Electronics for Vinyl is the most comprehensive book ever produced on
the electronic circuitry needed to extract the best possible signal
from grooves in vinyl. What is called the "vinyl revival" is in full
swing, and a clear and comprehensive account of the electronics you
need is very timely. Vinyl reproduction presents some unique technical
challenges; the signal levels from moving-magnet cartridges are low,
and those from moving-coil cartridges lower still, so a good deal of
high-quality low-noise amplification is required. Some of the features
of Electronics for Vinyl include: integrating phono amplifiers into a
complete preamplifier; differing phono amplifier technologies;
covering active, passive, and semi-passive RIAA equalisation and
transconductance RIAA stages; the tricky business of getting really
accurate RIAA equalisation without spending a fortune on expensive
components, such as switched-gain MM/MC RIAA amplifiers that retain
great accuracy at all gains, the effects of finite open-loop gain,
cartridge-preamplifier interaction, and so on; noise and distortion in
phono amplifiers, covering BJTs, FETs, and opamps as input devices,
hybrid phono amplifiers, noise in balanced MM inputs, noise weighting,
and cartridge load synthesis for ultimately low noise; archival and
non-standard equalisation for 78s etc.; building phono amplifiers with
discrete transistors; subsonic filtering, covering all-pole filters,
elliptical filters, and suppression of subsonics by low-frequency
crossfeed, including the unique Devinyliser concept; ultrasonic and
scratch filtering, including a variety of variable-slope scratch
filters; line output technology, including zero-impedance outputs, on
level indication for optimal setup, and on specialised power supplies;
and description of six practical projects which range from the simple
to the highly sophisticated, but all give exceptional performance.
Electronics for Vinyl brings the welcome news that there is simply no
need to spend huge sums of money to get performance that is within a
hair’s breadth of the best theoretically obtainable. But you do need
some specialised knowledge, and here it is.
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ISBN
9781351784269
Publisert
2017
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Vendor
Routledge
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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