Loudspeakers: The Why and How of Good Reproduction
by G. A. Briggs
This easy-to-read and concise introduction to audio basics is
something of a classic. Out-of-print for many years (last revised in
1949), the text forms a comprehensive summary of early audio
technology with an emphasis on loudspeaker characteristics. Briggs
simply and clearly explains impedance, phons and decibels, frequency
response, response curves, volume and watts, resonance and
vibration, cabinets and baffles, horns, room acoustics, transients,
crossovers, negative feedback, transformers, doppler and phase
effects, and efficiency. Briggs has a light, breezy style, and a
gift for simply explaining difficult concepts.
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CONTENTS:
- Quality of Reproduction and
Distortion; Development of Loudspeakers; Magnets; Chassis or
Cone Housing; Cones; Centring Devices; Impedance; Phons and
Decibels; Frequency Response; Response Curves; Volume and Watts;
Resonance and Vibration; Cabinets and Baffles; Extension
Speakers and Volume Controls; Cinema Speakers; Room Acoustics;
Transients; Crossover Networks; Negative Feedback; Transformers
and Matching; Comparing Performance; Loudspeaker Life; Doppler
Effect; Phase Effects; Loudspeaker Efficiency
1990, 1949, 88pp., 5 1/2" x 8 1/2",
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