Sound system engineering / Don Davis and Carolyn Davis.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Audio Systems -- 2. Mathematics for Audio Systems -- 3. Using the Decibel -- 4. Impedance Matching -- 5. Interfacing Electrical and Acoustic Systems -- 6. Loudspeaker Directivity and Coverage -- 7. The Acoustic Environment -- 8. Large-Room Acoustics -- 9. Small-Room Acoustics -- 10. Designing for Speech Intelligibility -- 11. Designing for Acoustic Gain -- 12. Microphones -- 13. Loudspeakers and Loudspeaker Arrays -- 14. Using Delay Devices -- 15. Installing the Sound System -- 16. Equalizing the Sound System -- 17. Audio and Acoustic Instrumentation -- 18. Putting It All Together -- 19. Specifications -- App. I. Symbols and Abbreviations -- App. II. Recommended Wiring Practices -- App. III. Establishing Loudspeaker Directivity Figure of Merit -- App. IV. Priority Systems -- App. V. Directivity of Instruments and Devices -- App. VI. Ventilation of Electronic Components -- App. VII. Definitions of Terms -- App. VIII. The Development of the Multiboundary Pressure Zone Microphone -- App. IX. A Microprocessor-Based TEF Analyzer -- App. X. Speech Reception and Information -- App. XI. Directivity Response of Single Direct-Radiator Loudspeakers in Enclosures.

"Like the first edition, Sound System Engineering is a comprehensive text ... useful in the day-to-day work of designing sound systems. It is a practical manual that carefully examines a step-by-step method of accurately predicting such variables as acoustic gain, speech intelligibility, and required electrical input power while plans are still on the drawing board. This approach can save your clients thousands of dollars." "Emphasizing the time-energy-frequency analyzer, the authors discuss problems that might occur in a sound system as it evolves through design, installation, equalization, operation, and maintenance." "The book contains 19 heavily illustrated, information-packed chapters and 11 appendixes." "This accurate, complete, and concise tool is a necessary addition to the library of anyone involved in audio engineering."--BOOK JACKET.