Loudspeaker Design Cookbook

I haven't read all the books yet, but I think it's an essential textbook for Loudspeaker.

I have had to buy it twice, someone took my first one.

This book really is a cookbook for speaker building! This edition is now a few years old so an update would be valuable.

I found myself asking who this book is written for. I imagine someone steeped in engineering. It does not seem to be written for the neophyte, even with a background in the sciences.A lot of very good information on interesting topics but lacking any pedagogical approach. Often unnecessarily obscure. For example, the “definition“ of the sealed band pass is convoluted only to be followed by a simple and explanatory figure five pages later) Needs editing.The book is full of important but nearly illegible graphs and tables that should be relegated to an appendix.The book itself is constructed so that it is almost impossible to read without physically wrestling with it. The font will make your eyes flicker.All told , could be a useful reference and an aid for learning if it had an index. I think it would benefit from some basic editing and review of its graphics and layout. I think a statement as to who this book is written for and how the author intends it to be used would be ideal.All told , 2 stars. ( no index is unacceptable)

Hubbie loves his HiFi and really wanted this book

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Warning: This book is not for beginners. Hard core hobbyists or speaker design professionals may find some useful models, empirical studies and references in this book. For the beginner, the minimum vital data needed to design and build a speaker is interwoven in to a jumble of esoteric empirical tests and computer simulations. For the more experienced speaker builder, the depth of this book is great and the footnote references are very complete. While the breadth is great, the depth of technical explanation for fundamental speaker enclosure modeling physics was a lacking. I guess I need to buy another book or research the footnotes myself.This book could be a lot better with some solid editing. The writing - for the most part - is clear, but there are sections that are hard to read and there are some errors. The fonts are too small (many of the subscripts are illegible). The graphics are horrible. The book has over 100 frequency domain plots (developed with speaker CAD packages), which are illegible and poorly labeled. Most of the graphics are nowhere near the text.I give this book two stars because of the breadth and the references, but it's no cookbook. You won't be able to look up a recipe and cook up a speaker.

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Nach Jahren Funkstille wollte ich meine Kenntnisse über den DIY-Lautsprecherbau etwas auffrischen, um in der Lage zu sein, neue Lautsprecher selbst zu bauen.Die technischen Hintergründe/Basis sind zweifelsohne umfangreich und detailliert dargelegt, man kann sehr viel lernen.Für mich persönlich nachteilig war, dass der Autor auf Messgeräte und Messsoftware abstellt, welche ich nicht habe. Aus Kostengründen werde ich sie auch nicht anschaffen, sonst ist DIY-Prinzip ad absurdum geführt.Die zwei-drei summarisch angebotenen Projektchen sind lediglich für kleine Regallautsprecherctesp. für TV-Anlage gedacht, nichts für HiFi.

This is a great book if you want to learn how to test and make speakers.

If you are interested in loudspeakers, be it as an amateur builder, a reviewer, or one that simply wants to understand how the various designs actually work, this book is a must.I read the 5th edition many years ago, having only half an understanding of the classic papers of R. Small about sealed and vented enclosures. This book put that understanding into context and gave me the foundation to understand the engineering principles of how to design a loudspeaker as well as why some loudspeaker designs are destined to mediocrity.This book is meant to be read multiple times. And each chapter is almost self contained, so that if you, say, are interested in vented speakers, you can focus on that chapter ignoring other types of enclosures until needed.

This product is for my hobby.