More about audio (576)

1-09-1998 | When the compact disc, CD, was introduced by Philips of the Netherlands and Sony of Japan in the early 1980s, pulse-code modulation (in pr...

1-07-1998 | A small audio test generator is very useful for quickly tracing a signal through an audio unit. Its main purpose is speed rather than re...

1-07-1998 | The Serial Copy Management System (SCMS) prevents digital copying of audio material from the second generation onwards. Unfortunatel...

1-07-1998 | One of the drawbacks of a threepin voltage regulator is that the input voltage needs to be 2.5–3 V higher than the output voltage. This...

1-04-1998 | Last month’s first instalment of this twopart article dealt with the way the audio data are transmitted. This second and final part lo...

1-03-1998 | In the Quest For Quality, a quasi-metaphysical activity zestfully practised by countless audiophiles, the use of ‘balanced’ (or symmet...

1-03-1998 | The European Union’s Eureka* 147 DAB Project is the only digital audio broadcasting system to be fully specified and to meet the ITU’s...

1-03-1998 | The SSM2142 is an integrated differential-output buffer amplifier that converts a single-ended input signal to a balanced output signal pair...

1-01-1998 | Few audio enthusiasts possess, or have access to, equipment required for accurately measuring the performance of a loudspeaker or the...

1-12-1997 | As the name indicates, the selector is intended to chcose one of up to eight digital audio signal Inputs, which it does with the aid of a...