TY - BOOK ID - 14223175 TI - Balanced Phono-Amps : An Extension to the 'The Sound of Silence' Editions PY - 2016 SN - 3319185233 3319185241 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Amplifiers, Radio frequency -- Design and construction. KW - Audio amplifiers -- Design and construction. KW - Civil Engineering KW - Civil & Environmental Engineering KW - Engineering & Applied Sciences KW - Audio amplifiers KW - Amplifiers, Radio frequency KW - Design and construction. KW - Radio frequency amplifiers KW - Amplifiers, Audio KW - Audio-frequency amplifiers KW - Amplifiers (Electronics) KW - Acoustics in engineering. KW - Electronics. KW - Engineering Acoustics. KW - Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation. KW - Signal, Image and Speech Processing. KW - Electrical engineering KW - Physical sciences KW - Acoustical engineering. KW - Microelectronics. KW - Signal processing. KW - Image processing. KW - Speech processing systems. KW - Computational linguistics KW - Electronic systems KW - Information theory KW - Modulation theory KW - Oral communication KW - Speech KW - Telecommunication KW - Singing voice synthesizers KW - Pictorial data processing KW - Picture processing KW - Processing, Image KW - Imaging systems KW - Optical data processing KW - Processing, Signal KW - Information measurement KW - Signal theory (Telecommunication) KW - Acoustic engineering KW - Sonic engineering KW - Sonics KW - Sound engineering KW - Sound-waves KW - Engineering KW - Microminiature electronic equipment KW - Microminiaturization (Electronics) KW - Electronics KW - Microtechnology KW - Semiconductors KW - Miniature electronic equipment KW - Industrial applications UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14223175 AB - In 12 chapters (Part I) this extension to the two 'The Sound of Silence' editions covers the development, calculation, construction and measurement of the fully differential (= balanced) phono-amp solution 'RIAA Phono-Amp Engine II'. Additionally, the balanced measurement amplifiers & measurement tools, the discussion on BJT gain stages, the 1/f noise calculation methods for BJTs, the calculation of fully-differential amplifiers, the numerous Mathcad worksheets, and the presentation of test and calibration records fill a further 10 chapters of Part II with essential knowhow that will equip the reader to develop his/her own phono-amp solution in the most balanced way - and of course, as low-noise as possible. Engine II offers eight different amplifying paths from the Engine's input to its output - solid-state as well as valve driven. To expand the input possibilities via an additional external input, any kind of other linear input amplifiers can be connected. Further, a selection of six highly diverse external input amplifier examples are discussed - BJT, valve, transformer and JFET-driven variants. Although the book primarily focuses on MC cartridge amplification, MM cartridge considerations are not neglected: two further chapters in Part II address methods for increasing the signal-to-noise ratios of MM phono-amps.  . ER -