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LOUDSPEAKER AND HEADPHONE HANDBOOK
Loudspeaker and Headphone Handbook
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Third Edition

Edited By
John Borwick, Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society and formerly Audio Director of Gramophone magazine.

Description
Written by a team of experts, the Loudspeaker and Headphone Handbook provides a detailed technical reference of all aspects of loudspeakers and headphones: from theory and construction of transducer drive units and enclosures, to such practical matters as construction, applications in rooms, public address, sound reinforcement, studio monitoring and musical instruments. Loudspeaker measurements and subjective evaluation are treated in equal detail and headphones are discussed comprehensively. This third edition takes account of recent significant advances in technology, including: – the latest computer-aided design systems – digital audio processing – new research procedures – the full range of loudspeakers – new user applications.

Audience
Professional audio enginers, lecturers and students on audio courses, manufacturers of loudspeakers and headphones, designers, recording engineers, public address, theatre and broadcasting personnel.

Contents
Principles of sound radiation; Transducer drive mechanisms; Electrostatic loudspeakers; The distributed mode loudspeaker (DML); Multiple driver loudspeaker systems; The amplifier/loudspeaker interface; Loudspeaker enclosures; The room environment: basic theory; The room environment: problems and solutions; Sound reinforcement and public address; Loudspeakers for studio monitoring and musical instruments; Loudspeaker measurements; Subjective evaluation; Headphones; International standards; Terminology

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 736 pages, publication date: MAR-2001
ISBN-13: 978-0-240-51578-6
ISBN-10: 0-240-51578-1
Imprint: FOCAL PRESS

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