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Only pr so far on website - they may be waiting until 10:00 for any substantive SACD announcements:
SONY BRIDGES ADVANCED PERFORMANCE WITH LIFESTYLE CONVENIENCE IN NEW INTEGRATED DIGITAL A/V RECEIVERS
Stylish Super Audio CD/DVD-Video Components Incorporate Digital Amplifiers
NEW YORK (HOME ENTERTAINMENT SHOW), May 30, 2002 -- Sony Electronics today announced two new integrated digital A/V receivers in its ES (Elevated Standard) line with both multichannel Super Audio CD (SACD) and progressive scan output DVD-Video playback. These components can serve as the foundation for a home theater system, providing enthusiasts with superb multichannel performance and elegant styling.
Sony's newest ES components, the five-disc AVD-C70ES and single-disc AVD-S50ES, set the "elevated standard" in integrated A/V design by incorporating such key technical advancements as a multichannel SACD D/A converter; full multichannel bass management; progressive scan output DVD-Video playback, and a newly developed high-powered digital drive amplifier.
"With over 1 million SACD players installed worldwide, the demand for high-resolution audio in the home has never been greater," said Tim Baxter, senior vice president of the Home Entertainment Products Division at Sony Electronics. "Our new ES components offer outstanding performance, along with graceful design and superb build quality to provide even the most discriminating A/V enthusiast with a potent home entertainment solution."
Superb Multichannel Audio Performance
Among the key attributes of the AVD C70ES and AVD-S50ES is the power and detail of SACD playback. In order to capture and reproduce the full performance of SACD, Sony is utilizing a new multichannel Super Audio D/A converter that shapes and suppresses high-frequency noise while maintaining the superb frequency response of the 1-bit, 2,822,400 Hz Direct Stream Digital® signal.
There's also multichannel bass management for accommodating a wide variety of speaker options. These include large front/small surround speakers, system with or without center channel speakers and systems with or without subwoofers.
For those looking to match speakers with the AVD-C70ES and AVD-S50ES, Sony is also offering home theater packages including the SS-LA500 and SS-LA300 5.1 speaker systems.
Audio Performance Enhanced by S-Master™ Process
Both of the new receivers provide multichannel SACD playback by employing a new, digital amplifier that directly accepts the 1-bit converter output for optimal performance. .
In addition, a proprietary S-Master process helps reduce the effects of low frequency jitter. Utilizing state-of-the-art technology, a clean data cycle is regenerated and the result is equivalent to the A/D converted signal processed in the studio.
A precision pulse height volume control is also used to maintain audio data in the digital domain for more uniform sound reproduction and at any volume level settings.
High Quality Combined with Elegant, Simple Design
Like all Sony ES products, the emphasis is not only performance, but also on the seamless integration into the home environment. These models utilize a simple, elegant design with aluminum front panels that complement the design found on many Sony television and video products
These new integrated A/V components are easy to operate with simple panel controls and a clever remote. Their graceful designs are save space and integrate beautifully into a home theater system.
The AVD-C70ES, with 600 watts of total system power (120 watts x 5), is also equipped with a preprogrammed LCD remote control, providing for simply remote management of an entire home theater system. The AVD-S50ES provides a picture-in-picture remote control and offers 500 watts (100 x 5) of total system power
The AVD-C70ES and AVD-S50ES will be available in September for about $1,000 and $800, respectively, and are covered by Sony's ES five-year parts and labor warranty.
For those looking to complement the new receivers with a speaker package, Sony is also offering these models in home theater packages that include the SS-LA500ED and SS-LA300ED 5.1 speaker systems.
Follow Ups:
Now they make ES series HTIB?
so I am not sure why they are calling them receivers. These seem to be DVD/SACD player and amplifier in one integrated package - and therefore can easily be built to accept the 1-bit (DSD) signal since everything is internal to one box. This could be a signal for what will come with separates - but if something like this were put into a stand-alone ES receiver it would probably be proprietary to Sony standards and might not work with other brands?Interesting.
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Audio Performance Enhanced by S-Master™ Process
Both of the new receivers provide multichannel SACD playback by employing a new, digital amplifier that directly accepts the 1-bit converter output for optimal performance. .
In addition, a proprietary S-Master process helps reduce the effects of low frequency jitter. Utilizing state-of-the-art technology, a clean data cycle is regenerated and the result is equivalent to the A/D converted signal processed in the studio.
A precision pulse height volume control is also used to maintain audio data in the digital domain for more uniform sound reproduction and at any volume level settings.
It sounds like they are building everything into one box precisely to avoid the issue of piping around an external digital signal and upsetting the software fraternity.Jamie
There is a new digital interconnect that will carry both DTV and hi-rez audio in one cable. It uses a new plug and adopts some European standards. It will be used for SACD once everyone is happy with the copy protection features. This is still a work in progress.
Would you care to let your source of this information be known? There is yet to be specific DTV copy protection scheme agreed upon. On top of that, the type of connection is up in the air as well. DVI probably has the most support in the industry -- but the standard does not include hi-rez audio. In fact, current implementations don't provide for audio at all. Firewire doesn't have the bandwidth for uncompressed ATSC standard HDTV let alone hi-rez audio on top of that (but it would have the bandwidth for just hi-rez).
Not a flame, I was just curious where this information was coming from.
mak.
DVI probably has the most support in the industry -- but the standard does not include hi-rez audio. In fact, current implementations don't provide for audio at all.There's a proposed, backward compatible extension for audio.
What would possess anyone to pipe around uncompressed HD (1.4Gbps) in a consumer environment? Technically 1394 with 800Mbps+ bandwidth still makes a lot of sense, having ample room for MPEG'd HD and hi-rez m/c audio. There doesn't seem to be much take-up though.Jamie
Sorry for the divergence from the topic of the board."What would possess anyone to pipe around uncompressed HD (1.4Gbps) in a consumer environment?"
-- This is exactly what the analog connections between your stb and display are doing (component, coax over BNC or Dsub15). There is not much of a copy protection issue because of the massive amount of data to capture. DVHS recorders in the states only record the 8vsb stream (which frankly makes the most since). This is similiar to what DVI will do; except that its not a "in the clear" connection. Enter HDCP.
I agree with you about firewire. But completely removing analog connections (the presumed goal) would require the decoder to be in the display. With DVI,a HDCP (or whatever method the powers that be decide) authentication device and some type translation would have to be present in the display. You wouldn't be doing the decoding. Anyway, like you said, firewire would have more than enough bandwidth for 8vsb modulated hdtv (19.3 or so MBps) and a Hi-rez format.
I posted because Feirstein chimed with "news" about some mysterious type of interconnect. To my knowledge, the industry is far from deciding on how their going to tackle the copy protection issues (at least publicly). I just wouldn't expect a radical departure from the two competing camps. If there is a radical departure, like feinstein is suggesting, I'd like to know about it.
Last month an industry group which included all the major players, announced agreement on a new interconnect standard that would carry both DTV and hi-rez audio and also incorporate certain European DTV standards. This new interconnect is to utilize a differenct physical plug. The DVD-A camp has apparently signed on but the SACD camp has not announced that it is fully happy with the copy protection issue presented in the proposed standard. Once this is done chip sets can be ordered. I don't have any new information on this. A rep from Sony's SACD group has posted here about this proposed interconnect and that it is not a done deal.
There've been discussions here before about this, and it does seem quite plausible as it is much more protectable than a straight optical output. However, there's no protection as good as making someone dig around inside the box to get to the original.Jamie
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