AV-receiver Sony STR-DA5800ES
At first glance, accurately determines that it is the device of the famous elite series of electronic components ES company Sony. Here everything is real: the facade is made of aluminum plate, handles nicely COLD fingers. On-site and brand for the family of ES "shelf" separating the narrow screen, and that for watching movies from a sofa is quite difficult to consider it derivable information, continuity observed at one hundred percent. Close the volume control on the right complemented by three small handles. One of them controls the TONE, the second helps to set the tuner, and the third is used to select the active input. Port HDMI, located on the front of the right-hand part of it is covered with a protective curtain, and the rest of the operational switching focus to the left under the cap.
Appearance Sony STR-DA5800ES makes a very solid impression - from the machine blows the thoroughness and reliability of military battleship.
Inside completely non-small body is arranged all pretty tight, but gently. Here, the classical power amplifiers with discrete components, so a lot of space is required for a luxurious cast heat sink output stages. It is mounted directly behind the front panel in its entire width. Behind him on the left side set of gigantic proportions power transformer E core in a metal casing labeled ES. Processing soundtracks committed to two signal processors Falcon 2.0. Setting component for working with sound systems in specific acoustic conditions involved proprietary system DCAC auto calibration EX. For scaling the video, including the resulting in digital form to the inputs HDMI, meet famous chip Faroudja DCDi. An important feature of the Sony STR-DA5800ES - ability to work with a video resolution of 4K, and the receiver is able to not only switch these signals, but also to process them.
The receiver is equipped with a 4-port network switch Ethernet. That is, not only can you connect to a wired network Ethernet, but also to provide a network service three component systems, for example the player Blu-ray, multimedia player and game console. Network Connection AV-receiver not only provides access to a rich collection of materials concentrated in Sony Entertainment Network, but also makes it possible to play media files stored on DLNA-servers on the network. A distinctive feature of the STR-DA5800ES is the support not only audio playback, but video and the receiver understands such popular formats and containers like MKV, M2TS video with resolution up to 1080p, encoded in H.264 and VC-1. The list of supported audio formats include WAV and FLAC files with parameters up to 24 bit/192 kHz. Moreover, there is a patch panel port USB type B, which means that the machine is not difficult to connect to the computer, for which he will play an external audio interface. In addition, the integration of the receiver to a computer network that includes an access point Wi-Fi, allows you to use your smartphone or tablet computer as an advanced remote control. Suffice it to install on a mobile device running iOS or Android free app ES Remote App.
Accompanying movies component shows very expressive and thoroughbred sound. Excellent dynamic performance and scale of mining the most intense scenes are combined it with the ability to create realistic levels, with a clear positioning of the virtual sound sources in space. Excellent detailed imaging and a wide operating range emphasize the highest class of AV-receiver, enable us to refer it to the legendary ES series of Sony.
