Sony ES Recievers

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ES Receiver STR-DA3000ES

STR-DA3000ES - Provides 150 watts of power, a 7 Channel Direct Drive Digital Amplifier and includes two zone/two source output. RS-232C, assignable digital inputs and component video up conversion The STR-DA3000ES is equipped with a pre-programming LCD remote with learning and MACRO capability and has the new elegant cascading silver front panel design. The STR-DA3000ES will be available this fall for $1,000.

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ES Receiver STR-DA5000ES

STR-DA5000ES - Offers 170 watts, a 7 Channel Direct Drive Digital Amplifier and includes three zone/three source output, RS-232C, assignable digital inputs and component video up conversion. The STR-DA5000ES includes a two-way pre-programming LCD remote with learning and MACRO capability and has the new elegant cascading silver front panel design. It will be available this fall for $1,500.

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ES Receiver STR-DA9000ES

This is huge!

The new STR-DA9000ES features a high power seven channel amplifier design and decodes a multitude of the latest audio formats with dual 32-Bit decoders for Dolby® Digital EX, Dolby® Digital, dts®, dts-ES and Dolby® Pro Logic® II and Sony's Digital Cinema Sound processing.

Capable of producing 7.1 channels of amplification, the STR-DA9000ES utilizes Auto Channel Grouping to convert 5.1 or 6.1 channels material to 7.1 channels of surround sound reproduction. If that were not enough, the STR-DA9000ES also has the ability to power a multiple array of speakers, in order to simulate a 9.1 channel listening experience, true to the characteristics of a Hollywood post production dubbing stage.

The STR-DA9000ES employs a new digital amplifier design, with simplified signal paths minimizing zero cross distortion and providing linear current and voltage characteristics. The newly designed amplifier features the Sony S-Master™ Pro processing, ideal for reproducing the latest high-resolution stereo and multi-channel music recordings by utilizing key technologies such as clean data cycle and S-tact® for jitter reduction during the processing of all digital signals.

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Wow. Those are actually impressive coming from sony. I love the styling as well. Sony's new products have had great design.