DSP First

I ended up renting this book and that's about the only good thing I can say about it, because by doing so, I minimized my losses. Usually I can come up with something good to say about various books I review but this one is going to be an exception. Thus, I skip ahead to the negatives.1. Terseness: I did not find this book to be very user friendly and it is most definitely not set up to be an intro book used for self-study. It does not build from scratch at all and I continually found myself wondering about the missing foundation as I attempted to read it.2. Answers in the back: There are none and in my view, this is unacceptable. There appears to be a website but I did not get a lot of use from it. I am unsure if there is a solutions manual you can purchase, but for the price of the book, this should be absolutely be included. The best text I used as a university student was for ordinary differential equations, as it had every solution in it - none of this odd only garbage. Consequently, for a diligent student such as myself, I worked extra problems and came away from the course with a very deep understanding of the subject matter. These authors would do well to adopt that paradigm.3. Price: As I mentioned earlier, the price of the book is absurd. This is a $200 textbook, even in light of all the aforementioned shortcomings. I minimized my losses by renting, but when the time came to return or by it out, it was an easy choice to return. I have since found better options, at much better prices, so those will find a place on my shelf, and this one has been sent back.This is an excellent, useful, rich subject that actually has a lot of relevance to modern life. Whether as a student or motivated self-learner, don't be dissuaded in your study of it by this book.

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One of the best books on DSP along with its companion Book "Signal Processing First", Oppenheim's "Signals & Systems" and "Discrete-time Signal Processing" are the "must have" if you want to study in the field of signal processing. Intuitive, easy to read yet it includes all math details. Better than Richard Lyons' "Understanding DSP", if you are mathematically inclined, in my opinion. Highly recommended!

This textbook intimidated me when I first opened it, however now that I'm 75% of way through my signal analysis course I can say it actually is good book....Someone with strong mathematical skills and a mind for programming could easily teach themselves DSP from this book - I am happy that I have a good professor to help the learning process....But overall- good textbook

I'd have preferred more examples in the text.

Excellent book:- easy to read- good details on explanation of topics- lots of supplementary study materials- end of chapter problems match chapter content

This book was required for a class, but didn't find it overly useful. Just a bit dated and there are much better texts on digital signal processing. Fine for a non-engineer or undergraduate student.

good

Fine

good intro to DSP

This book is very poorly constructed. Upon opening it the first time and attempting to break in the binding, whole sections of the book started falling out. Very disappointing.

product as expected