The Newnes Know It All Series takes the best of what our authors have written to create hard-working desk references that will be an engineer's first port of call for key information, design techniques and rules of thumb. Guaranteed not to gather dust on a shelf!

Part I Fundamentals of Sound

Chapter 1 Audio Principles

Chapter 2. Measurement

Chapter 3 Acoustic Environment

II. Audio Electronics

Chapter 4 Components

Chapter 5 Power supply design

III Preamplifiers and Amplifiers

Chapter 6 Introduction to Audio Amplification

CHAPTER 7 Preamplifiers and input signals

Chapter 8 Interfacing and processing

Chapter 9 Audio amplifiers

Chapter 10 Audio amplifier

Chapter 11. Valve (tube-based) amplifiers

Chapter 12 Negative feedback

Chapter 13 Noise and grounding

Part IV Digital Audio

Chapter 14 Digital audio fundamentals

Chapter 15 Representation of Audio Signals

Chapter 16.Compact disc

Chapter 17 Digital audio recording basics

Chapter 18 Digital audio interfaces

Chapter 19 Data compression

Chapter 20 Digital audio production

Chapter 21 Other Digital Audio Devices

V. Microphone and Loudspeaker Technology

Chapter 22 Microphone technology

Chapter 23 Loudspeakers

Chapter 24 Loudspeaker enclosures

Chapter 25 Headphones

Part VI. Sound Reproduction Systems

Chapter 26 Tape Recording

Chapter 27 Recording consoles

Chapter 28 Video synchronization

Chapter 29 Room acoustics

Part VII Audio Test and Measurement

CHAPTER 30 Fundamentals and instruments

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