Handbook of Practical Speaker Technology

Author: Wang Yizhen
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: This book is suitable for managers, technicians, marketing personnel, production backbone, and all friends who love audio and speakers; it can also serve as a reference book for users of speakers, researchers in relevant research institutions, and faculty and students of colleges and universities. The book provides a detailed yet easy-to-understand introduction to the structure, working principles, and characteristics of cone speakers, dome speakers, horn speakers, and speaker boxes. It also includes specialized discussions on some new and special types of speakers such as planar membrane speakers, ribbon speakers, electrostatic speakers, aerodynamic speakers, modulated combustion speakers, underwater speakers, speakers, NXT speakers, Walsh speakers, and digital speakers. Focusing on speakers, the book offers detailed explanations on speaker testing, subjective sound quality evaluation, listening environments, etc. It also introduces the new developments in speakers over the past 20 years from 1980 to 2002.