Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics
by Floyd E. Toole · Floyd E. Toole
Toole surveys the research on loudspeaker and room interaction, reflections, equalization and listener preference, drawing on controlled blind-listening studies. Readers learn which measurements predict perceived sound quality and which common treatment beliefs the evidence rejects.
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