What is Audio: Definition and 264 Discussions

DVD-Audio (commonly abbreviated as DVD-A) is a digital format for delivering high-fidelity audio content on a DVD. DVD-Audio uses most of the storage on the disc for high-quality audio and is not intended to be a video delivery format.
The first discs entered the marketplace in 2000. DVD-Audio was in a format war with Super Audio CD (SACD), and along with consumers' tastes tending towards downloadable music, these factors meant that neither high-quality disc achieved considerable market penetration; DVD-Audio has been described as "extinct" by 2007. As of June 2019, Amazon lists only 155 albums available on "Audio DVD". DVD-Audio remains a niche market but some independent online labels offer a wider choice of titles.

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    Do you know of any audio Calculus lectures and/or review?

    I'm doing well in my Calculus course, but I drive 15 minutes to get to class and back. I really think I should utilize this time. Can anyone recommend any lectures I can listen to while driving? I'm sure it can also really help get the concepts down. Anything would be helpful. Thank you in...
  2. C

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  3. N

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    What are audio sampling signals?

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  7. D

    Impedance matching for audio amp

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  8. R

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  9. D

    Removing Noise from sound Audio Recordings

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  10. R

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  12. S

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  13. T

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  15. marcus

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  19. O

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  23. Spinnor

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  24. S

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  32. N

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    BrainModel: Audio Analysis/Synthesis Software, FFT/Spectograms, Mic/Spkr

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    Time-stamping and Discretising Audio Signals into Raw Data

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    Understanding Audio Transformers: Passing Multiple Signals to Secondary Winding

    Will an audio transformer pass multiple signals at the same time to the secondary winding. For example if there is 200Hz 300Hz and 1000Hz on the primary winding, will there be 200Hz 300Hz and 1000 Hz on the secondary. In my opinion it will but I just wanted to confirm this.
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    Audio Amplifier frequency analysis

    Could anyone explain how to analize an Audio Amplifier so it can have good sound output. Thank you in advance
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    Feynman Lectures Audio - Find Where to Listen

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  39. seouldavid

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  41. seouldavid

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    First of all, I'm not an electrical engineer. I'm just a software developer who has written an application to do push-to-talk over wireless LANs on Windows Mobile devices, mostly for warehouse environments. We've got a prospect right now who wants to run our software on some forklift terminals...
  44. seouldavid

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  45. E

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  46. O

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  47. N

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    Hi, my car audio keeps going on and off, on a weekly basis. Meaning for one week, it would play perfectly and for another week it would not function properly at all, in a sinosoidal fashion. I don't want to spend and buy a new radio, but is there anything I can do to break this pattern without...
  48. M

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    If you have ever seen the benchmark of an audio video receiver, you will see how the power drops off as more channels are driven at the same time. For example, a benchmark done on my receiver, the Yamaha RX-V3900 showed 189 watts into one channel, and only 88 watts into seven channels. Is...
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    Hey guys, I'm not an Electrical Engineer, which is why I'm here asking for your help! I have a car audio system I am building and installing my self, and I have one specific question. I am planning on having a 60 watt (RMS), 2 ohm speaker powered by a 90 watt (RMS @ 2 ohms) amplifier, and I...
  50. L

    Need help with a 12 watt Audio amplifier

    I have recently built a 12 watt amplifier spec'd by G. Randy Sloan. The problem I am having is many fold. 1.) I am not an EE and learning as I am going 2.) The amp WILL carry a signal but so far I have only been able to use it as a passive circuit. 3.)The output leads don't provide an...
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