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- From: gfl@hera.cc.bellcore.com (lenahan,grant f)
- Subject: Re: Impedance matching components
- Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 18:45:23 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.184523.14380@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
- Summary: reflections that aren't
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- phamtom@seas.gwu.edu (Dzung L. Pham) writes:
- > >I have a question on the impedance matching of audio components. In most
- > >applications, in order to provide maximum power transfer and minimize
- > >reflections, the output impedance of a component should equal the input
- > >impedance of the device receving the signal. However, it seems in audio
- > >that you just need to have the output impedance much lower than the input
- > >impedance. What is the rationale for this ?
- >
- You are right in your presentation of traditional rationale.
- However, in audio there are two different assumptions:
-
- 1. The wavelengths are too long to reflect in realistic
- transmission lines (wires).
- 2. _Power_ efficiency is less important than voltage
- transfer in high input impedance amplifier inputs,
- therefore, as Gabe said, most folks preserve voltage.
-
- In addition, a low output Z can drive an non-linearities
- present, thus making the process of linearizing input stages
- less sonically critical. I, however, beleive that linear
- inputs are still a _very_ good thing in "shoot for the
- stars" audio design.
-
- Grant
- gfl@hera.cc.bellcore.com
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