Home Theater Geeks 14

Home Theater Geeks Episode 14

"Acoustics and Psycho Acoustics of Speakers"Hosts: Scott Wilkinson Guest: Floyd Toole Recorded: March 29, 2010 Published: March 29, 2010 Duration: 1:28:45 Transcript Previous episode – Next episode

Contents 1 Home Theater Geeks 14: Acoustics and Psycho Acoustics of Speakers 1.1 Guests 1.2 Topics 2 Notable Quotes 3 Significant Products 4 Sponsors 4.1 Audible 4.1.1 Picks 4.2 Other Sponsor 5 Production Information

Home Theater Geeks 14: Acoustics and Psycho Acoustics of Speakers

Guests

• Floyd Toole, Vice President, Acoustical Engineering (retired), Harman International Industries, Inc.
  • Harmon.com

Floyd E. Toole studied electrical engineering at the University of New Brunswick and at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, where he received a Ph.D. In 1965, he joined the National Research Council of Canada, where he reached the position of Senior Research Officer in the Acoustics and Signal Processing Group. In 1991, he joined Harman International Industries, Inc. as Corporate Vice President – Acoustical Engineering. In this position, he worked with all Harman International companies and directed the Harman Research and Development Group, a central resource for technology development and subjective measurements. Early in 2007, Dr. Toole retired.

Dr. Toole’s research has focused on the acoustics and psychoacoustics of sound reproduction in small rooms. Most notably, he established methods for subjective and objective evaluations that have been used to clarify the relationships between technical measurements of audio equipment and listeners’ perceptions. All of this work was directed toward improving engineering measurements, objectives for loudspeaker design and production control, and techniques for reducing variability at the loudspeaker/room/listener interface.

For papers on these subjects he has received two AES Publications Awards and the AES Silver Medal. A book, “Sound Reproduction” for Focal Press (2008) is his most recent project. He is a Fellow and Past President of the Audio Engineering Society and a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America. He is currently active in teaching and course development in CEDIA, and in 2008, he was awarded the CEDIA Lifetime Achievement Award.

Topics

• Topic 1
  • Brief Synopsis
  • External Links

• Topic 2
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Notable Quotes

Significant Products

• Link URL and optional brief description

Sponsors

Audible

• Audible URL

Picks

TBD by TBD (ABRIDGED/UNABRIDGED) Narrated by TBD

Other Sponsor

• Link URL

Production Information

• Edited by: Tony
• Notes: 98 edits due to poor connection with Floyd.

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