Audio Engineering

896 Index

Direct current supply line ripple
rejection , 147–148
Directivity , 678 , 679
Directivity factor , 47
Disc at once (DAO) , 615
Disc capacitors , 123
Disc recording , 504–505
Discrete cosine transform , 494 ,
585–586
Disk-based recording , 432
Distortion, audibility, of:
harmonic and intermodulation
distortion , 212–214
mains-borne interference ,
217–218
spurious signals , 216–217
transient defects , 214–216
Distortion measurement , 890
Dither , 163 , 517–518
Dither noise , 486
DLR (Direct Line Recording) ,
617–618
Dolby AC-3 , 587–588
Dolby E , 589
Dolby Laboratories , 494
Doppler effect , 90–91
Double pole, double throw, or
DPDT switch , 132
Double pole, single pole, or
DPST switch , 132
Double-sided PCBs , 384–385
Driver transistor installation ,
404–405
Drivers, in loudspeakers:
common voice coil , 707–708
compression drivers , 706–707
cone drivers , 705–706
electrostatic loudspeaker ,
708–709
inductive coupling , 709–710
piezo driver , 709
ribbon driver , 708
soft and hard dome drivers , 707
Drop-frame time code , 839–840

DTS , 589

Dual-in-line (DIL) package , 118

Dummy heads , 732–733

DVD , 631

and audio:

copy protection , 634

DVD-Audio , 634–636

regionalization , 633–634

Dye sublimation , 614

Dynamic element matching , 512

Dynamic microphones , 645

E

Eardrum defl ection, at various

sound levels , 69–70

Editing digital audio , 563–566 ,

596

Effect sends and returns , 774 , 788

Eigentones , 856

Eight to fourteen modulation

(EFM) technique , 504 , 510

Electret capacitor microphones ,

669

Electrets headphone , 739

Electrical analogue , 682–684

Electrical power measurement , 38

Electrodynamics orthodynamic

headphones , 738

Electrolytic capacitors , 123 , 124

Electromagnetic (EM) waves ,

252–253

Electromagnetic tube , 810

Electronic replay system ,

508–520

bitstream process and noise

shaping , 518–520

digital fi ltering and

oversampling , 513–517

digital-to-analog conversion ,

511–513

dither , 517–518

EFM technique , 510

Electrostatic headphone ,

738–739 , 740

Electrostatic loudspeaker (ESL) ,

708–709

Electrostatic tube , 810

Elementary logical processes ,

443–445

Elementary stream , 431–432

Eli Boaz , 709

Embedded digital audio, in digital

video interface , 834–837

Emitter–follower systems ,

291–294

Enhanced IDE (EIDE) , 604

Equalizer (EQ) controls , 779 , 780

Equivalent level, in noise

measurements , 51–54

Equivalent series resistance

(ESR) , 144 , 326

Error correction , 541

in CD , 520

error detection , 520–521

faulty bit/word replacement ,

521–524

and concealment , 425–430 ,

540–546

Error-correcting amplifi ers , 323

Eustachian tubes , 9

External airborne noise , 845

Eyring formula , 866

F

Fader automation system , 793 ,

794

Fader fl ip mechanism , 777 , 778

Faders and pan controls , 788–789

Fairchild Instrument Corporation ,

284

Fast IDE , see Enhanced IDE

FastEddie , 597

FDDI , 576

Fiber channel , 605–606

Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop

(FC-AL) , 606

Field blanking , 814

Field effect devices , 193 , 194–197