In Reply to: That's what I was thinking.... posted by Monstrous Mike on May 2, 2003 at 12:39:04:
I think that this should be a must-read for serious audio amplifier designers. The history of audio measurement is great ! The need to reduce higher order harmonics is in this paper as well. The problems that we find in analog amp-pre-amp design are presented well. I don't want to further nit-pik, unless it can help the author of the thesis.
I have felt that this is what audio design is all about. It hasn't often been presented on this website to any great extent before, at least in respect to audio amp design.
Many hi-end designers use these principles, because they work! We try to make the most linear circuits, without negative feedback, and make them fast responding to any input . We go all-out to keep the higher order distortion low. This is the essence, in my opinion, of successful audio amp design.
I hope that input like this thesis can be a springboard where we can even go further to make better audio equipment, at any price point.
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- Re: That's what I was thinking.... - Mr. Morello 04:48:33 05/5/03 (86)
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- Harmonic Multiplication in Linear Devices - Scott Frankland 09:02:22 05/9/03 (32)
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- Re: Harmonic Multiplication in Linear Devices - john curl 15:57:17 05/9/03 (3)
- From Pianos to Amps - mfc 19:59:42 05/9/03 (2)
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- Re: That's what I was thinking.... - john curl 14:32:38 05/8/03 (15)
- Re: That's what I was thinking.... - Mr. Morello 15:09:39 05/8/03 (14)
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- Re: That's what I was thinking.... - Mr. Morello 03:27:23 05/13/03 (4)
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- Re: That's what I was thinking.... - Mr. Morello 13:48:21 05/6/03 (13)
- Re: That's what I was thinking.... - Steve Eddy 16:28:09 05/6/03 (0)
- Re: That's what I was thinking.... - john curl 14:44:11 05/6/03 (11)
- Re: That's what I was thinking.... - Mr. Morello 15:08:34 05/6/03 (10)
- Re: That's what I was thinking.... - john curl 19:05:25 05/6/03 (9)
- Re: That's what I was thinking.... - Mr. Morello 02:26:51 05/7/03 (8)
- Re: That's what I was thinking.... - john curl 11:07:50 05/7/03 (7)
- Re: That's what I was thinking.... - Mr. Morello 07:52:40 05/8/03 (6)
- Re: That's what I was thinking.... - john curl 14:39:11 05/8/03 (5)
- Re: That's what I was thinking.... - Mr. Morello 14:56:13 05/8/03 (4)
- Re: That's what I was thinking.... - john curl 15:08:30 05/8/03 (3)
- Re: That's what I was thinking.... - Mr. Morello 15:12:26 05/8/03 (2)
- Re: That's what I was thinking.... - john curl 22:25:16 05/9/03 (1)
- Re: That's what I was thinking.... - Mr. Morello 05:05:34 05/10/03 (0)
- Right....nt - Monstrous Mike 09:48:32 05/4/03 (0)