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Performance Challenges in Audio Converter Design

Authors: Dennis, Ian

AES Conference: UK 24th Conference: The Ins & Outs of Audio · Paper 2 · June 2011

Abstract

The habitat of audio converters is ever-changing. Early converters were built into stand-alone digital audio equipment. Later, they were built as stand-alone conversion devices with dedicated digital audio connectivity. Nowadays they are increasingly offered as peripherals for PCs or computer networks. All the while performance targets have been rising. In some ways these changes have impacted audio converter design; in other ways it’s business as usual. Herein are the random musings of an old warhorse, struggling to focus on a few key strategies in the eternal battle for optimum audio converter performance.

Details

Published in
AES Conference: UK 24th Conference: The Ins & Outs of Audio
Paper number
2
Publication date
June 6, 2011
Session subject
A/D convertors
Affiliation
Prism Sound Group (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Conference Paper