1. Principles of sound radiation / Keith R. Holland -- 2. Transducer drive mechanisms / John Watkinson -- 3. Electrostatic loudspeakers / Peter J. Baxandall (revised by John Borwick) -- 4. The distributed mode loudspeaker (DML) / Graham Bank -- 5. Multiple-driver loudspeaker systems / Laurie Fincham -- 6. The amplifier/loudspeaker interface / Martin Colloms -- 7. Loudspeaker enclosures / Graham Bank and Julian Wright -- 8. The room environment : basic theory / Glyn Adams (revised by John Borwick) -- 9. The room environment : problems and solutions / Philip Newell -- 10. Sound reinforcement and public address / Peter Mapp -- 11. Loudspeakers for studio monitoring and music instruments / Mark R. Gander (with acknowledgement to Philip Newell) -- 12. Loudspeaker measurements / John Borwick (revised by Julian Wright) -- 13. Subjective evaluation / Floyd E. Toole and Sean E. Olive -- 14. Headphones / C.A. Poldy -- 15. International standards / J.M. Woodgate -- 16. Terminology / J.M. Woodgate.