Electronics for Vinyl

Douglas Self

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Routledge
24 August 2017

Music recording & reproduction; Electronic devices & materials; Acoustic & sound engineering; Audio processing

"Electronics for Vinyl is the most comprehensive book ever produced on the electronic circuitry needed to extract the best possible signal from grooves in vinyl. What is called the ""vinyl revival"" is in full swing, and a clear and comprehensive account of the electronics you need is very timely. Vinyl reproduction presents some unique technical challenges; the signal levels from moving-magnet cartridges are low, and those from moving-coil cartridges lower still, so a good deal of high-quality low-noise amplification is required.

Some of the features of Electronics for Vinyl include:

integrating phono amplifiers into a complete preamplifier; differing phono amplifier technologies; covering active, passive, and semi-passive RIAA equalisation and transconductance RIAA stages; the tricky business of getting really accurate RIAA equalisation without spending a fortune on expensive components, such as switched-gain MM/MC RIAA amplifiers that retain great accuracy at all gains, the effects of finite open-loop gain, cartridge-preamplifier interaction, and so on; noise and distortion in phono amplifiers, covering BJTs, FETs, and opamps as input devices, hybrid phono amplifiers, noise in balanced MM inputs, noise weighting, and cartridge load synthesis for ultimately low noise; archival and non-standard equalisation for 78s etc.; building phono amplifiers with discrete transistors; subsonic filtering, covering all-pole filters, elliptical filters, and suppression of subsonics by low-frequency crossfeed, including the unique Devinyliser concept; ultrasonic and scratch filtering, including a variety of variable-slope scratch filters; line output technology, including zero-impedance outputs, on level indication for optimal setup, and on specialised power supplies; and description of six practical projects which range from the simple to the highly sophisticated, but all give exceptional performance.

Electronics for Vinyl brings the welcome news that there is simply no need to spend huge sums of money to get performance that is within a hair’s breadth of the best theoretically obtainable. But you do need some specialised knowledge, and here it is."

By: Douglas Self
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 191mm,
Weight: 820g
ISBN: 9781138705449
ISBN 10: 1138705446
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 24 August 2017
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements Other Titles Preface Chapter 1: The Basics Chapter 2: Passive Components Chapter 3: Opamps and Their Properties Chapter 4: Preamp Architecture Chapter 5: Moving-Magnet Inputs: Phono Amp Architecture Chapter 6: Signals from Vinyl: Levels and Limitations Chapter 7: RIAA Equalisation Chapter 8: Archival & Non-Standard Equalisation Chapter 9: Moving-Magnet Inputs: Noise and Distortion Chapter 10: Moving-Magnet Inputs: Discrete Circuitry Chapter 11: Moving-Coil Head Amplifiers Chapter 12: Subsonic Filtering Chapter 13: Ultrasonic and Scratch Filtering Chapter 14: Line Outputs Chapter 15: Level Indication Chapter 16: Power Supplies Chapter 17: Moving-Magnet Inputs: Practical Designs Appendix 1: Component Series E3-E96 Appendix 2: Phono Amplifier Articles in Linear Audio

Douglas Self studied engineering at Cambridge University, then psychoacoustics at Sussex University. He has spent many years working at the top level of design in both the professional audio and hi-fi industries, and has taken out a number of patents in the field of audio technology. He currently acts as a consultant engineer in the field of audio design.