Louspeaker Design Cookbook 8th Edition Autographed

Key Features

• Loudspeaker testing has been substantially revised
• Computer-Based Tools for Loudspeaker Development, completely revised
• Home Theater Loudspeakers added Dolby Atmos and Immersive Audio details
• Explores the difference between Studio Monitors and hi-fi loudspeakers
• One chapter explores Hybrid Loudspeakers, active/passive, and digital/analog

Vance Dickason’s Loudspeaker Design Cookbook has been in publication for 46 years, from its humble self published spiral bound first two editions in 1977 and 1978 to the next five editions (the 3rd thru the 7th ) released by AAP (Audio Amateur Publications) from 1987 to 2006 plus all the foreign editions released over the years in French, Dutch, German, Portuguese, Italian, and Chinese.

Now in 2023, KCK Media has released what is by far the best LDC edition yet, the 8th Edition of the Loudspeaker Design Cookbook. This book has gone from the 53-page spiral-bound 1st edition in 1977, to the soft-bound 275-page 7th Edition in 2006, to the new 351-page full-color hardbound and softbound 8th Edition! In terms of content, two chapters were deleted from LDC7, and four new chapters were added, plus two other chapters from LDC7 were radically revised, making LDC8 a substantially new book.

The Loudspeaker Design Cookbook has everything you need to know to build that dream loudspeaker system for your home, your car, or your new home theater, but thought you couldn’t afford.

It shows easy ways to pick exactly the right parts, boxes, and pleasing finish, as well as the correct way to feed your music to your new, superb loudspeaker system. Contains proven designs, a world of the best sources, and easy ways to test the results for yourself.

Vance Dickason has updated his classic text for loudspeaker builders at all levels of experience and expertise. A significant aspect of LDC8 is that it not only tells you the most recent hardware and software you can use to provide shortcuts to great performance, but it also continues to include information from early versions that teach the formulas for hand calculations and practical techniques, so one can really understand the underlying principles that are involved to get a true feel for the process of developing high-performance loudspeaker systems. Now with version 8 of LCD, Vance has taken the book to a new level of exploring unique advanced issues and includes up-to-date information on deep acoustical subjects. The latest version also includes useful, hands-on, advanced, and practical information that you will not learn at any university.

New for the EIGHTH EDITION

• New Chapter 8 — “Loudspeaker Testing” has been substantially revised and includes specifics on the Fixed Mmd method for calculating cone assembly mass, a more complete definition of acoustic phase, an updated list of computer-based TSP (Thiele Small Parameters) measurement hardware, plus a discussion of the various types of loudspeaker measurements and how they relate to driver quality and system design integrity.

• New Chapter 9 — “Computer-Based Tools for Loudspeaker Development” has been completely revised to include current offerings of computer-based loudspeaker measurement analyzers, as well as loudspeaker enclosure and crossover simulation software.

• New Chapter 10 — “Room Measurement Equipment and Room Correction Solutions” includes a survey of room measurement analyzers, plus a discussion on room acoustics, room treatment, and digital room correction devices.

• New Chapter 12 — “Home Theater Loudspeakers” has been extensively revised, including details on Dolby Atmos and Immersive Audio.

• New Chapter 13 — “Studio Monitor Loudspeakers”. This new chapter explores the difference between HIFI loudspeakers and studio monitors, professional criteria for studio monitor design, the constant directivity aspect of studio monitors, and a dissertation on zero phase in studio monitors.

• New Chapter 14 — “Hybrid Loudspeakers”. This exciting new chapter explores the subject of hybrid active/passive and digital/analog loudspeaker development and includes a tutorial design example for an ultra-high-end hybrid monitor loudspeaker.