Digital Audio Technology: A Guide to CD, MiniDisc, SACD, DVD(A), MP3 and DAT

Digital Audio Technology: A Guide to CD, MiniDisc, SACD, DVD(A), MP3 and DAT

Digital Audio Technology: A Guide to CD, MiniDisc, SACD, DVD(A), MP3 and DAT

Digital Audio Technology: A Guide to CD, MiniDisc, SACD, DVD(A), MP3 and DAT

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Overview

An expert team from SONY Europe explains the technology behind today's major digital audio consumer products, including the Compact Disc, MiniDisc, Super Audio CD, DVD-Audio, MP3 and Digital Audio Tape.

Beginning with a fascinating overview of the history of audio technology, this fourth edition addresses the principles and technologies which underpin the various formats currently available. Considerable technical detail is provided, with extensive use of illustrations to enhance understanding.

Audio engineers, students and hi-fi enthusiasts who want to gain an understanding of the way these technologies have been developed will find no better introduction than this authoritative guide from SONY, a forerunner in the digital audio industry.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780240516547
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 09/27/2001
Edition description: 4th ed.
Pages: 356
Product dimensions: 7.44(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jan Maes Technical Support Manager, Sony Europe, CRSE (Customer Relations and Service Europe).

Marc Vercammen Technical Support Engineer, Sony Europe, CRSE (Customer Relations and Service Europe).

Table of Contents

Preface; A short history of audio technology; PART ONE: PRINCIPLES OF DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; Introduction; Principles of sampling; Principles of quantization; Overview of A/D conversion systems; Operation of AD-D/A converters; Codes for digital magnetic recording; Principles of error correction; PART TWO: THE COMPACT DISC; Overview of the compact disc medium; Compact disc encoding; Opto-electronics and the optical block; The servo circuits in CD players; Signal processing; PART THREE: DIGITAL AUDIO RECORDING SYSTEMS; Outline; Video PCM-formats; Digital audio tape (DAT) format; Non-tracking digital audio tape (DAT); MiniDisc; PART FOUR: ADVANCED DIGITAL AUDIO TECHNOLOGIES; Super audio compact disc (SACD); DVD-Audio; Audio compression; APPENDICES; Error correction; Sampling theorem; Serial copy management system (SCMS); Digital audio interface format (S/PDIF-IEC958)

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REVIEWS OF PREVIOUS EDITIONS:

'Decidedly a book for which the market has been waiting... it should find wide appeal amongst audio engineers, students and hi-fi enthusiasts.'
Practical Electronics magazine

'The definitive book on CD players and associated technology...essential reading for the budding audio engineers...a place should be found for it on the shelves of the electronics department in every college and at all good reference libraries.'
Hi-Fi News magazine

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