Which one should I buy of these - SB201, LDCB, TL (books)

[percy]

If I want to buy ONE book from these three which one would you recommend ?

Speaker Building 201
Loudspeaker Design Cookbook
Testing Loudspeakers

I dont want to end up buying all three only to find out they overlap in most of the content, or the level is below what I already know.

To give you a little background -
I am not really a novice at speaker design but I am not an expert either. I already have a fully functional speaker measurement setup based on Speaker Workshop that I have used successfully in designing/building a couple of "first" speaker projects.

So I dont really need a '101' book and I definitely don't want a 'recipe book' with the 10-most-easy-to-build-speaker-projects either. I want something that will talk more about design, theory, fundamentals, measurement, etc... at an intermediate-advanced level. And something that will serve as a nice reference as I go further into the subject.

[GM]

Greets!

Good Q! From just reading a review of Alden's book, it appears to be a more in-depth version of his Advanced Speaker Systems book I recommend to newbies, so seems a pretty good choice: http://www.audioxpress.com/reviews/media/Colin205.pdf

The LDC has been very popular for at least the last 10 yrs IIRC and I gather it's at least on a par with Alden's, but I'll let someone who has a copy make that call.

I have D'Appolito's book and it only delves into speaker design peripherally as background for accurate testing, so not a contender.

Frankly, if the math doesn't bother you, Earl Geddes' book would be my recommendation, though a bit pricey, an excellent value: http://www.gedlee.com/

GM

[Moondog55]

I would have said they complement each other nicely, two views of the same subject, I still use LDC as a thinking tool, also David Weems books, they too are still relevant.
Both books together would cost less than one decent mid-range driver
Ted