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Chapter 18

Loudspeakers and Loudspeaker Arrays

by Eugene Patronis, Jr.

18.1 Loudspeaker Types

Direct Radiators

Direct Radiator Spatial Response

Far Field Directivity of a Direct Radiator

Loudspeaker Cone Behavior

18.2 Radiated Power

18.3 Axial Sound Pressure Level

18.4 Efficiency

18.5 Loudspeaker Electrical Impedance

18.6 Loudspeaker Directivity Factor

18.7 Loudspeaker Sensitivity

18.8 Direct Radiator Example Calculations

18.9 Horns and Compression Drivers

Cylindrical Horn

Plane Wave Tubes

Catenoidal Horn

Exponential Horn

Constant Directivity Horns

18.10 Practical Considerations Involving Horns

18.11 Horn Compression Drivers

18.12 Crossover Networks

Electric Filters

Transfer Functions

Higher Order ...

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