Entries by Pat Brown

Anatomy of a Service Call

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Pat Brown took an average and simple service call and documented his steps to finding the problem and his solution to the problem.

By Pat Brown

The sound system in the Chapel at a local nursing home had all of … Read more

Headphone Calibration for Auralization

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By R.H. Campbell

This short piece by Dick Campbell, he addresses the significance of headphone choice and how they affect the auralization from room models

Reflected sound has a dramatic impact on what we hear. Room reflections and reverberation produce … Read more

Bricscad™ – CAD on a Budget

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By Pat Brown

Pat Brown gives an overview of Bricscad™ – An efficient and cost effective program for technical drawings.

CAD-literacy is an important skill for audio people. The long-term mainstay of CAD programs is AutoCAD™. Many small companies find … Read more

Chinn on Cable Wrapping

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By Rick Chinn

Audio people have long been divided on the proper way to coil a cable. Rich Chinn’s provided some insights  on cable wrapping that come from experience. pb

Wrapping

I’m in two camps. For short cables, I prefer … Read more

Sorensen Sez… Can a Boom Stop a Swirl?

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By Jim Sorensen

There’s something fascinating about science, isn’t there?

Take the Mississippi River. There it is, this big old usually slow flowing curly-qued stream that gives every impression that it’s always been like that…running from about Minneapolis to the … Read more

Composite Bass Tone-Burst Test Track

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D. B. (Don) Keele, Jr., Sept. 16, 2004 (Revised Aug. 29, 2005), Copyright 2005, D.B. Keele, Jr., Harman Int. Industries

Here’s a handy very-music-like test signal to assess the maximum peak output capability of subwoofers and systems over the range

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