Newnes Audio and Hi-Fi Engineer's Pocket Book

Preface to the First EditionPreface to the Second EditionSound and Acoustics Human Hearing Sound Sources Measuring Sound Sound Propagation Room and Hall Acoustics Sound InsulationMicrophones Transducers Acoustic Characteristics Special Types of Microphones Boundary Microphone Microphones in the Sound Field Microphone Electrical ParametersThe Gramophone Studio Techniques The Record Groove Disc Manufacture Reproducing Styli Stylus Tracking Pickup Cartridges Cartridge Parameters Pickup Arms Turntables Turntable ParametersCompact Discs Principles Compact Disc Format The CD Player Three-Beam System Single-Beam Systems Decoding the Signal Compact Disc Manufacture Compact Disc FaultsTape Recording Magnetism Magnetic Recording Bias Record/Playback Heads Noise Reduction Head Circuits Head Materials Erasing Effect of Oxide Deposits Head Adjustments/Maintenance Tape Transport Motors and Speed Control Hi-fi Sound with Video Digital Tape Recording Phillips Digital Compact Cassette Recording Tape Tape Manufacture Musicassette Manufacture Tape Parameters Tape Groups Open-Reel Recorders The Compact CassetteHigh-Quality Radio Receiver Principles Stereo Broadcasting Stereo Decoding BBC Stereo Test Transmissions Interference Alignment F.M. Tuner Parameters F.M. AerialsAmplifiers Thermionic Valves Audio Transistors Transistor Characteristics Basic Transistor Circuit Features Amplifier ParametersLoudspeakers The Driver Enclosures Baffle/Doublet Infinite Battle Reflex Enclosure The Horn Labyrinth/Transmission Line Column/Line Source Loudspeaker Absorbents Electrostatic Speakers Loudspeakers for Electronic Instruments Unconventional Speakers Crossover NetworksPublic Address Objectives Loudspeaker Distribution Avoiding Feedback Delay Lines Digital Delay Analogue Delay Use of Delay Lines Ceiling Speaker Mounting LISCA (Line-Source Ceiling Array) The Second Line Source Mixers Induction Loops P.A. System ProblemsFacts and Formula Resistance and Impedance Q-factor Attenuators and Matching Pads Filters Test Equipment Oscilloscope Traces Power circuitsIndex