Loudspeaker and Headphone HandbookJohn Borwick 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. |
Contents
1Principles ofsound radiation | |
Transducer drive mechanisms | |
Electrostatic loudspeakers | |
Thedistributed mode loudspeaker DML | |
5 | |
The amplifierloudspeaker interface | |
7Loudspeaker enclosures | |
basic theory | |
and signal distribution | |
11 | |
Musical Instrument Loudspeakers | |
The Digital Future 11 6 Electronic speaker modellingdigital input and control and | |
Loudspeaker measurements | |
Subjective evaluation | |
Headphones | |
International standards | |
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