CHAPTER 17
AMPLIFYING SYSTEMS
The introduction of high fidelity disc and tape recordings and the improvement in the design of playback equipment have set new standards for the discerning listener and have consequently created the need for systems providing amplification of the highest quality. Because of the variety of signal sources in existence, the range of application of these systems has had to be wide. The emergence of stereophonic recordings and pick-up heads has created a demand for dual channel amplification and this has been fulfilled in equipment consisting of either self-contained stereophonic amplifiers or specially designed stereophonic preamplifiers coupled to pairs of conventional power amplifiers.
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