Appendix: Analog Recording and Reproduction Systems

APPENDIX CONTENTS

A Short History of Analog Recording

The Magnetic Recording Process

Equalization

What Are Test Tapes for?

Noise Reduction

Why Is Noise Reduction Required?

Variable Pre-emphasis

Dolby Noise Reduction Systems

Record Players

Pickup Mechanics

RIAA Equalization

Cartridge Types

Arm Considerations

Recommended Further Reading

Successive editions of this book have quite naturally seen the emphasis placed more and more on digital topics and away from analog. Yet even the gramophone record has survived for rather more years than many would have predicted, and has enjoyed something of a revival. Analog open-reel tape recorders still enjoy a certain amount of use, where machines can be ...

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