[.ca] Sound System Engineering (ISBN 0240808304)

VERY GOOD HANDBOOK:
A clear installation guide for all sound engineers that covers all audio aspect and problems! Exellent.This is a "must" in sound engineers collection books!

This is my Bible!:
Unfortunately, my English (I am Russian sound engineer living in Moscow) is not good enough to express how important is this book for me. Everything I know about sound systems (apart from my personal experience) I've learned from this book. I could only wish to see it some day to be published in Russian. I would translate it just for fun! There are so many myths in pro audio and sound system installation. This book helps to get rid of them. I read this book every day and every time learn something new. THANK YOU MR. DAVIS!!!

One of the best books on audio engineering:
This book will help you to design a P.A. system correctly as well as solve problems with existing systems. It handles all aspects of almost any type of sound system. This book is a must for any person that is serious about sound systems and audio engineering. If you are serious and have no books on the topic, then this is the first one to buy.

High expectations low return:
Very esoteric, helpful if your having and argument about the physics of sound.... Old, out of date pictures and test instruments. Some of which haven't been around for ten years. Very little practical information, you read and read and read looking for some practical conclusions. Absolutely FILLED with mathematical calculations. I'm not put off by these but they are out of balance with there usefulness. This books seems like it was written to fulfill someones PHD requirements. There are some useful chapters on electrical or speaker basics but they seem included only to bring this book down from outer space.

Great mid level text:
We've used this book as both a historical reference to get our folks up to speed, and the material is still pertinent to predictive analysis today. I've been using it since the first edition and find it a useful part of a complete acoustics library.