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Subject: Where to improve?
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Date: Fri, 6-Apr-84 03:39:22 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr  6 03:39:22 1984
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>Finally, a note about distortion. In communication theory, the single
>most beneficial reduction in distortion for a chain of amplification
>is to improve the first section.

Could we get some discussion on this?  As I see it, if you feed an ideal
signal into a section with 3% distortion, then into an ideal section, you
have 3% distortion (of whatever type).  If you feed an ideal signal into an
ideal section, then into a section with 3% distortion, you have 3%
distortion.  It would seem that what you want to do is to improve wherever
you get the greatest relative improvement for your bucks.

[Yes, I know - there are different types of distortion, and some types tend
to get reduced in processing while others get amplified or go weird on you,
but let's talk first-order effects where possible.]
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