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Thứ Ba, 10 tháng 12, 2013

Where Do Wireless Surround Sound Loudspeaker Systems Acquire Their Power?

By Mike Heller


When adding rear loudspeakers in your home cinema system, you have got several choices. A lot of people just hard-wire the speakers to the AV receiver. Having said that, some people like to do away with the speaker cable clutter by using wireless transmission. A few retailers are offering cordless loudspeaker systems that may turn practically any kind of speaker into a wireless speaker. The cordless receiver of those products has a sound power amp that must be powered. The power supplies for the wireless receiver has to meet particular requirements. Within this article, I'll highlight a few of the most critical prerequisites.

Wireless surround sound sets come with a transmitter base that connects to a home cinema receiver along with one or more wireless receiver parts. Though these kinds of products reduce the feared speaker cable, they are not really cordless because both the transmitter and also receiver need to be powered. Various wireless receiver products have an integrated power source and attach to a mains electric outlet via a power cord and some have an external wallwart.

By using a ac adapter, the wireless receiver can be significantly smaller in proportions. A few other kinds hook up to the mains electric outlet via a power cord. The vast majority of today's laptop computers use a similar wallwart. Having a separate wallwart wouldn't seem particularly practical. Having said that, from the company's viewpoint you'll find a few benefits. Most nations around the world have distinct mains outlets and voltages and therefore having a separate power supply gives a greater amount of versatility for making the product for any specific country. Furthermore, some ac adapters already are accredited for safety. This will likely help save a bundle in comparison to needing to safety approve the receiver. Also, they are less expensive to exchange in the case of breakdown versus replacing the complete cordless receiver. Cordless surround amplifiers that have built-in power source are less difficult to install as they directly plug into a mains outlet. On the other hand, they are often a little more bulky.

Now, I am going to look at what requirements the power source must meet. Safety is critical. Consequently, the power source must conform to the safety standards which relate to each and every region that the item is sold in. You will find several safety standards in different nations. Then again, all of these requirements were created with the safety of the consumer at heart. One aspect included in almost all regulations is how effectively the consumer is insulated from possible electrical shock. A different aspect covered by the majority of safety regulations is the behavior of the power source during regular operation. You'll find standards pertaining to how hot the power supply can become and in addition how well it's going to protect itself in the event of overload or over-temperature conditions.

The cordless receiver contains a high-frequency radio that receives the wireless signal along with a power audio amp that amplifies the music signal. These parts need energy. Thus the power supply must be ready to meet the voltage along with current prerequisites of both of these parts. The audio amp is required to drive the speaker which is joined to the wireless receiver. All power supplies for power amplifiers are made to provide a constant current adequate for the amp to meet the RMS rating for 10 minutes prior to getting too hot. The RMS measurement isn't very practical though. It is actually considerably more important for the power supply to support brief bursts of large current. These peaks happen during spikes within the audio signal. Depending on the audio amp's ability to compensate for power-supply noise and ripple, there are pretty rigid requirements concerning the amount of noise and ripple. For minimum noise, linear power supplies are best. This type of power supply is employed in a lot of higher-end music gear. Yet, such a power source can be rather heavy dependent on the RMS wattage rating of the cordless receiver. Many power sources are switch-mode power sources. The supply voltages of the RF receive and power amp sections are likely to be different. For that reason a large number of power sources provide more than one supply voltages. Lastly, the power supply will need to have ample overload and over-temperature protection in order to keep everything secure in the event of a fault of the power amplifier.




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