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...IEEE 1394 interface for digital transmission from a Super Audio CD or DVD player. Thanks in their most pristine form? Sony's latest ES Series A/V receivers, particularly the STRDA7100ES, establish an important benchmark in home theater design with three crucial advantages: • S-Master Pro... into being. These questions are daunting. In this way, our latest A/V receivers carry forward the proud tradition of any modern A/V receiver. And this expertise, Sony's ES Series receivers have been praised by equipment reviewers, cherished by home theater enthusiasts and scrutinized ...
...IEEE 1394 interface for digital transmission from a Super Audio CD or DVD player. Thanks in their most pristine form? Sony's latest ES Series A/V receivers, particularly the STRDA7100ES, establish an important benchmark in home theater design with three crucial advantages: • S-Master Pro... into being. These questions are daunting. In this way, our latest A/V receivers carry forward the proud tradition of any modern A/V receiver. And this expertise, Sony's ES Series receivers have been praised by equipment reviewers, cherished by home theater enthusiasts and scrutinized ...
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... Series haven't simply witnessed the digital home theater revolution. After all -digital preamplifier (TA-E1000ESD, 1989). • The world's first A/V receiver with switching and output (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). Sony's latest A/V receivers are worthy successors, bringing this heritage to a new generation of the ES Series, leading us to create landmarks in home entertainment: • The...
... Series haven't simply witnessed the digital home theater revolution. After all -digital preamplifier (TA-E1000ESD, 1989). • The world's first A/V receiver with switching and output (STR-DA9000ES, 2003). Sony's latest A/V receivers are worthy successors, bringing this heritage to a new generation of the ES Series, leading us to create landmarks in home entertainment: • The...
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... • 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 A/V receiver sound quality, the engineers of the DA9000ES "airy," "delicate," "pure," "relaxed," "open," "fantastic...
... • 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 A/V receiver sound quality, the engineers of the DA9000ES "airy," "delicate," "pure," "relaxed," "open," "fantastic...
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...create crossover distortion, which becomes particularly audible during quiet passages. Sony engineers sought a better way. After decades of engineering practice, the limitations and awkward characteristics of today's home theater receivers, you have opened the door to correct this can trigger... to a new generation of their power as heat. Sony's S-Master Pro circuitry overcomes these issues means accepting massive heat sinks, tolerating circuitous signal paths and chasing down transient distortions. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 5 Commonly understood for decades, these limitations...
...create crossover distortion, which becomes particularly audible during quiet passages. Sony engineers sought a better way. After decades of engineering practice, the limitations and awkward characteristics of today's home theater receivers, you have opened the door to correct this can trigger... to a new generation of their power as heat. Sony's S-Master Pro circuitry overcomes these issues means accepting massive heat sinks, tolerating circuitous signal paths and chasing down transient distortions. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 5 Commonly understood for decades, these limitations...
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...1-bit pulse stream to provide the wattage that Sony developed for the power supply voltage. Input (Digital) DSP D/A LPF convert Volume Control Analog Power Amp Speaker Output Digital Signal Analog Signal The conventional A/V receiver is dramatically different. In this way, the ... 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. And in common with the Direct Stream Digital signal that drives the speakers. The Low Pass Filter...
...1-bit pulse stream to provide the wattage that Sony developed for the power supply voltage. Input (Digital) DSP D/A LPF convert Volume Control Analog Power Amp Speaker Output Digital Signal Analog Signal The conventional A/V receiver is dramatically different. In this way, the ... 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. And in common with the Direct Stream Digital signal that drives the speakers. The Low Pass Filter...
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...are mostly 1. So to the requirements for Super Audio CD playback. Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages of digital signals. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 This is comparable to accomplish these goals, Sony used technologies developed for extremely accurate music reproduction. In specific, the S-... signal. This combines two components, the original audio signal (B) and a noise component (C). Inside the S-Master Pro process While Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier is all you need to the original A/D converter at the pulses, you'll see that where the audio waveform...
...are mostly 1. So to the requirements for Super Audio CD playback. Sony's CXD9773Q S-Master Pro LSI incorporates several stages of digital signals. In ES Receivers v1.0 Page 7 This is comparable to accomplish these goals, Sony used technologies developed for extremely accurate music reproduction. In specific, the S-... signal. This combines two components, the original audio signal (B) and a noise component (C). Inside the S-Master Pro process While Sony's S-Master Pro amplifier is all you need to the original A/D converter at the pulses, you'll see that where the audio waveform...
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...phase linearity at frequencies below 30 or 50 Hz. The purity and clarity of pulses. The transistors operate at 0.15% THD). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 Those digital amplifiers varied the width of digital source material is maintained. • Low heat generation. This establishes extremely... power pulse generator. Most digital volume controls work by adjusting the regulator that sacrifices detail in the least significant bit. S-Master Pro Benefits Sony's S-Master Pro design delivers a host of the power amplifier. This has a profound impact on the physical design of benefits. •...
...phase linearity at frequencies below 30 or 50 Hz. The purity and clarity of pulses. The transistors operate at 0.15% THD). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 Those digital amplifiers varied the width of digital source material is maintained. • Low heat generation. This establishes extremely... power pulse generator. Most digital volume controls work by adjusting the regulator that sacrifices detail in the least significant bit. S-Master Pro Benefits Sony's S-Master Pro design delivers a host of the power amplifier. This has a profound impact on the physical design of benefits. •...
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...-loop performance. Then sit back and listen carefully. 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. So thermal ... and a Super Audio Compact Disc that makes the most sense. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 That's why analog amps use separate transistors to appreciate the results. Sony proudly presents a masterpiece of integrated circuitry, Sony's CXD9773Q Large Scale Integrated circuit (LSI). Music is immune to full-...
...-loop performance. Then sit back and listen carefully. 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. So thermal ... and a Super Audio Compact Disc that makes the most sense. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 9 That's why analog amps use separate transistors to appreciate the results. Sony proudly presents a masterpiece of integrated circuitry, Sony's CXD9773Q Large Scale Integrated circuit (LSI). Music is immune to full-...
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... million years! The new CXD9773Q goes much further, with Clean Data Cycle. Because one-bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 So it takes an electron to fluctuate within a single lattice of Large Scale Integrated circuits (LSIs...), Sony has the freedom to say that accuracy of the time domain, Sony suppresses jitter with 32-bit processing at 1024 fs. When Super Audio CD signals are seconds in scientific notation, 10...
... million years! The new CXD9773Q goes much further, with Clean Data Cycle. Because one-bit digital signals depend on the final sound quality.) ES Receivers v1.0 Page 10 So it takes an electron to fluctuate within a single lattice of Large Scale Integrated circuits (LSIs...), Sony has the freedom to say that accuracy of the time domain, Sony suppresses jitter with 32-bit processing at 1024 fs. When Super Audio CD signals are seconds in scientific notation, 10...
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...extremely sensitive to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 That's why some previous digital amplifiers have a turnover frequency high enough for sound. In this way, Sony has taken the critically-acclaimed S-Master Pro amplifier to contain the DC ... inexpensive integrated circuit op-amps at the output. • Built in clean, open, non-fatiguing music reproduction. Instead of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in DC Phase Linearizer. MOS FET Output Transistors In traditional amplifiers, the output transistors or ICs directly ...
...extremely sensitive to these toroidal coils, but they selected deluxe Metal Oxide ES Receivers v1.0 Page 11 That's why some previous digital amplifiers have a turnover frequency high enough for sound. In this way, Sony has taken the critically-acclaimed S-Master Pro amplifier to contain the DC ... inexpensive integrated circuit op-amps at the output. • Built in clean, open, non-fatiguing music reproduction. Instead of the STR-DA7100ES will hear the benefits in DC Phase Linearizer. MOS FET Output Transistors In traditional amplifiers, the output transistors or ICs directly ...
Technical Background
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...circuit board of signal integrity. The bottom is designed to conduct heat away from which heat cannot escape. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 The result is another measure of the STR-DA7100ES. At right, the MOS FETs used in the DA7100ES is too thick to radiate heat, and is...way they're configured on the power amplifier circuit board. On the left, the MOS FET output transistor used in Sony's STRDA9000ES was 2 to a metal heat sink. Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for far better dissipation of heat. MOS FET Thermal Packaging Conventional output ...
...circuit board of signal integrity. The bottom is designed to conduct heat away from which heat cannot escape. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12 The result is another measure of the STR-DA7100ES. At right, the MOS FETs used in the DA7100ES is too thick to radiate heat, and is...way they're configured on the power amplifier circuit board. On the left, the MOS FET output transistor used in Sony's STRDA9000ES was 2 to a metal heat sink. Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for far better dissipation of heat. MOS FET Thermal Packaging Conventional output ...
Technical Background
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The power MOS FETs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of heat, not block it. The transistor is the top molding of the transistor package, which runs counter...radiate the heat, the STRDA7100ES can use a single, simple sheet of the MOS FET transistors, leaving the bottom to the L-shaped bracket of Sony's S-Master Pro digital amplifier. This thermal design-which is a resin of high thermal conductivity, designed from the outset to encourage the flow ...makes perfect sense considering the low heat generation of the heat sink. Even more important is surface mounted to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13
The power MOS FETs in Sony's STR-DA7100ES are of heat, not block it. The transistor is the top molding of the transistor package, which runs counter...radiate the heat, the STRDA7100ES can use a single, simple sheet of the MOS FET transistors, leaving the bottom to the L-shaped bracket of Sony's S-Master Pro digital amplifier. This thermal design-which is a resin of high thermal conductivity, designed from the outset to encourage the flow ...makes perfect sense considering the low heat generation of the heat sink. Even more important is surface mounted to ES Receivers v1.0 Page 13
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...output transistors bonded to heavy aluminum heat sinks somewhere at work. In the STR-DA9000ES, the MOS FETs use "double wire molecular bonding" with two bonding wires, each rated for 15 amps of 24 amps. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 In fact, the transistors can be isolated from heat-...it makes the most sense for the shortest possible signal paths Short, simple and straight Molecular Bonding Even inside the MOS FET output transistors, Sony innovations are located where the circuit topology is shortest and simplest-lined up side-by-side, right in the middle of the DA7100ES chassis...
...output transistors bonded to heavy aluminum heat sinks somewhere at work. In the STR-DA9000ES, the MOS FETs use "double wire molecular bonding" with two bonding wires, each rated for 15 amps of 24 amps. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 14 In fact, the transistors can be isolated from heat-...it makes the most sense for the shortest possible signal paths Short, simple and straight Molecular Bonding Even inside the MOS FET output transistors, Sony innovations are located where the circuit topology is shortest and simplest-lined up side-by-side, right in the middle of the DA7100ES chassis...
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.... This not only improves damping factor, it also helps reduce heat generation further still! Illustration of the bare transistor of the STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." Also current capacity is increased and internal resistance... or less. Internal layout 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 Building on the bottom of the FET is die attached.) While the double wire bonding of the DA9000ES achieved a low resistance of...
.... This not only improves damping factor, it also helps reduce heat generation further still! Illustration of the bare transistor of the STR-DA7100ES MOS FET, showing connections for the STRDA7100 use "sheet metal molecular bonding." Also current capacity is increased and internal resistance... or less. Internal layout 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 Building on the bottom of the FET is die attached.) While the double wire bonding of the DA9000ES achieved a low resistance of...
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..., 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 of Sony ES Series DVD players can transmit uncompressed High Definition digital video and digital audio via...
..., 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 of Sony ES Series DVD players can transmit uncompressed High Definition digital video and digital audio via...
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...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, ...Sony ES Series DVD players can automatically choose the highest performance audio and video formats that would mean a tenth cable. I 'm a DVD player. Image 3 cables Component Sound Analogue 6 cables DVD TV HDMI 1 cable STR DVD TV STR...to automatically confirm the type of options, HDMI offers a simpler way. ES Receivers v1.0 Television with HDMI output Hi. Is 720p better suited to their systems...
...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, ...Sony ES Series DVD players can automatically choose the highest performance audio and video formats that would mean a tenth cable. I 'm a DVD player. Image 3 cables Component Sound Analogue 6 cables DVD TV HDMI 1 cable STR DVD TV STR...to automatically confirm the type of options, HDMI offers a simpler way. ES Receivers v1.0 Television with HDMI output Hi. Is 720p better suited to their systems...
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... In this illustration, the television is your input capability? ES Receivers v1.0 Page 18 The receiver must then communicate with HDMI input Thank you insert the STR-DA7100ES into the reproduction chain. The receiver automatically passes through the television's video requirements back to the next... component in the chain, the receiver. Television with the television and mediate the content...
... In this illustration, the television is your input capability? ES Receivers v1.0 Page 18 The receiver must then communicate with HDMI input Thank you insert the STR-DA7100ES into the reproduction chain. The receiver automatically passes through the television's video requirements back to the next... component in the chain, the receiver. Television with the television and mediate the content...
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... to 2-channel sound. The question: which chooses the audio based on the highest capability that the television and receiver have in common. Two settings on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you can choose HDMI AUDIO [AMP + TV], which chooses audio based on the highest capability of these... requirements will typically be limited by the television to consider. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 19 This will the receiver communicate back to the source...
... to 2-channel sound. The question: which chooses the audio based on the highest capability that the television and receiver have in common. Two settings on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you can choose HDMI AUDIO [AMP + TV], which chooses audio based on the highest capability of these... requirements will typically be limited by the television to consider. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 19 This will the receiver communicate back to the source...
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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. HDMI AUDIO [ AMP ] : Default HDMI AUDIO [AMP+TV] When ...
...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 ] : Default HDMI AUDIO [AMP+TV] When ...