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THE SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS OF ACOUSTICS - H. H. Arnold ...

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19.3 Playback Audio Equipment 577AM/FM <strong>AND</strong>/ORSATELLITERADIO TUNERTAPE PLAYER<strong>AND</strong> RECORDER(REEL-TO-REEL,CASSETTE, DCC,DAT, ETC.)CD <strong>AND</strong>/ORDVD PLAYERREMOTECONTROLMICROPHONEAUDIO FROMTV TUNER<strong>AND</strong>/OR VCRPHONO-GRAPHPREAMPLIFIER/EQUALIZATION<strong>AND</strong> CONTROLCENTERHEADPHONEAMPLIFIERHEADPHONESAMPLIFIER AMPLIFIER AMPLIFIER AMPLIFIER AMPLIFIERAMPLIFIERLEFT REARSPEAKERLEFT FRONTSPEAKERCENTERSPEAKERRIGHT FRONTSPEAKERRIGHT REARSPEAKERSUBWO<strong>OF</strong>ERFigure 19.3. Playback system for multichannel sound reproduction.The sources constituting the first stage can include one or more of the following:microphone, AM/FM and/or satellite radio tuner, phonograph (consisting of aturntable, arm, and cartridge 3 ), reel-to-reel or cassette player, compact disk (CD)player, digital versatile disk (DVD) player, and the audio output of a televisionreceiver. The second stage consists of a preamplifier that provides the means toselect signal sources, the proper equalization for program sources, and means ofcontrolling the volume of the program material. After the initial preamplificationstage, the program material is amplified in the amplifier. An amplifier may bemultichanneled in that there is a separate amplifier for each channel, and a numberof these amplifiers may be mounted on a single chassis. 4 An integrated amplifier3 Magnetic cartridges convert stylus movements into electrical signals. Ceramic cartridges are essentiallypiezoelectric converters that yield stronger electrical signals that need less preamplification butdo not have the range and subtlety of magnetic cartridges.4 In extremely elaborate (and expensive!) systems, an electronic active crossover system may be insertedbetween the preamplifier and the amplifier, and the customary passive crossover system built insidethe loudspeaker system is bypassed. Each channel’s input into the electronic crossover separates intoappropriate frequency bands, which are fed into separate amplifiers. Each of the amplifiers linksdirectly to the individual drivers. A single channel would require three amplifiers, one to feed thewoofer, another to feed the midrange, and the third to feed the tweeter.

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