The Sound Reinforcement Handbook (Second Edition)

If you're reading this review, then you're in the same boat that I was in sometime ago. Don't think twice, just buy this book!!! Whatever the price may be.

Best book about soundreinforcment. What is a sound syste; how to understend specs; decibel and sound levels...all in the book

Pubblicazione completa e dettagliata; adatta a chi e alle prime armi ma anche al professionista che cerca conferme o risposta di quanto accade ogni volta che si amplifica un suono. Ottima quida didattica come punto di riferimento per un programma scolastico professionale e di altissimo livello. Peccato non poterlo avere tradotto in italiano darebbe, per quelli che non conoscono l'inglese nel linguaggio tecnico, un apporto maggiore e manterrrebbe una maggior concentrazione sulle argomentazioni trattate.

I am a musician and songwriter who needs to address performing and recording issues. So I became an amateur sound engineer. I am writing this review in 2013, almost 25 years after this book was published. The reason I got an interest in this book was a reference in the Yamaha mixer manual.That got my attention and I decided to give it a try. This book was written by Gary Davis and others, Mr. Davis was an adviser and manual writer for Yamaha USA. I have a deep respect to Yamaha instruments and music products and I thought it cannot be a bad choice as I was looking for audio engineering primer. It came true and that was the best bet I ever made for purchasing books online. What hit me that right off the bat is an excellent introduction and explanation of the headroom, the concept that was struggling for sometime and even after discussion the subject with professionals and reading multiple articles and manuals. What digital clipping is. Very practical, methodical, not too simple - a lot of technical lingo or physics concepts, but answered pretty much almost all my questions. So just to give an example, this book provided a criteria for specification for golden plated vs nickel plated connectors. I just got a call back from one of major US supplier salesperson regarding specifications of 1/4" connectors and - surprise - they don't know it. Or for instance why you don't want to use mic cable for unbalanced signal. Books has many practical advises, explains conceptual schematics, provide an advise on the cable construction, to level of details to how to build cable from balanced output to unbalanced input; or why do not use stereo cables on mono signal. Lots, tons of useful information. MIDI explanation leaves nothing behind. Clear, precise language. Some items are dated, no doubt, no new OFC cables for instance. No modern digital processing obviously. But it is astonishing the level of industry 25 years ago. Folks, pretty much all gadgets we have today were invented long, long time ago!!! Again, information provided covered all my needs for live performances and studio building; this book is a keeper for an amateur and no doubt for many professionals too. Excellent, timeless, with a lot of depth reference. Thanks and the best regards to the authors for their excellent work!

Tremendo libro compilatorio que todo ingeniero en audio debe tener, más si estás empezando a estudiar.

Supera con creces las expectativas. El mejor manual. Me venia recomendado y la verdad es que contiene todo lo necesario para que un sonidista principiante o profesional prospere en su camino a una mejor calidad de trabajo.

Realy big fat book to improved your knowedges. Just pertfect