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Newnes audio and hi-fi engineer's pocket book /
This is a concise collection of practical and relevant data for anyone working on, or interested in, sound systems. Since the second edition, the Sony Mini Disc has arrived, interest has grown in valve amplifiers and vintage radios, and new safety regulations are in force for public address systems;...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; Boston :
B-H Newnes,
1994.
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| Edición: | Third edition. |
| Colección: | Butterworth-Heinemann Book
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Audio & Hi-Fi Engineer's Pocket Book; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents; Preface to the third edition; Chapter 1. Sound and acoustics; Human hearing; Sound sources; Measuring sound; Sound propagation; Room and hall acoustics; Sound insulation; Chapter 2. Microphones; Transducers; Acoustic characteristics; Special types of microphone; Boundary microphones; Microphones in the sound field; Microphone electrical parameters; Microphone applications; Chapter 3. The gramophone; Studio techniques; Disc manufacture; Reproducing styli; Stylus tracking; Pickup cartridges; Pickup arms
- TurntablesChapter 4. Compact discs; Principles; Compact disc format; The CD player; Three-beam system; Single-beam systems; Decoding the signal; Compact disc manufacture; Compact disc faults; The Sony Mini Disc; Chapter 5. Tape recording; Magnetism; Magnetic recording; Record/playback heads; Noise reduction; Head circuits; Head materials; Table of head materials and their properties; Erasing; Effect of oxide deposits; Head adjustments/maintenance; Tape transport; Motors and speed control; Hi-fi sound with video; Digital tape recording; Digital tape formats; Philips digital compact cassette
- Recording tapeTape manufacture; Musicassette manufacture; Tape parameters; Tape groups; Open-reel recorders; The compact cassette; Chapter 6. High-quality radio; Receiver principles; Stereo broadcasting; Stereo decoding; BBC stereo test transmissions; Stereo test transmissions; Interference; Alignment; F.m. tuner parameters; F.m. aerials; Chapter 7. Amplifiers; Thermionic valves; Valve circuits; Servicing valve amplifiers; Vintage radios; Audio transistors; Transistor characteristics; Basic transistor circuit features; Amplifier parameters
- Table of harmonics and their musical equivalents based on a fundamental of 220 HzChapter 8. Loudspeakers; The driver; Some typical speaker coil temperatures with different programmes; Thiele-Small parameters; Enclosures; Baffle/doublet; Infinite baffle; Reflex enclosure; The horn; Labyrinth/transmission line; Column/line source; Loudspeaker absorbents; Electrostatic speakers; Loudspeakers for electronic instruments; Unconventional speakers; Crossover networks; Single full-range drivers; Chapter 9. Surround sound and stereo; Direction location; Matrix four-channel systems
- Chapter 10. Public addressObjectives; Loudspeaker distribution; Table of transformer ratios; Table of amplifier output impedances at various powers; Avoiding feedback; Delay lines; Use of delay lines; Ceiling speaker mounting; LISCA (line-source ceiling array); The second line-source; Mixers; Outdoor classical concerts; Microphones; Induction loops; P.a. system problems; Public-address safety regulations; Chapter 11. Facts and formulae; Resistance; Reactance; Impedance; Resonance (parallel); Adding two AC voltages or currents; Q-factor; Attenuators and matching pads; Filters