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This book was required for a DSP course I'm taking. The course is fast paced and I don't have a solid background in signals and systems. This book helps a lot! It's very readable and has a lot of great examples that make sure you understand the topics. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about DSP.

This book is the one that is quite accessible both to the beginner as well as the professional. If you had a strong background in Signals and Systems, Proakis will take you through a mathematical tour of DSP. With plenty of examples you would find this book a lot easier than Oppeinheim's. The best of the breed is Stanley's Digital Signal Processing. Since this book is now out of print , the one by Proakis will come a close second.

A lot of examples make this bulkiest of the DSP books, however. For the new comer Richard Lyon's and Steve Smith's book will help them to understand this book well. And don't forget the Matlab series book authored by Proakis. it is the best to learn DSP through Matlab- no doubt about it.

I am a graduate student at USC and this book I actually used in lieu of the assigned book Digital Signal Processing (by Mitra). I referred to this book mainly because the assigned book hardly had any intuitive explanations and was quite convoluted. Proakis did a much better job in terms of the relationships between the various Fourier Transforms without comprising mathematical rigor. I also have Lyons Understanding Digital Signal Processing which is great for people new to DSP but I felt it lacked some depth in certain areas and did not have sample problems. Overall Proakis does a solid job with this book. I'd recommend it after knowing the material in Lyon's book.