Provides a technology overview of what goes into a high performance loudspeaker and covers all the latest advances in the field

The design of high performance loudspeakers requires a mix of developed skills in electroacoustics, high fidelity sound reproduction and subjective evaluation. Taking a designer's view of the subject, this new edition of High Performance Loudspeakers, Seventh Edition provides a comprehensive, timely and practical knowledge base to aid the design of superior loudspeaker systems fit for purpose. It is updated throughout with the latest progress in research and technology, synthesis and analysis, digital signal processing incorporated products, automated production test systems and wireless compact designs.

This Seventh Edition of the highly successful guide to the design and specifications of high quality loudspeakers and loudspeaker systems addresses the issue of where higher performance and sound quality is required and shows how the numerous considerations - including application, target price, size, aspiration and particular market - lead to a complex mix of design and engineering decisions. The book has also been substantially revised to reflect the many changes in the technology of loudspeakers and includes two brand new chapters - one covering ultra-compact systems and DSP integration, and the second providing details of a worked example of the loudspeaker systems design process.

• Offers a complete overview of the technology
• Thoroughly updated with new content to reflect the latest advances in the field while retaining the firm theoretical foundation of previous editions
• Presents a designer's point of view of the field, helping to equip both amateur enthusiasts and academically trained graduates with industry practice
• Covers all the newest developments in the field of high performance loudspeakers
• Offers a critical and objective approach to all subjects covered, rather than a simple spelling out of theory and facts
• Appeals to both amateur speaker builders as a source of ideas, and to professional speaker designers with an overview of competitive products and features

Acknowledged industry-wide as the definitive work on speaker design and analysis, High Performance Loudspeakers, Seventh Edition is essential reading for audio engineers, speaker designers, equipment designers and students of acoustic engineering, electronics and electro-acoustics. It will also prove invaluable to students of electronics, broadcasting and recording techniques, but will also be of interest to authors and journalists in audio, and not least, amateur loudspeaker builders and enthusiasts.

About the Author

Martin Colloms is an independent electroacoustics engineer in the UK who has seen over 200 of his high fidelity audio and speaker designs put into mass production. Martin has worked as a loudspeaker critic-publishing over 1,500 high fidelity speaker reviews-and is the technical editor of HIFICRITIC.

Reviews
This is the seventh edition of what has long been a standard work on the subject the first edition appeared in 1977! The current edition has been brought thoroughly up to date. It includes, for example, such recent developments as the Devialet Speaker Active Matching (SAM) system. Over the years, the book has steadily expanded in size and scope. And the present edition includes not only the information on specifics of speaker design of the early editions but also surveys the whole subject of assessment of loudspeakers, both technically and in listening terms. The book has now grown to considerable size more than six hundred pages and it represents a summation of Martin Colloms long career as a speaker reviewer and design consultant. The fruits of extended experience and impressive expertise are very much on display here. This is an indispensable work for anyone who has a serious interest in speakers, who wants in particular to go (far) beyond the informal scuttlebutt of on-line forums and Internet reviewing. Robert E Greene, The Absolute Sound (May 1st , 2019)

In the seventh edition s 10 chapters, each with up to 30 subchapters, Martin has expanded the sections on analysis and modeling, and included new sections on the increasingly popular Klippel and Comsol Multiphysics systems, as well as on the finite element analysis (FEA) of magnetic systems. He has added two new chapters, one on DSP integration into system design, and the second providing a worked-through example of the loudspeaker design process High Performance Loudspeakers: Optimising High Fidelity Loudspeaker Systems, Seventh Edition, is a must-have addition to the bookshelf of any audiophile who wants to learn everything there is to know about the art and science of loudspeaker design. John Atkinson, Audio Critic, Stereophile Magazine (April 2019 issue)

The reader will gain a solid grounding in the design principles and the necessary trade-offs, allowing the individual to map out a design before diving into one of the now ubiquitous enclosure design software packages. If you buy just one book on the subject, this is it, as there s much to learn at the same time as enjoying a satisfying read.- Stan Curtis, Audio Designer, HIFICRITIC Magazine OCT-DEC 2018

Book Information
ISBN 9781118413531
Author Martin Colloms
Format Paperback
Page Count 704
Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
Weight(grams) 1043g
Dimensions(mm) 241mm * 170mm * 33mm