Multitone testing of sound system components some results and conclusions. Part 1: History and theory

AES: Journal of the Audio Engineering Society

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1011-1048

  Czerwinski, E ^a   Voishvillo, A ^a   Alexandrov, S ^a   Terekhov, A ^a  

^a Cerwin Vega Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HARMONIC DISTORTION; INTERMODULATION MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

MULTITONE CREST FACTOR; MULTITONE TESTING; TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION; TWO-TONE INTERMODULATION;

AUDIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 0035516453     PISSN: 00047554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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