Great Sound Stereo Speaker Manual--with Projects: With Projects - Hardcover

Weems, David B.

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9780830692743: Great Sound Stereo Speaker Manual--with Projects: With Projects

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ISBN 10: 0830692746 ISBN 13: 9780830692743

Publisher: TAB Books Inc, 1989

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Perhaps the most important component of any stereo system is the speakers. From drivers, crossovers and custom enclosures, the possibilities for designing are endless. This book provides audiophiles with a guide to designing and building custom speakers.

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ON THE CD-ROM
Files for all project drivers
System design software
Crossover network design application

GREAT SOUND STEREO SPEAKER MANUAL
With Projects
Second Edition

Professional-Quality Speakers
6 Complete Computer-Aided Projects

Speakers make the stereo system, and this manual shows you how you can create the best, from the ground up. This reader-friendly guide puts equipment-enhancing, computer-aided-design techniques within reach of any hobbyist or audiophile for the first time. Clearly and simply, Audio and High Fidelity writers David B. Weems and G. R. Koonce show you how to assemble speakers that match your needs, your space, your budget, and your ear.

Featuring six completed projects, with lucid illustrated instructions for modifying and testing designs, along with 24 proposed projects, Great Sound Stereo Speaker Manual shows you how to:

Understand the ins and outs of speaker systems.
Save hundreds of dollars by building your own peak-performance, high-end stereo speakers.
Design and build professional-quality speakers customized to your tastes and budget, step by step.
Anticipate or correct problems with computer modeling techniques.
Tame peaks and dead spots with computer-aided component selection and modification.
Design and construct an optimal crossover network.
Build and mount enclosures for all types of speakers.
Tweak your system with professional tips for the best possible sound.

You need not be an audio engineer to use this book, although audio engineers will use it. Weems and Koonce wrote Great Sound Stereo Speaker Manual so that even complete novices could design and build their own high-quality speakers. Complete with lists of needed parts, it takes you step by step through the process, starting at the very beginning. And even if you intend to buy high-end speakers off the shelf, Great Sound Stereo Speaker Manual belongs on your reading list. It will give you what you need to become an informed speaker purchaser, one who gets real value for the dollar.

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