An investigation of synthesised test signals for linearity testing of digital audio systems is described. Results show how 'digital' or quantising distortion may be measured separately from 'analogue' or harmonic distortion. The importance of digital signal processing in the measurement system is discussed. An objective measurement method is presented which gives better correlation with subjective assessments of sound quality impairment than total harmonic distortion.

Authors: Belcher, R. Allan; Halbert, Joel M.
Affiliations: University College of Swansea, Wales, UK ; Burr-Brown Corporation, Tucson, AZ(See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Convention: 78 (May 1985) Paper Number: 2249
Publication Date: May 1, 1985 Import into BibTeX
Subject: Measurement and Instrumentation
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