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Digital Audio and CD Technology Guido Vergult

Digital Audio and CD Technology By Guido Vergult

Digital Audio and CD Technology by Guido Vergult


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Summary

A reference book on CD players and related technology. It includes a technical description of DAT (digital audio tape).

Digital Audio and CD Technology Summary

Digital Audio and CD Technology by Guido Vergult

Sony is one of the forerunners in this field, and co-inventor of the compact disc digital audio system. The book has been produced using all the resources and expertise of the Sony Service Centre (Europe).

Digital Audio and Compact Disc technology is the best book at the price on CD players and technology.

It is essential reading for audio engineers, students and hi-fi enthusiasts and offers a clear and easy to follow introduction to the subject. This latest edition now includesa technical description of DAT, the `Scoopman' (stamp size DAT format, MiniDisc and the Digital Compct Cassette format. It also covers the Serial Copy Management System (SCMS) and the Digital Interface format (S/PDIF - IEC 958).

Digital Audio and CD Technology Reviews

"Decidedly a book for which the market has been waiting...should find wide appeal amongst audio engineers, students and hi-fi enthusiasts." - Practical Electronics.
"The definitive book on CD players and associate 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



Table of Contents

A short history of audio technology; Principles of digital signal processing; Introduction; Principles of sampling; Principles of quantization; Overview of A/D conversion systems; Operation of A/D - D/A converters; Codes for digital magnetic recording; Principles of error correction; 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; Digital audio recording systems; PCM adapters according to EIAJ; PCM - 1600/1610 format; Video 8 PCM-format; Digital audio tape (DAT) format; Appendix 1: Error

Additional information

GOR002252255
9780240513973
0240513975
Digital Audio and CD Technology by Guido Vergult
Used - Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
1995-01-31
320
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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