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The Loudspeaker Design Cookbook

6th Edition

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By Vance Dickason
233 pages
Published 2000
Audio Amateur Press

In the 6th edition of this classic work on speaker building, Vance Dickason gives you the technical information you need to design and build speaker systems for your home and automobile. He describes how to select and match components, how to design and build enclosures, and how to test your loudspeakers for accuracy.

The Loudspeaker Design Cookbook includes chapters on sealed, ported, and bandpass subwoofer boxes for your home and car. It also includes new home theater and studio monitor projects, and a section on dealers, publishers, and manufacturers. New material includes:

  • a tutorial on low-frequency woofer design
  • Acoustic Lever enclosure information
  • midrange bandpass and tweeter high-pass attenuation circuits
  • ideas for better imaging in the car
  • a look at loudspeaker CAD (Computer Aided Design) software
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  • The Loudspeaker Design Cookbook-Sixth Edition
  • Written by Vance Dickason
  • Audio Amateur Press
  • Published in 2000
  • 233 pages

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Overview: This is a highly technical and comprehensive book on speaker design. It is recommended for the experienced enthusiast. It has good new sections on home theater loudspeakers and advanced, serious car audio.

Chapters:

  • How Loudspeakers Work
  • Closed-Box Low-Frequency Systems
  • Vented-Box Low-Frequency Systems
  • Passive-Radiator Low-Frequency Systems
  • Transmission Line Low-Frequency Systems
  • Cabinet Construction: Shape And Damping
  • Mid- and High-Frequency Drivers: Application and Enclosures
  • Passive And Active Crossover Networks
  • Loudspeaker Testing
  • CAD Software For Loudspeaker Design And Loudspeaker Room Interfacing
  • Home Theater Loudspeakers
  • Car Audio Loudspeakers
  • Two System Designs: Home Theater And A Studio Monitor
 

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