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AES26-2001 (s2017): AES recommended practice for professional audio -- Conservation of the polarity of audio signals (Revision of AES26-1995)
Printing Date:
2011-10-05
Publication History:
Pub. 1995; \n Revised 2001; Reaffirmed 2006; Reaffirmed 2011; Stabilized 2017
Abstract:
This document standardizes the polarity of the signals at the various interface points between different items of equipment, in particular from the acoustical, electrical, mechanical, digital, and magnetic aspects. Each item of equipment complies separately with the polarity requirements for the input and output signals. (13 pages)
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