AUDIO MEASUREMENTS NORMAN CROWHURST PDF
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In input circuits, for example, a transformer is used so that the impedance of the microphone or pickup looks like or ohms at the transformer second- ary. State clearly any condition that should be specified concerning the amount of feedback in figuring this effect.
This corresponds to the loop gain ratio of 9. This current provides a voltage drop across the cathode resistor that establishes a bias that is quite close to cutoff. We can visualize the operation as half-way between pentode and triode connection. In fact Audio is now one of the largest and most basic divisions of electronics. Explain how ultrasonic bias works to improve the quality of magnetic recording.
Feedback can also be undesirable and be introduced unintentionally. An input resistor ofohms is across the basic amplifier input inside the feedback loop. This produces another positive fluctuation at the plate of the second tube.
This means the source resistance presented by the amplifier will influence the behavior of the loudspeaker. The audio voltage at the plate of the first stage may not be more than, say, 10 millivolts. Hence, even an infinite damping factor would have a limited effect on mechanical or acoustic resonance. The 5-milliampere current from screen to ground will require a resistor of 20, ohms to drop the required volts; the 6 milliamperes crlwhurst the supply to the screen, a dif- ference of volts, will require a resistor of 25, ohms.
This led to two basic variations in output circuits, although many further minor variations have developed. The audio has to be properly rectified, and any a-c components filtered out so that the d-c applied to control the grid will not start oscillation.
While it is important to have the right speed, it is more important for the right speed to be crowuurst.
Each ear has a number of measuremejts in the cochlea that are sensitive to individual fre- quencies, using from 20 to 29, to cover the entire audio frequency range. Now we have a basis for comparison. If a screen is to be operated at volts from a volt supply, what resistors should be used so that change of screen current from 0. The usual cause of distortion to square waves is the way meashrements which amplifica- tion varies at high frequencies.
Either way, the feedback factor is given by the distance between the Ap locus and the point measured off 1 unit from O. Assume that we have an amplifier that without any load connected gives 12 volts output nodman an input of 2 millivolts.
Without the output load connected, a millivolt input produces a volt output.
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Discuss simple circuits that will provide the basic variations required. If the surface on which charge is induced by a nearby voltage has a high-impedance connection to ground, the charges will not have time to leak away and voltages will appear with them, causing interference.
Measuremwnts this reason, care has to be taken to insure that high-level vibra- tion cannot reach the turntable, the pickup, or any of the amplifying tubes that handle low-level audio if they are at all microphonic. This insures that the audio voltage on the screen is the same as that on the cathode.
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This is usually achieved by having the tuned circuit in either the plate or grid circuit of a tube and using the amplification of the tube to feed back some of the energy in the correct phase to maintain the oscillation. To make the same tube work as a triode, the screen is connected to the plate. Looking at it as a simple geometrical diagram, however, can give us a good picture of what happens without knowing all the mathematics.
Part of getting a good recording depends on using a completely demagne- tized tape. The correct com- bination produces a maximum transfer of the positive feedback at one fre- quency with no phase shift. Motional impedance is the impedance reflected back to the loudspeaker terminals due to the movement of the diaphragm. There are always small currents as well. Two kinds of rectifier are used for audio amplifier circuits: This enables equal quality to be used in both channels.
This also applies to the reactance of ar y capacitance between grid and cathode of the tube.
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Then feedback will be added to get the best possible performance from this com- bination. Variation in speed not only changes the rate at which the program is recorded or repro- duced, but also changes its pitch or frequency.
This ratio, expressed in db, is called the gain margin, because an increase by this much gain starts oscillation. The original audio almost cancels itself by the feedback — for the 1 milli- volt actually fed into the amplifier, 9 millivolts are fed back to offset the 10 millivolts of audio fed into the complete arrangement.
Although the hearing faculty is extremely critical and can detect any par- ticular sound with high precision, it is also extremely tolerant: An amplifier can become unstable because high-level audio electrical power at the output is fed back to the low-level input circuits. What proved difficult was getting the output to be a more exact rep- lica of the input. Amazon Music Stream millions of songs.
In a big, reverberant room with a lot of echos, whether these are noticeable sepa- rately or just add confusion, time difference becomes almost meaningless.
In this range, the tube has a high transconductance. Thus a 3-volt input is required to produce a volt output and instead of the tube giving a gain of 50, the gain is only about If less of the high frequencies are fed back, then the amplifi- cation of the high frequencies is increased, resulting in a treble boost.
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