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Practical Instruction on the Art and Science of Acoustic Design and ArchitectureBuild your own acoustic environments such as recording studios, control rooms, and home listening rooms with expert insights from two engineering professionals. Fully expanded to cover the latest methods and software tools, Master Handbook of Acoustics, Fifth Edition presents clear explanations of acoustic phenomena and provides a hands-on approach to room design. Learn … More >>
#1 by F. W. Hoge on June 26, 2010 - 9:58 am
This is an outstanding book for anyone interested in room acoustics. My motivation as an Audiophile for purchasing this book was to answer the basic question: “Should my next audio investment be in room acoustic treatments, and if so what are the considerations involved?” This book methodically breaks down every aspect of the behavior of sound, and how that behavior affects and is percieved by the listener. Reverberation, reflection, dispersion, diffraction, absorption, spectral analyses, modal analyses, room topology, etc., etc… It’s all there. An absolute must have for any Audiophile.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by Anonymous on June 26, 2010 - 11:30 am
This book can be a tremendous asset to anyone interested in cleaning up their audio listening invironment. It would be difficult to imagine myself not having this book around now with all the wealth of information it possesses. Highly recomended.
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by Carlos Yoder on June 26, 2010 - 2:07 pm
To say that the Master Handbook of Acoustics is an ‘incredibly comprehensive work’ it’s like saying that the Beatles were ’some band from Liverpool’. Without a doubt, a must-have. Better than that, buy two and enlighten a friend!
Now really, this is the absolute definitive book on acoustics, covering topics ranging from sound propagation to room acoustics to absortion, diffusion, refraction, reflection, diffraction and everything else you can think of.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by Anonymous on June 26, 2010 - 2:21 pm
This book is excellent as an introduction to room acoustics. But it has no focus on a myriad of other acoustical issues. It should be called ‘Master Handbook of Room Acousitics.’
The chapter on digital sound is laughable and perfunctory. An introduction to specifics of digital sound sampling is essential in a modern book.
Some aspects of psychoacoustics are poorly presented; you should consult Roederer’s Introduction to the Physics and Psychophysics of Music for this area.
The contributed chapters are not particularly helpful, and their style diverges from that established by the author. These are rather technical, and the material in the book on digital sound, Fourier Analysis, and related areas (including ray tracing) is inadequate to prepare the reader for the more complex topics.
Rating: 3 / 5
#5 by J. Nickell on June 26, 2010 - 2:40 pm
Everest’s book Master Handbook of Acoustics lives up to it’s name. It’s an excellent overview of acoustics for everyday purposes. I haven’t been through it completely (skipped Ch.28) but am pleased with the level of detail. This is a good intro for a serious hobbyist, though it might be too much information for some. For a non-engineer professional it’s a good ‘one book’ place to start. It does not take you heavily into the physics of why or how sound behaves a certain way, but it makes the reader aware of the concepts in a factual manner. There is more of an emphasis on small room acoustics and studio applications.
The Master Hanbook of Acoustics has ample illustrations and references that will take you to the source for more detailed study.
For a great classic intro book on sound in large or open spaces, and sound / noise transmission see Architectural Acoustics by Meheta et al.
Addition 2006 – Two excellent new titles of note are “Concert Halls and Opera Houses” by Beranek and “Architectural Acoustics (Applications of Modern Acoustics)” by Long. These two titles are more technical and rigorous.
2008 – for a simlar fairly non-technical, good read on how we listen to speakers in small rooms see Floyd Toole’s book.
Rating: 5 / 5