List of Tables

Table 2.1. Power Ratios in Decibels

Table 2.2. Root Mean Square Voltages Used as Nonstandard References

Table 2.3. Equivalents of Pressure Levels

Table 2.4. Common Decibel Notations and References

Table 2.5. Preferred Reference Labels for Acoustic

Table 2.6. A-Weighted Recommended Descriptor List

Table 2.7. Associated Standard Reference Values

Table 2.8. Recommended Descriptor List

Table 2.9. Combining Pure Tones of the Same Frequency but Differing Phase Angles

Table 2.10. Tempered Scale

Table 3.1. Typical Sound Velocities in Various Media (at Approximately 15°C)

Table 3.2. Typical Wavelengths for Midfrequency Octave Centers

Table 3.3. Frequencies and Wavelengths

Table 3.4. Sound Absorption Coefficients of General Building Materials and Furnishings

Table 3.5. Absorption of Seats and Audiencea

Table 4.1. Uses of Different Switch Types

Table 8.1. Range of Input Sensitivities

Table 8.2. Power Amp Gains for 0-dBu Sensitivity @ Clip ⇒ Means ‘Into’

Table 8.3. Power Amplifier Input Impedances

Table 8.4. The reciprocal pattern of conventional power amplifliers (with 10 kΩ input impedance)

Table 8.5. Loudspeaker Subsonic Handling (Infrasonic Handling)

Table 12.1. Instability Onset: P2 is Increased Until Sustained Oscillation Occurs

Table 15.1. Four-Bit Binary Number Coding Methods

Table 15.2. Examples of simple arithmetic

Table 20.1. Audio subsystem specification for onyx and challenge

Table . CDR 770 Technical Specifications

Table . Audio, General

Table . Recording Values for Line Input/Output

Table . Recording Functions, CD-R and CD-RW Discs

Table . Playback Functions

Table . Accessories

Table 21.1. Comparing Complexity of Circuitry for MPEG-1 Levels

Table 22.1. Microphone Sensitivity Comparison

Table 22.2. Polar Pattern Parameters for Microphone Directional Characteristics

Table 26.1 Standard tape speeds in metric and imperial measures.

Table 26.2 Major analogue recording formats.

Table 28.2. Encoding Parameter Values for the 4:2:2 Digital Video Interface

Table 28.3. Parallel Digital Video Interface

Table 29.2. Sound Absorption

Table 29.3. Typical Sound Absorption Coefficients

Table 29.4. Summary of Some Typical Building Materials

Table 29.5. Frequency 1/4 Wavelength Dimension