Building Speaker Systems Speackers For Your Listening Pleasure

The cleanest CD sound, the quietest turntable, and the clearest FM signal are useless without a fine speaker system. This book not only tells readers how to build quality speaker systems, it also shows them what components to choose and why. Everything you need to know to build a high-quality sound system!

Build your own pro-quality loudspeakers. Don't settle for overpriced speaker systems from audio "boutiques." in Designing, Building and Testing Your Own Speaker System with Projects, Fourth Edition, David Weems guides you step-by-step through dozens of complete projects--from low-end to high-end. Packed with expert advice and cutting-edge design procedures, this complete do-it-yourself manual gives you invaluable tips and techniques for choosing the best woofers, tweeters and other speaker components...constructing speaker boxes...deciding on suitable crossover networks...selecting enclosures...designing unusual systems such as the double-chamber reflex...using PCs to design speaker systems...testing your completed system...and much more. You even get an innovative computer program that helps you dramatically speed the design and test process.

With this book, anyone can become a speaker builder. You don't need an elaborate workshop, expensive analytical equipment, or sophisticted software. Learn the concepts you need or chhose any of the eleven tested and proven speaker designs included in the book. Contains all the information the speaker builder needs to design and build a first-rate system, one that surpasses higher-cost commercial products.

Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and Rooms, Third Edition explains the physical and perceptual processes that are involved in sound reproduction and demonstrates how to use the processes to create high-quality listening experiences in stereo and multichannel formats. Understanding the principles of sound production is necessary to achieve the goals of sound reproduction in spaces ranging from recording control rooms and home listening rooms to large cinemas. This revision brings new science-based perspectives on the performance of loudspeakers, room acoustics, measurements and equalization, all of which need to be appropriately used to ensure the accurate delivery of music and movie sound tracks from creators to listeners. The robust website (www.routledge.com/cw/toole) is the perfect companion to this necessary resource.

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