7
Transmission
7.1 Introduction
The distances involved in transmission vary from that of a short cable between adjacent units to communication anywhere on earth via data networks or radio communication. This chapter must consider a correspondingly wide range of possibilities. The importance of direct digital interconnection between audio devices was realized early, and this was standardized by the AES/EBU digital audio interface for professional equipment and the SPDIF interface for consumer equipment. These standards were extended to produce the MADI standard for multi-channel interconnects. All of these work on uncompressed PCM audio.
As digital audio and computers continue to converge, computer networks are increasingly used for audio purposes. ...
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