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Small signal audio design 2nd edition douglas self. But as pointed out in douglas self s book small signal audio design and the fifth edition of audio power amplifier design handbook, a standard electronically balanced 5532 circuit such as the one pictured below with 10k resistors will. My latest book deals with audio small signal design the amplification and control of audio in the analogue domain, where the operations are performed with opamps or discrete transistors, usually working at a nominal level of a volt or less. Using these parameters, the input and output impedancesadmittances can be calculated.
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