Sony DVP-NS999ES - Manual (Page 20)

ES Series DVD-Video/CD/SA-CD Players; Version 3.0 Page 20
Audio Performance
In addition to DVD-Video and Compact Discs, all of these models also
bring home sumptuous high-resolution audio, playing back both stereo and multi-
channel Super Audio CDs. You'll hear the inner detail of choral ensembles. The
reverberation trailing from a guitar chord. And the acoustic space surrounding
the instruments. With Super Audio CD, you hear every nuance of sound
reproduced with incredible ease and clarity. (For the full story on Super Audio
CD and its innovative Direct Stream Digital™ encoding process, please see
Appendix B.)
Multi-channel Super Audio CD playback (all models)
Sony ES Series DVD-Video players take full advantage of the latest
generation of multi-channel Super Audio CD music. Multi-channel Super Audio
CD gives producers the ability to capture the precise ambience and reverberation
that give any concert hall, jazz club or recording studio its characteristic "sound."
Multi-channel Super Audio CD doesn't just bring the performer to your room; it
puts you into the performer's space. The result can be overwhelming. By
combining this fully dimensional soundstage with the uncanny clarity of DSD
technology, Sony ES Series DVD players offer music reproduction that's nothing
short of brilliant.
DSD decoder LSI (all models)
The Super Audio CD’s 1-bit signal is processed and decoded by Sony's
CXD2753 DSD decoder LSI. This integrated circuit makes intelligent decisions
regarding the incoming data to form the 1-bit audio signal. The LSI first reads the
Watermark—a feature protecting Super Audio Compact Discs from piracy—and
then decodes the incoming data. The LSI uses internal memory to take data
that's output intermittently from the disc, rearrange it and order it into continuous
1-bit audio streams. This LSI also reads sub code data such as the Table of
Contents, track number, track time, and text data.