Required reading for DIYers?

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  • bemis23
    Senior Member
    • May 2009
    • 157

    Required reading for DIYers?

    So while i'm still waiting for eveyrthing to line up so I can start my builds I figured I should do some more reading and research. I've trawled through just about every website and forum I can find, and found a few recommendations for books to read.

    So I just ordered the following:

    Speaker Building 201 by Ray Alden
    The Loudspeaker Design Cookbook by Vance Dickason
    The Master's Handbook of Acoustics by F. Alan Everest

    Any others I'm missing? I've started to read some technical papers (mostly written by Klippel) as well, but since I stopped taking math at Cal 3, I'm struggling with some of the more complicated sections.
  • Paul W
    Senior Member
    • Oct 2004
    • 552

    #2
    Testing Loudspeakers: Joseph D'Appolito
    Sound Reproduction: Floyd Toole
    Paul

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    • jquin
      Senior Member
      • Dec 2006
      • 138

      #3
      I own
      Testing Loudspeakers: Joseph D'Appolito
      The Loudspeaker Design Cookbook by Vance Dickason

      I must say that I am a little disappointed with these kind of books.
      Partly it is because they are a little dated. I would like to see some more on computer testing. You seem to be able to learn more about this with free tutorials online. Ref http://www.speakerworkshop.com/ & http://www.claudionegro.com/

      One thing I was hoping to find in speaker books is information regarding Baffle step compensation. Also Chamfering cabinets and rules of thumb regarding the effects of Chamfering.

      Something else I would have like to see is phase matching of mid and woofers at the crossover point.

      Some of these tricks of the trade seem to be missing. Either that or they are buried deep in these books and I have not had the patience to extract it.

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