Written by a team of experts, the Loudspeaker and Headphone Handbook provides a detailed technical reference of all aspects of loudspeakers and headphones: from theory and construction of transducer drive units and enclosures, to such practical matters as construction, applications in rooms, public address, sound reinforcement, studio monitoring and musical instruments. Loudspeaker measurements and subjective evaluation are treated in equal detail and headphones are discussed comprehensively. This third edition takes account of recent significant advances in technology, including: · the latest computer-aided design systems· digital audio processing· new research procedures· the full range of loudspeakers· new user applications.

Chapter 1 Principles of sound radiation, Keith R. Holland; Chapter 2 Transducer drive mechanisms, John Watkinson; Chapter 3 Electrostatic loudspeakers, Peter J. Baxandall; Chapter 4 The distributed mode loudspeaker (DML), Graham Bank; Chapter 5 Multiple-driver loudspeaker systems, Laurie Fincham; Chapter 6 The amplifier/loudspeaker interface, Martin Colloms; Chapter 7 Loudspeaker enclosures, Graham Bank, Julian Wright; Chapter 8 The room environment: basic theory, Glyn Adams; Chapter 9 The room environment: problems and solutions, Philip Newell; Chapter 10 Sound reinforcement and public address, Peter Mapp; Chapter 11 Loudspeakers for studio monitoring and musical instruments, Mark R. Gander; Chapter 12 Loudspeaker measurements, John Borwick; Chapter 13 Subjective evaluation, Floyd E. Toole, Sean E. Olive; Chapter 14 Headphones, C. A. Poldy; Chapter 15 International standards, J. M. Woodgate; Chapter 16 Terminology, J. M. Woodgate;