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The Online Guitar Store - Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and Rooms
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List Price: $49.95
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Manufacturer: Focal Press
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 621.38284
EAN: 9780240520094
ISBN: 0240520092
Label: Focal Press
Manufacturer: Focal Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 576
Publication Date: 2008-07-18
Publisher: Focal Press
Studio: Focal Press
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Floyd Toole, a leading expert in the field of sound reproduction, explains how to design the best possible listening experience for recording control rooms and home entertainment systems. This comprehensive work considers the whole sound reproduction chain from multi channel audio configurations and the loudspeaker/room system to acoustics and psychoacoustics and the evaluation process.
Part 1 shows the reader how to create the best listening experience, offering practical approaches to the sound reproduction chain. Parts 2 and 3 are an in-depth consideration of acoustics and psychoacoustics - the science behind Part 1.
* How to design a great audio system - for a home entertainment system or a professional recording control room
* Offers a comprehensive look at the sound reproduction chain offering practical advice and helpful graphics throughout
* Learn from a leading expert in sound reproduction - Floyd Toole provides essential knowledge in a highly readable and entertaining style
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Summary: Great Book, for building great sound
Comment: Dr. Toole, explains in an easy way, the theory and practice behind room acoustics, loudspeakers and psychoacoustics of sound reproduction. The selection of topics is a UNIQUE product of a lifetime work in audio. I really appreciate the fact of sharing your point of view with us. Personally, I appreciate the analysis and data of the objetivity and subjectivity of audio quality, and the distribution of loudspeakers in rooms. A reference for anyone involved in loudspeakers and room acoustics.
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Summary: excellent exploration into listening to speakers in small rooms
Comment: My reveiw will be brief. This is an excellent book on the experience of sound reprodution in small rooms. It offers a good introduction to the subject, and a general overview of acoustics sans the math.
His reporting of what has been learned from studies of the 'Hass Precedence Effect' and it's implication to the the small room environment was revolutionalry to me. That alone made the book worth it's price.
FYI - having a book reveiwed by S.Linkwitz is a hoot and an honor. He is one of the most knowledgeable individuals on loudspeaker cross overs!
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Summary: A must have book...
Comment: Dr. Toole, with whom I worked at Harman for years, showed me this book in person at CEDIA last week, and I was quite impressed. I have not read the book in detail yet, but I have been recommending it to everyone I work with at Triad Speakers. Floyd is a wealth of practical and technical knowledge, and he communicates well to academics as well as hobbyists. He debunks myths, and has the ability to cut through the crap to what really matters. He and I have both ranted for years on the importance of the room in presenting accurate sound reproduction, and that overlooked concept will be more strongly promoted with the introduction of this book.
As good as the book appears at first glance, it stands out even more due to the paucity of printed material on the subject of speakers and rooms. The few books available are either incomplete, antiquated, or in the case of Everest, geared more toward pro sound.
This is the seminal speaker book and all us tweaks should buy it both to advance our education and because Floyd's a great guy and deserves to make a buck! Floyd, if you're reading this, I have always appreciated your contributions to our otherwise amateurish industry.
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Summary: A long overdue summary
Comment: In this book Floyd Toole summarizes and explains conclusions from a lifelong involvement with audio. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in factual information about loudspeakers and listening rooms, about measurements, listening observations and their practical implications. It is lucidly written in easy to understand language, extensively illustrated and referenced. It deals with the reproduction of sound - which existed in a space - inside another space. My only regret is that the potential of 2-channel playback in doing so has not been fully explored. This is understandable because the conventional box loudspeaker with its frequency dependent directivity index has been used for almost all of the observations that are discussed. In fact, the particular interaction of a box loudspeaker with the listening room makes it more difficult for our ear/brain perceptual apparatus to hear the recording venue's space and acoustics, provided that such information has been captured in the recording process. Floyd focuses on multiple loudspeaker surround sound. He considers this approach to spatial sound reproduction as much more rewarding and he provides extensive practical information for that. The book is very comprehensive and in my opinion a "must-read" for loudspeaker designers, recording and mastering engineers, room-acoustic consultants, audio reviewers and audiophiles. The book is about theory and praxis. It debunks much of the BS that seems to have permeated the audio industry and many of its customers.
Enjoy!
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