The Well-Tempered Computer
An introduction to computer audio
Introduction
Hardware
Software
Sound Quality
Reference
Enjoy
AccurateRip
Acoustid
AES/EBU
AirPlay
Amplifier
aptX
Audio file formats
AAC
AIFF
ALAC
APE
DSD
DXD
FLAC
MP3
MQA
M4A
WAV
WMAL
ASRC
AVB
Bit perfect jitter
Bits: 16 or 24
Bit perfect playback
Bitrate
Bluetooth
Burn-in
BWF
Cables
Analog
Speaker
Bi-wiring
Digital
CDtext
Chromecast
Clipping
Clock
Codec
Compression
CRC
Crossover
Cue sheet
DAC
Damping
DASH
Digital
Digital Room Correction
Dither
DLNA
Drivers
ASIO
Direct Sound
Kernel Streaming
WASAPI
Wave Out
DoP
DSP
EBU R128 (loudness)
FFT
FireWire
Freedb
Gapless playback
Generation loss
HDMI
Headphone listening
Hearing
Single-sided deafness
Hard of hearing
Hires recording
Homeplug
I2S
ID3
Inter sample peak
LDAC
Linearity (DAC)
Memory playback
Music Server
OCF
OFC
PCM
Perception
RAID
ReplayGain
Ripping
RFI
RIAA
Router
Sampling, up and over
Sample Rate Conversion
Speakers
Driver design
Crossover
Amplification
Connecting
Measurement
Placement
S/PDIF
Storage
Sync
Tagging
Toslink
Transcoding
UAA
Units
UPnP
USB
VST
WiFi
WiSA
Reference
An explanation of some terms used in digital audio.
©
Vincent Kars