| Author's Preface | p. xi |
| Symbols Used in this Book | p. xiii |
| Electroacoustical Engineering Fundamentals: The Dynamic Loudspeaker | p. 1 |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| A simple electrical series resonant circuit | p. 1 |
| A simple mechanical resonant system | p. 3 |
| Impedance and mobility analogies | p. 4 |
| Combining electrical and mechanical domains | p. 5 |
| Combining mechanical and electrical domains | p. 7 |
| Directional characteristics | p. 13 |
| Cone excursion, power, and pressure relationships in graphical form | p. 18 |
| Structural Details of Cone and Dome Drivers | p. 21 |
| Introduction | p. 21 |
| Mechanical construction details of the cone driver | p. 21 |
| The moving system | p. 26 |
| Variations on the cone driver | p. 38 |
| HF dome drivers | p. 41 |
| MF dome drivers | p. 43 |
| Distortion in come and dome drivers | p. 44 |
| Principles of Magnetics | p. 51 |
| Introduction | p. 51 |
| Fundamentals | p. 51 |
| Details of the magnetic circuit | p. 55 |
| Linearity issues | p. 55 |
| Temperature rise and demagnetization | p. 57 |
| Modeling of magnetic phenomena | p. 59 |
| Magnetic shielding | p. 59 |
| Low Frequency Systems and Enclosures | p. 63 |
| Introduction | p. 63 |
| An introduction to Thiele-Small parameters | p. 63 |
| Sealed LF system analysis | p. 66 |
| Ported LF system analysis | p. 73 |
| Some useful alignments | p. 76 |
| Port turbulence under high drive conditions | p. 82 |
| The passive radiator | p. 84 |
| Transmission line systems | p. 84 |
| Dipole LF systems | p. 87 |
| Multi-chamber LF bandpass systems | p. 89 |
| The acoustic lever | p. 92 |
| Transducers in acoustical series and parallel | p. 93 |
| Slot loading of LF drivers | p. 95 |
| Subwoofers | p. 97 |
| Directional properties of dual LF drivers mounted vertically | p. 99 |
| Alignment shifts | p. 101 |
| Dividing Networks and Systems Concepts | p. 105 |
| Introduction | p. 105 |
| Basic dividing networks | p. 105 |
| Upper useful frequency limits for drivers | p. 112 |
| Some notes on network component quality | p. 113 |
| Stock networks and autotransformers | p. 114 |
| Case studies | p. 115 |
| Off-axis lobing effects | p. 120 |
| Baffle component layout and edge details | p. 123 |
| Time domain response of loudspeakers | p. 128 |
| Loudspeaker dispersion and power response | p. 129 |
| In-line, Planar Loudspeakers, and Arrays | p. 133 |
| Introduction | p. 133 |
| Analysis of the constant charge ESL | p. 135 |
| Electromagnetic planar loudspeakers | p. 140 |
| Discrete line arrays | p. 144 |
| Large-scale arrays for sound reinforcement | p. 151 |
| Programmable arrays | p. 157 |
| Horn Systems | p. 161 |
| Introduction | p. 161 |
| Horn flare profiles | p. 161 |
| The driving transducer | p. 165 |
| Analysis of compression drivers | p. 173 |
| The plane wave tube (PWT) | p. 179 |
| Secondary resonances in the compression driver | p. 182 |
| Ring radiators and UHF devices | p. 183 |
| Families of horns | p. 183 |
| Impedance measurements on horns | p. 199 |
| Distortion in horn systems | p. 200 |
| Horn driver protection | p. 203 |
| Lower midrange and LF horn drivers | p. 205 |
| LF horns | p. 205 |
| Horn arrays | p. 210 |
| The Electronic Interface | p. 215 |
| Introduction | p. 215 |
| The power amplifier | p. 215 |
| Line losses | p. 218 |
| Matching loudspeakers and amplifiers | p. 222 |
| Amplifier bridging | p. 223 |
| Multi-amplifying | p. 226 |
| Electronic control of loudspeaker systems dynamic performance | p. 227 |
| Thermal Failure Modes of Loudspeakers | p. 233 |
| Introduction | p. 233 |
| Basic heat transfer mechanisms | p. 233 |
| Estimating values of thermal resistance | p. 237 |
| Low frequency performance shifts | p. 238 |
| Techniques for heat removal | p. 239 |
| Recording Monitor Loudspeakers | p. 245 |
| Introduction | p. 245 |
| A historical survey | p. 246 |
| The modern era | p. 249 |
| Evolution of modern horn HF systems | p. 249 |
| Modern cone/dome systems | p. 250 |
| Smaller monitor designs | p. 256 |
| Thermodynamic distortion in dome systems | p. 256 |
| The monitoring environment | p. 258 |
| The home project studio | p. 261 |
| Monitor system equalization | p. 261 |
| Loudspeakers in Speech and Music Reinforcement | p. 267 |
| Introduction | p. 267 |
| Systems for speech reinforcement | p. 267 |
| The role of signal delay | p. 269 |
| Case studies | p. 271 |
| Computer simulation of loudspeaker coverage | p. 276 |
| System equalization | p. 279 |
| Measurements and estimation of speech intelligibility | p. 279 |
| Electronic halls | p. 284 |
| Environmental effects on sound propagation | p. 289 |
| Systems for high-level music performance | p. 289 |
| System stability | p. 293 |
| Multichannel Systems for Film, Video, and Music | p. 297 |
| Introduction | p. 297 |
| Evolution of theater loudspeaker systems | p. 297 |
| Evolution of theater architecture and acoustics | p. 303 |
| A professional theater | p. 304 |
| Theater audio chain calibration | p. 306 |
| Power bandwidth of audio formats for film | p. 309 |
| Current state-of-the-art in theater loudspeakers | p. 310 |
| Multichannel video in the home | p. 312 |
| Overview of music in surround sound | p. 316 |
| Holographic techniques in surround sound reproduction | p. 318 |
| Positioning sound sources via reflections and focusing | p. 320 |
| Loudspeaker Measurements and Modeling | p. 325 |
| Introduction | p. 325 |
| Frequency response measurements | p. 325 |
| Distortion measurements | p. 328 |
| Phase and group delay response measurements | p. 331 |
| Measurement of directional data | p. 333 |
| The measuring environment | p. 334 |
| Ground plane measurements | p. 340 |
| Near-field measurements | p. 340 |
| An overview of transform measurements | p. 343 |
| Optical measurements | p. 347 |
| Modeling techniques | p. 351 |
| Destructive testing | p. 351 |
| Loudspeaker Specifications for Professional Applications | p. 355 |
| Introduction | p. 355 |
| On-axis frequency response | p. 355 |
| Impedance | p. 356 |
| Reference sensitivity ratings | p. 357 |
| Power ratings of drivers and systems | p. 360 |
| Power (dynamic) compression | p. 361 |
| Distortion | p. 363 |
| Directivity characteristics of systems and components | p. 363 |
| Thiele-Small parameters | p. 364 |
| Powered loudspeaker systems | p. 365 |
| Stereo and the Listening Environment | p. 367 |
| Introduction | p. 367 |
| Listening room boundary conditions: the laboratory meets the real world | p. 367 |
| Room modes | p. 368 |
| Room treatment at mid and high frequencies | p. 372 |
| Optimizing stereophonic localization | p. 375 |
| Loudspeaker arrangements for extended stereo imaging | p. 376 |
| Stereo performance from a single unit | p. 379 |
| A Survey of Unusual Transducers | p. 385 |
| Introduction | p. 385 |
| Variations on a magnetic theme | p. 386 |
| Piezo-electric and related devices | p. 396 |
| Ionized air devices | p. 398 |
| The air modulator | p. 401 |
| Rotary actuators | p. 403 |
| Digital loudspeakers | p. 404 |
| Distributed mode loudspeakers (DML) | p. 405 |
| Overview of ultrasonic systems | p. 408 |
| Index | p. 413 |
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