Back-to-basics audio / Julain Nathan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nathan, Julian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sound--Recording and reproducing.

Sound.

Electronic circuits.

Acoustical engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Boston ; Oxford [England] : Newnes, [1998]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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. Finally, the author addresses planning and installation of a home audio system.Julian Nathan joined the audio service and manufacturing industry in 1954 and moved into motion picture engineering and production in 1960. He installed and operated recording theaters in Sydney, Austra

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-08-049975-9

OCLC:

850162229