| From: | Don Cox |
| Date: | 5 Mar 2001 at 11:36:45 |
| Subject: | Re: The way they work.... |
On 05-Mar-01, gareth.kempster@horndean-com.hants.sch.uk wrote:
> Hello, Guys & Gals,
>
> Sorry to bother you all with a non-Miggy related question but I
> didn`t know who else to ask (doesn't that make you feel special?!)
>
> I have to write an essay for my Research and Analysis paper for
> Physics in a couple of weeks, and I have chosen to compare and
> contrast CD Players and Turntables (with an eye to explaining why
> vinyl sounds better).
First, you have to prove that it does.
> Here`s the question - Can anyone recommend a good book or two
> explaing how each of these work? I`ve searched long and hard down the
> library and have poured over what`s on offer at Amazon.co.uk
The new third edition of "The Art of Digital Audio" by Watkinson has a
very good final chapter on sound quality. This guy knows what he is
talking about. (ISBN 0-240-51587-0)
There may be some material on Shure's web site about how pickup
cartridges work.
The weakest link in almost any system will be the loudspeakers and the
room. Another common weak link is the output circuits of a box such as
a CD deck, which has to drive the inputs to a power amp. In the case of
CDs, the weak link is the D to A converter in your deck. With vinyl it
is dirt on the stylus. (Also bass feedback, and resonances in the pickup
arm.)
Regards
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