Sony ES home entertainment range updated
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The flagship range of Sony’s home entertainment systems the ES has had new technology incorporated such as a system that automatically calibrates the stereo with your speakers at a press of a button. And the whole new Sony ES range has been designed in a common style so you can mix and match the AV and stereo products.
The entry-level AV receiver in the STR-DA1200ES AV Receiver will come with a seven-channel amplification, HDMI switching compatible with picture resolutions up to 1080p True HD, Digital Cinema Auto Calibration and 7.1-channel audio inputs and outputs. Optical and coaxial audio inputs are combined with analogue connections including a moving magnet phono stage, and there’s also video switching for component, composite and S-video. |
The STR-DA3200ES AV Receiver is a 7x110W model which has all the features of the STR-DA1200ES, but also includes compatibility with Linear PCM sound in stereo, 5.1 or 7.1-channel forms delivered via the HDMI input, making it compatible with LPCM soundtracks on forthcoming Blu-ray discs.
In addition the STR-DA3200ES has an HDMI repeater function, able to strip out stereo sound from the HDMI datastream and send it on to a TV’s own speakers while decoding the surround soundtracks internally, and adds multiroom capability, being able to deliver different sources simultaneously to the main room and a second zone. With a 5.1-channel system in your main room, you can even reassign two amplifier channels to deliver stereo sound in the second room, or use preamp outputs to feed a separate amplifier.
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The flagship of the new AV receiver range, is the STR-DA5200ES AV Receiver, a 7x120W has the stereo version of Sony’s Digital Cinema Auto Calibration and advanced video switching, upscaling and upconversion. Not only can it switch signals received via its three HDMI inputs, at resolutions up to 1080p, it can even upconvert all analogue video inputs, be they component, composite or S-video, to a 1080i/1080p HDMI ouput. |
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The SCD-XA1200ES SACD/CD Player uses Sony’s own Super Audio D/A conversion and disc transport, and can be connected to an amplifier via dedicated stereo and multichannel analogue outputs, offering the best performance whatever disc is played. Optical and coaxial digital outputs are also provided for CD playback, and the player uses selected audio components throughout, including a high-efficiency, low-interference R-Core transformer for the audio board.
The TA-FA1200ES Stereo Amplifier is a 100W per channel stereo amplifier is Sony claims, the world’s first stereo amplifier with automatic calibration. |
