Small Signal Audio Design

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.

Invata sa folosesti piese ieftine si usor disponibile pentru a obtine performante de ultima generatie in toti parametrii vitali ai zgomotului, distorsiunii, diafragmei si asa mai departe. Cu o acoperire ampla a preamplificatoarelor si a mixerelor si un nou capitol despre amplificatoarele pentru casti, acest manual practic ofera un repertoriu extins de circuite care pot fi reunite pentru a crea aproape orice tip de sistem audio. O resursa plina de informatii valoroase, cu aproape fiecare pagina dezvaluind pepite de cunostinte specializate care nu se gasesc in alta parte.