>>Sound Reproduction - Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loud [FP459] Floyd Toole ISBN: 9780240520094 Availability: Lead time before shipment - 4 to 9 business days What is availability/lead time? Questions? Contact Music Books Plus! Toll-Free 800-265-8481 (U.S. & Canada only) 905-641-0552 (8:30 am-5:30 pm EST M-F) FAX: 888-665-1307 E-mail: order@nor.com

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How to use this book; Part 1: Designing a Listening Experience; The Art is Almost Everything; Multi Channel Audio System Configurations; Loudspeakers - Giving Voice to Music; Room Acoustics - Modifying the Voice; The Loudspeaker/Room System - Defining the Voice; Putting it All Together - Designing Listening Experiences; Part 2: The Science of Audio - Acoustics; The Basic of Sound and Sound Propagation; Acoustical Measurements - Loudspeakers; Acoustical Measurements - Rooms; Acoustical Materials; Part 2: The Science of Audio - Psychoacoustics; Hearing; Evaluating Loudspeakers - Listening Tests are Not Fun; Evaluating Loudspeakers - Objective vs Subjective Measurements; Evaluating Surround Sound; The state of Our Art in Loudspeakers and Rooms: A Biased Summary; Bibliography: Index.

Floyd Toole, Floyd is a leading industry expert in acoustics and psychoacoustics. Past AES president, he is known for his research completed during his 25-year tenure at Canada’s National Research Council and his role as Corporate Vice President and Director of R&D at Harman International Industries. Floyd is a Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society and of the Acoustical Society of America. ©2008, 568 pages.