Audio Convergence Follows Digital Revolution

摘要

Audio Precision is celebrating its 30th anniversary. When asked about the most significant change in audio technology over the company's history, Dr. Tom Kite, vice president of engineering, said, "The switch from analog to digital-if you look at the first product we made, it was all analog under the hood." Now, he said, what's of note is the proliferation of different interfaces. "You used to have RCA connectors, and that was it. A few years later maybe you had an S/PDIF connector from your CD player. Then, nothing much happened for a long time. But all of a sudden, boom, we have HDMI, Bluetooth, PDM, AVB, Dante-we have just tons of ways of moving audio around these days." The proliferation of interfaces affects how Audio Precision designs its instruments.