The Sound of Silence

There is a wide field of tasks left that can only be satisfyingly attacked with the help of old-fashioned analogue technology, and one of the most important are amplifiers for analogue signals. The strongly expanded content of the second edition of "the sound of silence" leads to affordable amplifier design approaches which will end up in lowest-noise solutions not far away from the edge of physical boundaries set by room temperature and given cartridges - thus, fully compatible with very expensive so called "high-end" or "state-of-the-art" offers on today markets - and, from a noise point of view in most cases outperforming them!

With easy to follow mathematical treatment it is demonstrated as well that theory is not far away from reality. Measured SNs will be found within 1dB off the calculated ones and deviations from the exact amplifier transfer won't cross the ± 0.1dB tolerance lines. Additionally, the book presents measurement set-ups and results. Consequently, comparisons with measurement results of test magazine will soon become easier to perform.

This new edition includes a new chapters about reference levels, Noise in Amp Input sections, Humming Problems, and much more.

Supplementary material: https://extras.springer.com/?query=978-3-642-09557-3

2nd very enlarged edition including 7 brand new chapters Know How of Lowest-Noise Phono Amplifiers Uniquely Models also Lowest-Noise Valve Amplifiers Includes Low-Noise Amplifiers for Vinyl Records Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt
Amps, Pre-Amps, Pre-Pre-Amps.- RIAA Transfer / Anti-RIAA Transfer.- Vinyl Record Reference Levels-.Noise in Components and Other General Noise Effects.- Noise in Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJTs).- Noise in Field Effect Transistors (FETs).- Noise in Valves (US: Tubes).- Noise in Operational Amplifiers (Op-Amps).- Noise in Instrumentation Amplifiers (In-Amps).- Noise in Transformers (Trafos).- Noise of Vinyl Records (VRs) - On how much Phono-Amp SN is Needed?.- Noise Basics - Mathcad Worksheets.- Noise in MM cartridges.- Noise in MM cartridges - Mathcad Worksheets.- Noise in MC Phono-Amps.- Noise in MC Phono-Amps - Mathcad Worksheets.- Noise of Triode Driven Phono-Amps.- Noise of Triode Driven Phono-Amps - Mathcad Worksheets.- RIAA Networks.- RIAA Networks - Mathcad Worksheets.-Measurement System Overview.- Measurement Amps, Noise Generators, FFT Noise Measurements.- Measurement Filters and Networks.- The Hum Figure of Linear Amps.- The Hum Figure of Phono-Amps.- Mathcad Worksheet.- .- Overview.- Modules 1 -4.- Engine PerformanceNoise in Components and Other General Noise Effects.- Noise in Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJTs).- Noise in Field Effect Transistors (FETs).- Noise in Valves (US: Tubes).- Noise in Operational Amplifiers (Op-Amps).- Noise in Instrumentation Amplifiers (In-Amps).- Noise in Transformers (Trafos).- Noise of Vinyl Records (VRs) - On how much Phono-Amp SN is Needed?.- Noise Basics - Mathcad Worksheets.- Noise in MM cartridges.- Noise in MM cartridges - Mathcad Worksheets.- Noise in MC Phono-Amps.- Noise in MC Phono-Amps - Mathcad Worksheets.- Noise of Triode Driven Phono-Amps.- Noise of Triode Driven Phono-Amps - Mathcad Worksheets.- RIAA Networks.- RIAA Networks - Mathcad Worksheets.-Measurement System Overview.- Measurement Amps, Noise Generators, FFT Noise Measurements.- Measurement Filters and Networks.- The Hum Figure of Linear Amps.- The Hum Figure of Phono-Amps.- Mathcad Worksheet.- .- Overview.- Modules 1 -4.- Engine Performance