A New Method for the Evaluation of Audio Amplifier Nonlinearities

Valacas J, Spyridoulias S, Lioliousis C. A New Method for the Evaluation of Audio Amplifier Nonlinearities. In: AES Convention 104. Audio Engineering Society; 1998. Paper 4657. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=8523

@inproceedings{Valacas1998_8523,
  author = {Valacas, J. and Spyridoulias, S. and Lioliousis, C.},
  title = {{A New Method for the Evaluation of Audio Amplifier Nonlinearities}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 104},
  note = {Paper 4657},
  year = {1998},
  month = may,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=8523}
}

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AB  - A new method is proposed for the evaluation of nonlinear distortion of audio amplifiers, reproducing real musical signals. Output voltage and current are acquired and stored, for a comparatively large time segment. A close investigation of the resulting V-1 graph, by means of probability density function, provides an objective measure of amplifier's non linear state. Provided that a distortion probability value with inaudible results has been determined, such a measure can lead to a flexible estimate of maximum power ratings.
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