Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Audio Electronics; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1. Tape recording; THE BASIC SYSTEM; MAGNETIC TAPE; THE RECORDING PROCESS; CAUSES OF NON-UNIFORM FREQUENCY RESPONSE; RECORD/REPLAY EQUALISATION; HEAD DESIGN; RECORDING TRACK DIMENSIONS; HF BIAS; THE TAPE TRANSPORT MECHANISM; TRANSIENT PERFORMANCE; TAPE NOISE; ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT DESIGN; REPLAY EQUALISATION; BIAS OSCILLATOR CIRCUITS; THE RECORD AMPLIFIER; RECORDING LEVEL INDICATION; TAPE DRIVE MOTOR SPEED CONTROL; PROFESSIONAL RECORDING EQUIPMENT; GENERAL DESCRIPTION; MULTI-TRACK MACHINES
  • DIGITAL RECORDING SYSTEMSCHAPTER 2. Tuners and radio receivers; BACKGROUND; BASIC REQUIREMENTS; THE INFLUENCE OF THE IONOSPHERE; WHY VHF TRANSMISSIONS?; AM or FM?; FM BROADCAST STANDARDS; STEREO ENCODING/DECODING; GE/ZENITH 'PILOT TONE' SYSTEM; THE BBC PCM PROGRAMME DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; SUPPLEMENTARY BROADCAST SIGNALS; ALTERNATIVE TRANSMISSION METHODS; SSB BROADCASTING; RADIO RECEIVER DESIGN; CIRCUIT DESIGN; NEW DEVELOPMENTS; APPENDIX 2.1: BROADCAST SIGNAL CHARACTERISTICS; APPENDIX 2.2: RADIO DATA SYSTEM (RDS); CHAPTER 3. Preamplifiers and input signals; REQUIREMENTS
  • SIGNAL VOLTAGE AND IMPEDANCE LEVELSGRAMOPHONE PICK-UP INPUTS; INPUT CIRCUITRY; MOVING COIL PU HEAD AMPLIFIER DESIGN; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS; INPUT CONNECTIONS; INPUT SWITCHING; CHAPTER 4. Voltage amplifiers and controls; PREAMPLIFIER STAGES; LINEARITY; NOISE LEVELS; OUTPUT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; VOLTAGE AMPLIFIER DESIGN; CONSTANT-CURRENT SOURCES AND 'CURRENT MIRRORS'; PERFORMANCE STANDARDS; AUDIBILITY OF DISTORTION; GENERAL DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; CONTROLS; CHAPTER 5. Power output stages; VALVE AMPLIFIER DESIGNS; EARLY TRANSISTOR CIRCUITS; LISTENER FATIGUE AND CROSSOVER DISTORTION
  • IMPROVED TRANSISTOR AMPLIFIER DESIGNSPOWER MOSFETs; OUTPUT TRANSISTOR PROTECTION; POWER OUTPUT AND POWER DISSIPATION; GENERAL DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; SLEW-RATE LIMITING AND TID; ADVANCED AMPLIFIER DESIGNS; ALTERNATIVE DESIGN APPROACHES; CONTEMPORARY AMPLIFIER DESIGN PRACTICE; SOUND QUALITY AND SPECIFICATIONS; CHAPTER 6. The compact disc and digital audio; WHY USE DIGITAL TECHNIQUES?; PROBLEMS WITH DIGITAL ENCODING; THE RECORD-REPLAY SYSTEM; THE REPLAY SYSTEM; ERROR CORRECTION; CHAPTER 7. Test instruments and measurements; INSTRUMENT TYPES; SIGNAL GENERATORS; ALTERNATIVE WAVEFORM TYPES
  • DISTORTION MEASUREMENTOSCILLOSCOPES; CHAPTER 8. Loudspeaker crossover systems; WHY NECESSARY?; CONE DESIGN; SOUNDWAVE DISPERSION; CROSSOVER SYSTEM DESIGN; CROSSOVER COMPONENT TYPES; LS OUTPUT EQUALISATION; ACTIVE CROSSOVER SYSTEMS; ACTIVE FILTER DESIGN; BI-WIRING AND TRI-WIRING; CHAPTER 9. Power supplies; THE IMPORTANCE OF THE POWER SUPPLY UNIT; CIRCUIT LAYOUTS; CIRCUIT PROBLEMS; FULL-WAVE RECTIFIER SYSTEMS; TRANSFORMER TYPES AND POWER RATINGS; STABILISED PSU CIRCUITS; COMMERCIAL POWER AMP. PSUs; OUTPUT SOURCE IMPEDANCE AND NOISE; TRANSFORMER NOISE AND STRAY MAGNETIC FIELDS; Index