Requirements Specification for Amplifiers and Power Supplies in Active Loudspeakers

Schneider H, Jensen LC, Petersen LP, Knott A, Andersen MAE. Requirements Specification for Amplifiers and Power Supplies in Active Loudspeakers. In: AES Convention 137. Audio Engineering Society; 2014. Paper 9213. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17536

@inproceedings{Schneider2014_17536,
  author = {Schneider, Henrik and Jensen, Lasse C. and Petersen, Lars Press and Knott, Arnold and Andersen, Michael A. E.},
  title = {{Requirements Specification for Amplifiers and Power Supplies in Active Loudspeakers}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 137},
  note = {Paper 9213},
  year = {2014},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17536}
}

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TI  - Requirements Specification for Amplifiers and Power Supplies in Active Loudspeakers
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AU  - Andersen, Michael A. E.
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AB  - This work aims to provide designers with a method to develop a requirements specification for power supplies and amplifiers in active loudspeakers. The motivation is to avoid over-sizing and unnecessary cost. A realistic estimation of the power supplied during playback of audio in a given loudspeaker is obtained by considering a wide range of audio source material, loudness normalization of the source material, crossover filtering, driver characteristics as well as a perceived maximum loudness/volume level. The results from analyzing a sub-woofer and a woofer reveals the peak power, peak voltage, peak current, and apparent power—thus providing a solid foundation for a requirement specification.
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