It is a requirement of high quality digital audio systems that all digital interfaces in the signal path exhibit signal transparency. The widely adopted AES/EBU/SPDIF interface has received criticism from some quarters for a lack of signal transparency; this paper addresses possible problems with such interfaces and presents methods for improving the interface standard.

Authors: Dunn, Chris; Hawksford, Malcolm J.
Affiliation: Audio Research Group, Department of Electronic Systems Engineering, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, UK
AES Convention: 93 (October 1992) Paper Number: 3360
Publication Date: October 1, 1992 Import into BibTeX
Subject: Interfacing Digital Equipment
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