Good books for beginners

Yesfan70 · 18th April 2005, 12:49 AM

Hello all,

I'm a member on other A/V forums and the Master Handbook of Acoustics seems to be one that's mentioned a lot. What do some of you DIYers also recommend?

Appreciate any/all comments. Thank you.

planet10 · 18th April 2005, 12:54 AM

What kinds of things do you want to learn about?

dave

Yesfan70 · 18th April 2005, 09:51 PM

Basically anything to do with building speakers, since I have never done this before.

I can keep up to a certain point when things get a bit technical, but I also wouldn't mind a book that lists formulas used etc. Basically a book that breaks these things down for a "simpleton" (like me) can understand.

planet10 · 19th April 2005, 06:27 AM

The Loudspeaker Design Cookbook is a good basic reference (althou some treat it as a bible), Joe d'apollito's testing speakers, Martin Collum's big book (more than just speakers, but lots of speaker info....

You'll also find ton's of stuff here and on the web.

dave

Yesfan70 · 19th April 2005, 10:38 PM

Cool. I'll have to get that then. What about the book, Bullock on Boxes? I see it mentioned alot also. Good for a beginneer to intermediate DIYers or is that for, more or less, the pros.

I'll probably put in a order for it and a couple of others this weekend.

Thanks again.

planet10 · 19th April 2005, 11:13 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Yesfan70
What about the book, Bullock on Boxes?

Not high on my list... i have hundreds of volumes, and probably close to a 1000 magazines...

dave

Yesfan70 · 24th April 2005, 01:33 PM

Thanks.

I ordered the Loudspeaker Design cookbook. Also found some cool books on routers and a book called Workshop Math . Looked promising so I got it. I figured it would have some "short" cuts when it comes to caculating measurements. I sometimes tend to take the long way around when figuring out a problem. LOL!

Appreciate the help Dave.

joensd · 24th April 2005, 01:54 PM

Hi,
if you don´t mind the math, here are some articles from Thiele and Small: http://www.readresearch.co.uk/HTML/papers.htm http://www.readresearch.co.uk/HTML/papers.htm

You´ll also find great sites on the internet that cover so much knowledge in detail but yes a book is what I´d still prefer.

Quote:

Master Handbook of Acoustics

Very nice book that is, although mathematical in places, very easy to read. It gives you a very good idea about sound transmission, room acoustics and the like. Not so much about loudspeaker design in specific.

greets

18th April 2005, 12:49 AM	#1
Yesfan70 diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The South Side of the Sky	Good books for beginners Hello all, I'm a member on other A/V forums and the Master Handbook of Acoustics seems to be one that's mentioned a lot. What do some of you DIYers also recommend? Appreciate any/all comments. Thank you.

18th April 2005, 12:54 AM	#2
planet10 frugal-phile(tm) diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Victoria, BC, NA, Sol III Blog Entries: 4	What kinds of things do you want to learn about? dave __________________ community sites t-linespeakers.org, frugal-horn.com ........ commercial site planet10-HiFi p10-hifi forum here at diyA

19th April 2005, 06:27 AM	#4
planet10 frugal-phile(tm) diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Victoria, BC, NA, Sol III Blog Entries: 4	The Loudspeaker Design Cookbook is a good basic reference (althou some treat it as a bible), Joe d'apollito's testing speakers, Martin Collum's big book (more than just speakers, but lots of speaker info.... You'll also find ton's of stuff here and on the web. dave __________________ community sites t-linespeakers.org, frugal-horn.com ........ commercial site planet10-HiFi p10-hifi forum here at diyA

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18th April 2005, 09:51 PM	#3
Yesfan70 diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The South Side of the Sky	Basically anything to do with building speakers, since I have never done this before. I can keep up to a certain point when things get a bit technical, but I also wouldn't mind a book that lists formulas used etc. Basically a book that breaks these things down for a "simpleton" (like me) can understand.

19th April 2005, 10:38 PM	#5
Yesfan70 diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The South Side of the Sky	Cool. I'll have to get that then. What about the book, Bullock on Boxes? I see it mentioned alot also. Good for a beginneer to intermediate DIYers or is that for, more or less, the pros. I'll probably put in a order for it and a couple of others this weekend. Thanks again.

24th April 2005, 01:33 PM	#7
Yesfan70 diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The South Side of the Sky	Thanks. I ordered the Loudspeaker Design cookbook. Also found some cool books on routers and a book called Workshop Math . Looked promising so I got it. I figured it would have some "short" cuts when it comes to caculating measurements. I sometimes tend to take the long way around when figuring out a problem. LOL! Appreciate the help Dave.

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