Practical Tips for the Art and Science of Acoustic Design and Architecture Implement your own acoustic environment, such as recording studios, control rooms, and home listening rooms with the help of specialized advice from two professional engineers. Fully extended, the `Acoustic Handbook, Fifth Edition`, presents clear interpretations of acoustic phenomena and provides a premeditated suggested approach to room design. The reader will learn how to conduct acoustic measurements, choose room dimensions and speaker layout, analyze response curves, and how to design and install sound absorbers and diffusers. They will also find details on the precise tuning of room reverberation, minimizing external noise, and applying psychoacoustic concepts. The Acoustic Handbook, Fifth Edition, analyzes the following topics: - Determining the propagation of sound in open or closed spaces - Measuring sound pressure levels and analysis based on decibels - Analysis of room mode resonance characteristics - Acoustic intervention for optimal early reflections, reverberation, and diffusion - Minimizing acoustic distortion, comb filter phenomena, and noise from air conditioning and heating systems - Construction of high-quality stereo and `surround` sound listening rooms - Designing personal and professional recording studios and control rooms - Understanding the acoustics of conference spaces and concert halls - Optimizing room design with the help of measurements, modeling, and auralization software [Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]