Back-to-basics audio
Back to Basics Audio is a thorough, yet approachable handbook on audio electronics theory and equipment. The first part of the book discusses electrical and audio principles. Those principles form a basis for understanding the operation of equipment and systems, covered in the second section. Final...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston ; Oxford [England] :
Newnes
[1998]
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628714006719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; Introduction; About the Author; Chapter 1: Electrical Principles; AUDIO'S THREE PARTS; ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICITY; AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT; ELECTRICAL PRINCIPLES; OHM'S LAW; USING OHM'S LAW; VOLTAGE DROP; POWER; INTRODUCTION TO MEASUREMENTS; INDUCTANCE, CAPACITANCE, AND IMPEDANCE; RESONANCE; LINE IMPEDANCE; MAGNETISM AND SPEAKER DRIVERS; SPEAKERS AND ELECTRIC MOTORS; THE INVERSE SQUARE LAW AND SPEAKER DESIGN; BI-POLARITY; DIRECT AND ALTERNATING CURRENT; GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF WAVEFORMS; Chapter 2: Meters and Electrical Measurements
- MULTIMETERSVOLTAGE MEASUREMENT; CURRENT MEASUREMENT; A WORD OF WARNING ABOUT METER CURRENT RANGES; RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; USING ANALOG AND DIGITAL MULTIMETERS; ACCURACY OF A METER; METER SENSITIVITY; ADDITIONAL FEATURES AVAILABLE IN MULTIMETERS; OSCILLOSCOPES; OSCILLOSCOPE EXPERIMENTS; Chapter 3: Amplifiers and Transmission Lines; POWER AMPLIFIERS AND LOADS; THE INPUT CIRCUIT; THE OUTPUT CIRCUIT; AVOIDABLE FAILURES; SPEAKER IMPEDANCE MATCHING; CONSTANT VOLTAGE LINES; RMS VOLTAGE AND CURRENT; POWER; AMPLIFIER OUTPUT POWER MEASUREMENT; DC OFFSET VOLTAGE; CATASTROPHIC FAILURES; DUMMY LOADS
- CASCADING POWER AMPLIFIERSLINE AMPLIFIERS; VOLTAGE AMPLIFIERS; AUDIO LINES; COAXIAL TRANSMISSION LINES; HEARING AID INDUCTION LOOPS; DC COUPLED AMPLIFIERS; Chapter 4: Sound Waves and Decibels; THE AUDIO AND ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRA; THE 630 HZ TOOL; FREQUENCY AND WAVELENGTH; PROPAGATION; AUDIO MEASUREMENTS; NOISE AND DISTORTION THRESHOLDS; DECIBELS AND POWER; DECIBELS FURTHER EXPLAINED; Chapter 5: Transfer Characteristic and Networks; TRANSFER CHARACTERISTIC AND DISTORTION; ELECTRO-MECHANICAL AND ACOUSTIC TRANSFER; PREPARING FOR UNAVOIDABLE TRANSFER ERRORS; NETWORKS; ATTENUATORS
- VARIABLE ATTENUATORSLOSS PADS; FILTERS AND EQUALIZERS; RESISTANCES IN SERIES AND PARALLEL; WHEN TO USE A FIXED EQUALIZER; CAUTIONS REGARDING EQUALIZER USE; RECOVERY AMPLIFIERS; ACTIVE CROSSOVERS AND SPEAKER PROCESSORS; Chapter 6: Speakers; SPEAKER POWER RATINGS; ESTIMATING THE POWER TO A SPEAKER; IEC SPEAKER POWER RATING; DIRECTIONAL PROPERTIES AND STEREO IMAGE; STEREO SURROUND; POOR MAN'S SURROUND; USING SPEAKER DIRECTIONAL PROPERTIES; FREQUENCY RESPONSE OF SPEAKERS; RESPONSE LIMITS OF SPEAKERS; STANDING WAVES; EFFICIENT BASS SPEAKER PLACEMENT; SPEAKER BAFFLES; BASS BOX DESIGN
- INTERMODULATION DISTORTIONPHASE RESPONSE OF SPEAKERS; SPEAKER AND DRIVER PHASING; SPEAKER EFFICIENCY; THEATER SPEAKER EVOLUTION; IMPORTANCE OF THEATER SPEAKER DISPERSION ANGLE; RECENT DEVELOPMENTS; CINEMA HIGH FREQUENCY ROLL-OFF; AUDITORIUM RESPONSE LIMITATIONS; MONITOR SPEAKERS; LIMITED MONITORS; AUDITORIUM AND MONITOR CALIBRATION; SPEAKER RESPONSE MEASUREMENTS; AUDITORIUM AND MONITOR LEVELS; WHY DO COMMERCIALS SOUND LOUDER?; HEADPHONES; Chapter 7: Tape Recorders and Monitor Selectors; MAGNETIC RECORDERS; RECORDER FEATURES AND TYPES; SIMPLIFYING COMPLICATED CONCEPTS
- GENERAL PURPOSE MONITOR SELECTORS
