User Guide

Sound System Design Reference Manual
Recommended Reading:
Books and Anthologies:
1. D. and C. Davis, Sound System Engineering , second edition, Howard F. Sams, Indianapolis, 1987.
2. J. Eargle, Electroacoustical Reference Data , Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1994.
3. Various, Sound Reinforcement , an anthology of articles on sound reinforcement from the Journal of the
Audio Engineering Society, volumes 1 through 26. (Available from the AES)
Papers:
4. C. P. and R. E. Boner, “The Gain of a Sound System ,” J. Audio Engineering Society , volume 17, number 2
(1969).
5. H. Haas, “The Influence of a Single Echo on the Audibility of Speech,” J. Audio Engineering Society ,
volume 20, number 2 (1972).
6. H. F. Hopkins and N. R. Stryker, “A Proposed Loudness-Efficienty Rating for Loudspeakers and the
Determination of System Power Requirements for Enclosures,” Proceedings of the IRE , March 1948.
7. C. T. Molloy, “Calculation of the Directivity Index for Various Types of Radiators,” J. Acoustical Society of
America , volume 20, pages 387-405 (1948).
8. V. M. A. Peutz, “Articulation Loss of Consonants as a Criterion for Speech Transmission in a Room,”
J. Audio Engineering Society , volume 19, number 11 (1971).
9. V. M. A. Peutz, “Quasi-steady-state and Decaying Sound Fields,” Ingenieursblad , volume 42, number 18
(1973, in Dutch).
10. Various, “Loudspeaker Arrays — Design and Performance ,” J. Audio Engineering Society , volume 38,
number 4 (1990).