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    A public address system allows a person to address a large audience. It works by converting sound into electrical signals using a microphone, amplifying the weak signals using pre-amplifiers and power amplifiers, and converting the amplified electrical signals back into sound using loud speakers. More advanced PA systems include mixers that combine input signals from multiple microphones and music sources.

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    A public address system allows a person to address a large audience. It works by converting sound into electrical signals using a microphone, amplifying the weak signals using pre-amplifiers and power amplifiers, and converting the amplified electrical signals back into sound using loud speakers. More advanced PA systems include mixers that combine input signals from multiple microphones and music sources.

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    A public address system allows a person to address a large audience. It works by converting sound into electrical signals using a microphone, amplifying the weak signals using pre-amplifiers and power amplifiers, and converting the amplified electrical signals back into sound using loud speakers. More advanced PA systems include mixers that combine input signals from multiple microphones and music sources.

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    A public address system allows a person to address a large audience. It works by converting sound into electrical signals using a microphone, amplifying the weak signals using pre-amplifiers and power amplifiers, and converting the amplified electrical signals back into sound using loud speakers. More advanced PA systems include mixers that combine input signals from multiple microphones and music sources.

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    Block diagram of a Public Address (PA) System

    Public Address System is an electronic sound amplification and distribution system,


    used to allow a person to address a large public. The block diagram of a simple public
    address system (or PA system) is shown in the Fig.1.

    Fig.1: Block diagram of a simple PA system.

    Microphone

    Basically, microphone is a transducer. The microphone converts sound waves into


    electrical signals that can be processed by the rest of the system. It is important that the
    microphone creates a faithful reproduction of the sound wave as an electrical signal.
    That is, there should not be any distortion.

    Pre-Amplifier

    The output signal from the microphone will be very weak. So, pre-amplifier’s purpose
    is to take the small electrical signals from the microphone and increase the amplitude of
    the signal voltage. A pre-amplifier may contain more than one stage of amplifiers
    (multistage amplifiers) to increase the overall gain of the amplifier.

    Power Amplifier

    The pre-amplifier output will not have enough power to drive the loud speaker. The
    power amplifier takes this enlarged voltage signal, and boosts the current so that it is
    strong enough to drive the loudspeaker. Moreover, the power amplifier output
    impedance will be low so that it can match the low impedance of the loudspeakers. This
    helps to transfer maximum power from the amplifier to the loudspeakers.

    Loud Speaker

    The loudspeaker is the final part of the system where the electrical signal is transformed
    back into a sound wave. Basically, it is also an electro-acoustic transducer.
    If the system has carried out its function correctly, the emerging sound wave will be an
    undistorted but amplified version of the original.

    A more sophisticated PA system would allow a number of inputs to be connected. For


    example a band would have several microphone inputs and guitar pick-up inputs.
    These inputs would need to be faded in or out individually. Fig.2 shows the block
    diagram of advanced PA system.

    Fig.2: A PA system with mixer.

    It can be noticed that there are two additions to the simple PA system. The first is a
    music source and the second is a mixer.

    Mixer: Its function is to add together electrical signals from microphones or pick-ups
    from electric guitars or backing tracks from a CD player.

    Most music sources produce a much larger signal than a microphone and do not need a
    pre-amplifier. In a real system, each microphone would have its own pre-amplifier.

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