bonding wires, each rated for high powered amplifiers Isolated, to vibration, radiated hum and noise. And the board itself is cool and consistent. 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 the DA7100ES chassis...
... bonding technique to the cool running of Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier, the MOS FETs are at the back or sides of the chassis. The bare transistor for the transistor's rated instantaneous current supply of current. be so close together that the STR-DA7100ES amplifier section is some 70% smaller...bonding wires, each rated for high powered amplifiers Isolated, to vibration, radiated hum and noise. And the board itself is cool and consistent. 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 the DA7100ES chassis...
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...the MOS FET is cut in half. This not only improves damping factor, it also helps reduce heat generation further still! ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 Building on the bottom of the FET is die attached.) While the double wire bonding of the DA9000ES achieved...bare 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." In this design, the semiconductor and the three Source electrodes are ...
...the MOS FET is cut in half. This not only improves damping factor, it also helps reduce heat generation further still! ES Receivers v1.0 Page 15 Building on the bottom of the FET is die attached.) While the double wire bonding of the DA9000ES achieved...bare 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." In this design, the semiconductor and the three Source electrodes are ...
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... High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI). Established in both RGB and Y/Cb/Cr form. In addition to providing 480p, 720p or 1080i, the HDMI output of Sony ES Series DVD players can transmit uncompressed High Definition digital video and digital audio via a single cable. On the left, an HDMI plug and its... corresponding jack. On the right, an optional DVI-to-HDMI 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 offer not one cable! ES...
... High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI). Established in both RGB and Y/Cb/Cr form. In addition to providing 480p, 720p or 1080i, the HDMI output of Sony ES Series DVD players can transmit uncompressed High Definition digital video and digital audio via a single cable. On the left, an HDMI plug and its... corresponding jack. On the right, an optional DVI-to-HDMI 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 offer not one cable! ES...
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...capabilities of Sony ES Series DVD players can automatically choose the highest performance audio and video formats that would mean a tenth cable. Consider what happens when you connect an HDMI equipped DVD player to automatically confirm the type of digital audio, including 2-channel stereo PCM, ...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 cables to get the best performance from your DVD player and into your receiver. While users will be knowledgeable enough to get component...
...capabilities of Sony ES Series DVD players can automatically choose the highest performance audio and video formats that would mean a tenth cable. Consider what happens when you connect an HDMI equipped DVD player to automatically confirm the type of digital audio, including 2-channel stereo PCM, ...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 cables to get the best performance from your DVD player and into your receiver. While users will be knowledgeable enough to get component...
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... requirements back to the next component in the chain, the receiver. Television with HDMI output OK. DVD player with the television and mediate the content exchange for 720p. DVD player with HDMI input Thank you insert the STR-DA7100ES into the reproduction chain. In the case of this ...case, the source component DVD player can accept 720p video and 2channel audio at that quality! But the dynamic changes when you We've considered just a DVD player and a television. The receiver must then ...
... requirements back to the next component in the chain, the receiver. Television with HDMI output OK. DVD player with the television and mediate the content exchange for 720p. DVD player with HDMI input Thank you insert the STR-DA7100ES into the reproduction chain. In the case of this ...case, the source component DVD player can accept 720p video and 2channel audio at that quality! But the dynamic changes when you We've considered just a DVD player and a television. The receiver must then ...
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... 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 can choose HDMI AUDIO [AMP + TV], which of these requirements will typically be limited by the television to consider. Digital ...Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Now the receiver has two sets of audio capability to 2-channel sound. As an option, you choose. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 19 The question: which chooses audio based on the highest capability that the television ...
... 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 can choose HDMI AUDIO [AMP + TV], which of these requirements will typically be limited by the television to consider. Digital ...Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Now the receiver has two sets of audio capability to 2-channel sound. As an option, you choose. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 19 The question: which chooses audio based on the highest capability that the television ...
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... see, the selection process is available for audio back to the source component. HDMI AUDIO [AAMMPP+TV] DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with 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 television As you can satisfy both the STR-DA7100ES receiver and the television. However this case, the receiver ignores its own highest audio capabilities and passes the television's request for playback on both requests. HDMI AUDIO ...
... see, the selection process is available for audio back to the source component. HDMI AUDIO [AAMMPP+TV] DVD player with HDMI output Receiver with 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 television As you can satisfy both the STR-DA7100ES receiver and the television. However this case, the receiver ignores its own highest audio capabilities and passes the television's request for playback on both requests. HDMI AUDIO ...
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... long runs of analog cable. HDMI is for your television can 't use HDMI connections through the receiver if the receiver is not available over HDMI had not been established. The receiver will also upconvert any composite video, S-Video or analog component video source to a television, using two...HDMI cannot be left on in order for installations where the television is positioned at the receiver. To prevent the piracy of Super Audio CD players. HDMI switching and upconversion The STR-DA7100ES can decode the data into pictures and sound. This means your television. In this...
... long runs of analog cable. HDMI is for your television can 't use HDMI connections through the receiver if the receiver is not available over HDMI had not been established. The receiver will also upconvert any composite video, S-Video or analog component video source to a television, using two...HDMI cannot be left on in order for installations where the television is positioned at the receiver. To prevent the piracy of Super Audio CD players. HDMI switching and upconversion The STR-DA7100ES can decode the data into pictures and sound. This means your television. In this...
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... 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. i.LINK® Digital Audio Interface From the initial launch of six analog cables. The SCD-XA9000ES was Sony's first receiver to output from piracy. The DA71000ES carries this ability forward, maintaining the signal in digital form. The i.LINK interface also...
... 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. i.LINK® Digital Audio Interface From the initial launch of six analog cables. The SCD-XA9000ES was Sony's first receiver to output from piracy. The DA71000ES carries this ability forward, maintaining the signal in digital form. The i.LINK interface also...
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... errors called jitter. Command signals from the player to the receiver's buffer memory, according to decrease transmission speed. DVP-NS9100ES STR-DA7100ES With Sony HATS, audio data flows from the receiver to solve the problem. You ES Receivers v1.0 Page 24 In this challenge with the receiver's master clock would normally expose the signal to transmit...
... errors called jitter. Command signals from the player to the receiver's buffer memory, according to decrease transmission speed. DVP-NS9100ES STR-DA7100ES With Sony HATS, audio data flows from the receiver to solve the problem. You ES Receivers v1.0 Page 24 In this challenge with the receiver's master clock would normally expose the signal to transmit...
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...Dual i.LINK interfaces Where the STR-DA9000ES had one configuration. The i.LINK processing of the STR-DA7100ES can only guarantee correct performance with the SCD-XA9000ES Super Audio CD/CD player and the DVP-NS9100ES DVD/SA-CD/CD player. At this time, Sony can also handle a variety of... jitter-induced distortion. However, the performance depends on the right. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 25 While it may be connected in a one-to daisy chain i.LINK interface source components as shown on the left, Sony cannot guarantee proper operation. get all the benefits of digital audio formats,...
...Dual i.LINK interfaces Where the STR-DA9000ES had one configuration. The i.LINK processing of the STR-DA7100ES can only guarantee correct performance with the SCD-XA9000ES Super Audio CD/CD player and the DVP-NS9100ES DVD/SA-CD/CD player. At this time, Sony can also handle a variety of... jitter-induced distortion. However, the performance depends on the right. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 25 While it may be connected in a one-to daisy chain i.LINK interface source components as shown on the left, Sony cannot guarantee proper operation. get all the benefits of digital audio formats,...
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... Sony ...been limited to professional equipment. To elicit the highest performance, Sony positions the SHARC processor on its clock speed suggests. Because it...Features Analog Devices SHARC 32-bit decoding DSP Back in 1998, Sony became the first consumer products company to adopt the Analog Devices ...32-bit floating point processor that its own separate circuit board, in Sony's "DSP isolation" design. The Analog Devices SHARC DSP achieves true ... SHARC processor is effectively able to a home audio product. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 26 This prevents DSP noise from spreading into the ...
... Sony ...been limited to professional equipment. To elicit the highest performance, Sony positions the SHARC processor on its clock speed suggests. Because it...Features Analog Devices SHARC 32-bit decoding DSP Back in 1998, Sony became the first consumer products company to adopt the Analog Devices ...32-bit floating point processor that its own separate circuit board, in Sony's "DSP isolation" design. The Analog Devices SHARC DSP achieves true ... SHARC processor is effectively able to a home audio product. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 26 This prevents DSP noise from spreading into the ...
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...analog sources to perform meaningful task, software programs must first be loaded into digital, using a proprietary Sony A/DSD converter, the CXD9856. A/DSD Conversion The STR-DA7100ES converts all analog audio inputs into the compiler. Unfortunately, most applications cannot take advantage of the... full power of this dual core design. The resulting system has 30% higher coding efficiency than conventional C compiling. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 27...
...analog sources to perform meaningful task, software programs must first be loaded into digital, using a proprietary Sony A/DSD converter, the CXD9856. A/DSD Conversion The STR-DA7100ES converts all analog audio inputs into the compiler. Unfortunately, most applications cannot take advantage of the... full power of this dual core design. The resulting system has 30% higher coding efficiency than conventional C compiling. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 27...
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...according to the input selector, Optimum Preamplification (OP) processing and the power amplifier, in signal-tonoise ratio across most of the STR-DA2100ES shows Sony's smart, simple and straight chassis layout. So highresolution audio is featured on the STRDA3100ES, DA2100ES and DA1000ES. Inputs pass directly from... in that simpler is better. Analog board of the volume control operating range. The internal chassis layouts of the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES are outstanding examples of silky silence. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 29 Short, straight and simple chassis layout.
...according to the input selector, Optimum Preamplification (OP) processing and the power amplifier, in signal-tonoise ratio across most of the STR-DA2100ES shows Sony's smart, simple and straight chassis layout. So highresolution audio is featured on the STRDA3100ES, DA2100ES and DA1000ES. Inputs pass directly from... in that simpler is better. Analog board of the volume control operating range. The internal chassis layouts of the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES are outstanding examples of silky silence. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 29 Short, straight and simple chassis layout.
