Amplifier Sony TA-F501ES
This device radically differs from remaining not only a shape factor and design, but also the contents. It digital from an input to an output: the signal from an analog source arrives on ADC, then is processed by the sound processor and comes to the pulse amplifier of power of S-Master Pro. Such decision allowed not only to reduce mass-dimensional indexes, but also to realize functions, not achievable in normal analog integrated amplifiers.
The first, and most important, advantage of TA-F501ES that the signal from any digital source (sampling rate 32, 44,1 and 48 of kHz) is transformed in analog actually at the weekend jumpers. The second important point - all processing is made in a digital form, and after all possibilities of the modern DSP are restricted only to the imagination of the designer. In this device, in addition to the electronic regulator of a timbre of Bass/Treble, there is a system of autocalibration with a portable microphone. It adjusts the frequency and phase characteristics of system "the amplifier - a loudspeaker" taking into account features of location. There are also decoders of environmental sounding of DTS and Dolby Digital, the truth in the reduced option 2.0. The signal compression for night listening, the mode of a bilingual soundtrack and installation of a priority of decoding is provided.
And at last, I will mark signs of the real intelligence - in case of origin of emergency situations the amplifier issues the error state number which decryption contains in the instruction on a panel.
The casing of the amplifier of the midi format is assembled from the thick aluminum shape. The front panel smooth, is pleasant to the touch, perfectly looks with the matrix indicator of blue color. Timbre regulators with soft step fixing.
The plane remote control unit on style perfectly is in harmony with hi-tech design of the amplifier.
In case of the thoughtless overall dimensions the device stood not on children's hind legs. He without explicit efforts shook our difficult acoustics and didn't blunder even on the loudest passages of AC/DC. However, at limits the easy compression was felt, but distortions or the rigidness in the upper range testifying to an overload weren't. The amplifier if clips, is very soft. And generally its digital entity absolutely wasn't shown in any way - there was neither painting, nor a veil, "sand". On the contrary, sounding combines lamp warmth with transistor attack - shock sharp and collected, acoustics is damped iron. From pluses I will mark also high timber legibility and almost ideal transmission of the atmosphere. Almost - as infra-low components it appeared nevertheless less, than usually because of what the feeling of the big hall on acoustic records was incomplete. But it is trifles in comparison with general impression from musical abilities of the amplifier. It is really capable to give a work essence regardless of a genre. At a rock concert will give out the real drive, and the string quartet will play with unusual refinement.
From a coaxial input, on digit, sounding became more rigid, is more specific, but power engineerings was obviously added. Very interestingly vinyl sounds (I didn't tell, what in TA-F501ES is phono stage?) - brightly, deeply, but it is a little similar to CD. And even the surface noise of a plate is somehow concealed...
