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Topological Analysis of Consumer Audio Electronics: Another Approach to Show that Modern Audio Electronics are Acoustically Transparent

Authors: Rich, David A.; Aczel, Peter

AES Convention 99 · Paper 4053 · October 1995

Abstract

The circuit topologies of audio electronics that have been judged to have good sound quality in open-loop subjective tests are examined to identify any consistently recurring attribute of the designs that might be responsible for their claimed sonic superiority. No such topological feature was identified, thus confirming the results of controlled listening tests, which show these devices to have no sonic signature.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 99
AES Convention
99
Paper number
4053
Publication date
October 6, 1995
Session subject
Analog Electronics
Affiliation
The Audio Critic, Quakertown, PA (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper