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AES Boston Webinar - Measuring and Evaluating Excess Noise in Resistors

Join us for a presentation by Brewster LaMacchia of Clockworks Signal Processing. This will be a 45 minute talk followed by a 15 minute Q+A portion.

Register for the Zoom webinar using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JPHhVETEQUqT7DuN9eRfZw

All resistors generate white noise based on their value and temperature; they can also generate several other types of (excess) noise. The amount or characteristics of a resistor’s excess noise could be one factor contributing to variations in perceived sound quality. This research explores methods for measuring the Johnson-Nysquist and excess noise of different resistors with the hopes of quantifying the performance of the components under test. A methodology is proposed for evaluating the audibility of both Johnson-Nysquist and excess noise that requires no special measurement equipment, only a sound system with suitable computer and freely available software.

Description from: https://secure.aes.org/forum/pubs/ebriefs/?elib=19750

Check out Brewster's work here:

https://clk.works/

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