Learn to use inexpensive and readily available parts to obtain
state-of-the-art performance in all the vital parameters of noise,
distortion, crosstalk and so on. With ample coverage of
preamplifiers and mixers and a new chapter on headphone amplifiers,
this practical handbook provides an extensive repertoire of
circuits that can be put together to make almost any type of audio
system.
A resource packed full of valuable information, with virtually
every page revealing nuggets of specialized knowledge not found
elsewhere. Essential points of theory that bear on practical
performance are lucidly and thoroughly explained, with the
mathematics kept to a relative minimum. Douglas' background in
design for manufacture ensures he keeps a wary eye on the cost of
things. Includes a chapter on power-supplies, full of practical
ways to keep both the ripple and the cost down, showing how to
power everything.
Douglas wears his learning lightly, and this book features the
engaging prose style familiar to readers of his other books. You
will learn why mercury cables are not a good idea, the pitfalls of
plating gold on copper, and what quotes from Star Trek have to do
with PCB design.
Learn how to:
- make amplifiers with apparently impossibly low noise
- design discrete circuitry that can handle enormous signals with
vanishingly low distortion
- use humble low-gain transistors to make an amplifier with an
input impedance of more than 50 Megohms
- transform the performance of low-cost-opamps, how to make
filters with very low noise and distortion
- make incredibly accurate volume controls
- make a huge variety of audio equalisers
- make magnetic cartridge preamplifiers that have noise so low it
is limited by basic physics
- sum, switch, clip, compress, and route audio signals
The second edition is expanded throughout (with added
information on new ADCs and DACs, microcontrollers, more coverage
of discrete op amp design, and many other topics), and includes a
completely new chapter on headphone amplifiers.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
August 2014 |
First published: |
2015 |
Authors: |
Douglas Self
|
Dimensions: |
235 x 190 x 36mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
750 |
Edition: |
2nd edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-70973-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Professional & Technical >
Other technologies >
General
|
LSN: |
0-415-70973-3 |
Barcode: |
9780415709736 |
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