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PublisherMcgraw-Hill Education

ISBN-10007069429X

ISBN-139780070694293

eBay Product ID (ePID)15038205715

Product Key Features

Edition4

Book TitleDesigning, Building, and Testing Your Own Speaker System with Projects

Number of Pages223 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicElectronics / General, Acoustics & Sound

Publication Year1996

FeaturesRevised

IllustratorYes

GenreTechnology & Engineering

AuthorDavid B. Weems

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight14.4 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width7.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN96-030967

Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal621.382/84

Table Of ContentIntroduction 1 How a Speaker Works Parts of a Speaker Frequency Response Transient Response Dispersion Cone Resonance Compliance Damping Impedance Efficiency Power Rating Speaker Polarity Kinds of Drivers 2 Kinds of Speaker Enclosures Functions of Enclosures Types of Enclosures Which Enclosure is Best? 3 Speaker-Box Construction Desirable Enclosure Characteristics Enclosure Shape Speaker Placement Some Recent Trends in Enclosure Design Materials Extra Wall Treatment Construction Rules Finishing Your Speakers More Box-Construction Hints 4 Closed-Box Speaker Systems Closed-Box Basics How to Fit Box Volume to Speaker Closed-Box Summary 5 Ported-Box Speaker Systems Kinds of Ported Enclosures How Tuning Affects Response How Box Volume Affects Response Thiele Ported-Box Design Obtaining the Box and Port Dimensions Fine Tuning by Ear The Boom-Box Alignment The Double-Chamber Reflex How to Design a Double-Chamber Reflex Band-Pass Systems 6 Crossover Networks Kinds of Crossover Networks How to Choose Crossover Frequencies to Match Drivers How to Make a Choke Coil L-Pads Real World Crossovers Where to Put a Crossover Impedance Equalizers Contour Networks and Notch Filters Resonant-Peak Filters Crossover Networks and Piezoelectric Tweeters 7 Fun with a Computer Program Short Computer Programs LDP Programs for Driver Tests Programs for Box Design Programs for Box Tests Programs for Network Design Programs for Speaker Directivity 8 How to Choose and Use Your Speakers Choosing a Speaker Using Your Speakers Kind of Wire Terminals How to Solder Your Listening Room Ideal Speaker Placement Balancing Your Speakers Protecting Your Speakers Extension Speakers 9 Testing Your Speakers Listening Tests Critical Listening Tests with a Sound-Level Meter Frequency Correction with an Equalizer Polarity Tests Damping Test Using Test Equipment Impedance Free-Air Resonance Driver Q Tests for Vvs Box Tests Notch Filter Test 10 Projects Project 1: A simple mini-speaker Project 2: A low-cost closed-box speaker system Project 3: A ported-box mini-speaker Project 4: A ported-box compact speaker Appendices A Useful Formulas Electrical Units Used in Speaker Circuits Ohm's Law for Speakers Reactance and Resonance Conversion Factors for Speaker Compliance Speaker Formulas for Constant-Voltage Sound-Distribution Systems Choosing Impedance-Matching Transformers Useful Speaker-Design Formulas and Procedures B Wire Data for Homemade Coils C Computer Programs D Mail-Order Houses Glossary Index About the Author

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

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LC Classification NumberTK9968.W42 1997