INTRODUCTION TO ELECTROACOUSTICS AND AUDIO AMPLIFIER DESIGN [Paperback]

Jr. W. Marshall Leach (Author)

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• Paperback: 298 pages
• Publisher: Kendall Hunt Publishing; 3 edition (July 30, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0757503756
• ISBN-13: 978-0757503757
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,669,188 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book on a very specialized subject, December 12, 2005

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This review is from: INTRODUCTION TO ELECTROACOUSTICS AND AUDIO AMPLIFIER DESIGN (Paperback)

Electroacoustics is that part of acoustics that pertains to the modeling of acoustical systems with electric circuits. This book is an outgrowth of a senior elective course in audio engineering taught at Georgia Tech by the electrical engineering department. The first part of the book teaches basic acoustics as it pertains to audio engineering. The remainder of the book concerns the application of the tools of electroacoustics to the analysis and synthesis of microphones, loudspeakers, crossover networks, and acoustic horns. The book concludes with a chapter on the basic theory of audio amplifier design. Because most acoustic devices have a mechanical part, the modeling of mechanical systems with electrical ones is also part of electroacoustics, and is also covered in this book. This book is therefore aimed at electrical engineers that are interested in the analysis and design of acoustic systems. This book is not for recording engineers looking for studio construction techniques. The table of contents is:

1. Basic Principles of Sound

2. Fundamentals of Acoustics

3. Analagous Circuits of Acoustical Systems

4. Analogous Circuits of Mechanical Systems

5. Microphones

6. Moving-Coil Loudspeakers

7. Closed-Box Loudspeaker Systems

8. Vented-Box Loudspeaker Systems

9. Acoustic Horns

10. Crossover Networks

11. A Loudspeaker Potpourri

12. Audio Power Amplifiers

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply the Best!, September 7, 2004

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This review is from: INTRODUCTION TO ELECTROACOUSTICS AND AUDIO AMPLIFIER DESIGN (Paperback)

Introduction ... is not an introduction! It's a complete book to correctly design speakers systems and gives good hints for audio amplifiers design.

It makes you back to school, with problems and tricky questions. It is well written but you need some mathematics skills to read (study!) it without stops.

I own many books about the subject (Electroacoustics) but this is simply the Best!

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mixed Emotions, March 6, 2011

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