Handbook for Sound Engineers

Amplifier Design 731

control of all of the elements associated with even the
most sophisticated sound systems.
Crown’s original IQ system has evolved to the
current form termed HiQnet™ that features communi-
cation via serial, Ethernet, USB, and CobraNet® audio.
This current system not only links, controls, and moni-

tors power amplifiers but also the other elements associ-

ated with the smallest or largest of sound systems as

well, all under computer control.

Practically all power amplifier manufacturers

currently feature some form of computer networking

and control of their products.

Bibliography
Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill, The Art of Electronics, 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989.
Don Davis and Eugene Patronis, Jr., Sound System Engineering, 3rd ed. Burlington, MA: Focal Press, 2006.