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[philwsailz]

What does an acoustical engineer do?

Acousticals are responsible for simply put, the way speakers sound.
There is a lot to it.
We work with the cone for determining mass and stiffness
We work with the suspension to manipulate its springiness and damping
We work with the voice coils to figure out how how best to wire them; size, turns, etc...
We work wit the permanent magnets to spec them for power damping, etc.
The we work with any and all crossovers to determine the components and the proper values to make any woofers/midranges work well with any tweeters..

On the LF side, we take into account all of the electrical and mechanical characteristics of any subwoofers, and work with those values to determine proper air volumes, tuning frwquencies, vent diameters and lengths..

This is a real quick overview, but points to the fact that under the simple-sounding umbrella called acoustical engineering there are a lot of trades, disciplines, and arts involved..

Put another way we are geeks, only we play with sound rather than computers... This one has a few boats...

[Domsz06]

what do you say?

[Domsz06]

ha ha ha lets get this party started

[zad0030]

Acousticals are responsible for simply put, the way speakers sound.
There is a lot to it.
We work with the cone for determining mass and stiffness
We work with the suspension to manipulate its springiness and damping
We work with the voice coils to figure out how how best to wire them; size, turns, etc...
We work wit the permanent magnets to spec them for power damping, etc.
The we work with any and all crossovers to determine the components and the proper values to make any woofers/midranges work well with any tweeters..

On the LF side, we take into account all of the electrical and mechanical characteristics of any subwoofers, and work with those values to determine proper air volumes, tuning frwquencies, vent diameters and lengths..

This is a real quick overview, but points to the fact that under the simple-sounding umbrella called acoustical engineering there are a lot of trades, disciplines, and arts involved..

Put another way we are geeks, only we play with sound rather than computers... This one has a few boats...

Is that all that acoustical engineering includes, just making speakers?

[philwsailz]

i google image searched acoustical engineering and a picture of drums came up...so im like sweet. then wetsounds came up aswell

can't imagine why wetsounds came up with a search for acoustical enginner, since there aren't any there...


JUST KIDDING TIM!!!!!!!!

[Domsz06]

net is slow today

[time2kyl]

y'all want this party started?

[Domsz06]

can't imagine why wetsounds came up with a search for acoustical enginner, since there aren't any there...


JUST KIDDING TIM!!!!!!!!

ha ha ha!

[time2kyl]

I think I might need 4 KM620s now...

Dom you were right...I might have to start actually whoring to pay for all this...

[zad0030]

Acoustical engineers are typically concerned with:

* how to reduce unwanted sounds
* how to make useful sounds
* using sound as an indication of some other physical property
-wikipedia

[time2kyl]

can't imagine why wetsounds came up with a search for acoustical enginner, since there aren't any there...


JUST KIDDING TIM!!!!!!!!

Now that's some funny chit!

[Domsz06]

lets get going!

[Domsz06]

I think I might need 4 KM620s now...

Dom you were right...I might have to start actually whoring to pay for all this...

yeah let me tell you about it, I have over 8 tied up in mine alone

and that's just what I can add up on paper don't mind my other toys.

[philwsailz]

Is that all that acoustical engineering includes, just making speakers?

nope.

Funny, all the math for the design of speakers works really well. Out in the middle of the sky, with no walls or boundaries anywhere near the speaker or the listener that is... Not anything like a real listening envorinment.

We also get to deal with the interations with the room, or the listening envorimnent, and the affect the listening environment has on the speakers. We can do this with the speakers, the electronics driving the speakers, and/or the room itself. There are lots of things done to and in a room, all of which affect how sound propagates and develpos in a room.

Then there is that other acoutsic enginner; the guy who runs the sound at concerts, aka Sound Engineer. He knows some of all of the above, as well as a lot more about how the electronics work to deliver the sound to the room.

[Domsz06]