What Versions Of Powered Wireless Speakers Make The Smallest Level Of Static?

By Linda Cullmann


To help you select a couple of wireless loudspeakers, I am going to describe the expression "signal-to-noise ratio" which is frequently used in order to explain the performance of wireless speakers.

Whilst searching for a couple of cordless loudspeakers, you firstly are going to check the cost, wattage amid other fundamental criteria. Yet, after this initial selection, you are going to still have several products to choose from. Next you are going to concentrate more on a number of of the technical specs, such as signal-to-noise ratio as well as harmonic distortion. Each wireless loudspeaker is going to generate a certain level of hiss and hum. The signal-to-noise ratio is going to help quantify the level of noise created by the speaker.

You can do a straightforward assessment of the cordless loudspeaker noise by short circuiting the transmitter input, setting the loudspeaker volume to maximum and listening to the loudspeaker. The static which you hear is produced by the cordless speaker itself. Ensure that the gain of each set of cordless loudspeakers is pair to the same amount. Otherwise you will not be able to objectively evaluate the level of static between several models. The general rule is: the lower the amount of static that you hear the higher the noise performance.

If you favor a pair of cordless loudspeakers with a small amount of hissing, you can look at the signal-to-noise ratio figure of the specification sheet. Most manufacturers are going to publish this figure. cordless speakers with a high signal-to-noise ratio will output a small level of static. One of the reasons why cordless loudspeakers produce noise is the fact that they use components like transistors as well as resistors that by nature produce noise. The overall noise is dependent on how much noise each element generates. However, the location of these components is also important. Components that are part of the speaker built-in amplifier input stage will usually contribute the majority of the noise.

Static is also brought on by the cordless transmission. Different kinds of transmitters are available which operate at different frequencies. The cheapest sort of transmitters makes use of FM transmission and commonly broadcasts at 900 MHz. The amount of hiss is also dependent upon the amount of cordless interference from other transmitters. Newer products will usually use digital music transmission at 2.4 GHz or 5.8 GHz. The signal-to-noise ratio of digital transmitters depends by and large on the type of analog-to-digital converters and other components that are used along with the resolution of the cordless protocol.

The majority of today's cordless speakers use power amplifiers which are digital, also known as "class-d amps". Class-D amplifiers use a switching stage which oscillates at a frequency in the range of 300 kHz to 1 MHz. This switching frequency is also hiss that is part of the amplified signal. Yet, latest cordless speakerspecifications normally only consider the noise between 20 Hz and 20 kHz.

Makers measure the signal-to-noise ratio by means of setting the built-in amp such that the full output swing can be achieved and by inputting a test signal to the transmitter that is generally 60 dB underneath the full scale of the loudspeaker amp. Next, only the hiss in the range of 20 Hz and 20 kHz is considered. The noise at different frequencies is eliminated by a filter. Then the level of the noise energy in relation to the full-scale output wattage is computed and shown in decibel.

Frequently you will find the term "dBA" or "a-weighted" in your cordless speaker specification sheet. A weighting is a technique of showing the noise floor in a more subjective fashion. In other words, this technique attempts to state how the noise is perceived by a human being. Human hearing is most sensitive to signals around 1 kHz whereas signals below 50 Hz and higher than 14 kHz are barely noticed. Therefore an A-weighting filter is going to magnify the noise floor for frequencies which are easily heard and suppress the noise floor at frequencies that are hardly perceived. Most wireless speaker will show a larger A-weighted signal-to-noise ratio than the un-weighted ratio.




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