Sound Reproduction
Language: English
Published by Wharfedale Wireless Works, Bradford, York, England, 1949
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
AbeBooks seller since August 25, 1999
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143 Pp. Maroon Cloth. Stated First Edition. Near Fine, Gilt Complete And Clear But Weak. Ownership Signature Of Computer Security Expert Willis H. Ware. Wharfedale Wireless Works Was Founded In 1932 By Gilbert Briggs, And Became One Of Britain's Leading Manufacturers Of Audiophile Equipment, Particularly Loudspeakers. In Addition To Winning Awards By Groups Such As The Bradford Radio Society, In Mass Public Testing At Carnegie Hall Wharfedale Speakers Proved Indistinguishable From Live Music. Innovations Introduced By Wharfedale Under Briggs Included Such Basics As The Two-Way Loudspeaker And The Ceramic Magnet. In The 1950S And 1960S, Wharfedale Became Famous For Its Technique Of Eliminating Cabinet Resonances By Using A Double Cabinet, With The Space Between The Inner And Outer Shells Filled With Sand. Purchasers Of The Loudspeaker Systems Would Receive The Appropriate Quantity Of Sand Which Had Been Shipped From Wharfedale In England.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Sound Reproduction
- Author
- Briggs, G. [George] A. (Ownership Signature Of Willis H. Ware]
- Publisher
- Wharfedale Wireless Works, Bradford, York, England
- Publication year
- 1949
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Computers and Computing, Motion Pictures and Television
Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
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