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  • BS EN 60268-5 : 2003

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    SOUND SYSTEM EQUIPMENT - PART 5: LOUDSPEAKERS

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-2003

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Conditions for measurement
    4 Test signals
    5 Acoustical environment
    6 Unwanted acoustical and electrical noise
    7 Positioning of loudspeaker and measuring microphone
    8 Measuring equipment
    9 Accuracy of the acoustical measurement
    10 Mounting of loudspeakers
    11 Standard baffle and measuring enclosures
    12 Preconditioning
    13 Type description
    14 Marking of terminals and controls
    15 Reference plane, reference point and reference axis
    16 Impedance and derivative characteristics
    17 Input voltage
    18 Input electrical power
    19 Frequency characteristics
    20 Sound pressure under free-field and half-space free-field
       conditions
    21 Response under free-field and half-space free-field
       conditions
    22 Output power (acoustic power)
    23 Directional characteristics
    24 Amplitude non-linearity
    25 Rated ambient conditions
    26 Stray magnetic fields
    27 Physical characteristics
    28 Design data
    29 Indication of the characteristics to be specified
    Annex A (informative) - Standard measuring enclosure type A
    Annex B (informative) - Standard measuring enclosure type B
    Annex C (informative) - Definitions of terms used in Clause 13
    Annex D (informative) - Listening tests
    Annex ZA (normative) - Normative references to international
             publications with their corresponding European
             publications
    Bibliography

    Abstract - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    Provides the characteristics to be specified and the relevant methods of measurement for loudspeakers using sinusoidal or specified noise or impulsive signals.

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    Committee EPL/100
    Development Note Renumbers and supersedes BS 6840-5(1995) 1997 version incorporates amendment 9409 to BS 6840-5(1995) Supersedes 00/203794 DC (08/2003) 2003 Edition Re-Issued in September 2011 & incorporates AMD 1 2009. Supersedes 06/30159628 DC. (09/2011)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Current
    Supersedes

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    IEC 60268-3:2013 Sound system equipment - Part 3: Amplifiers
    ISO 3744:2010 Acoustics Determination of sound power levels and sound energy levels of noise sources using sound pressure Engineering methods for an essentially free field over a reflecting plane
    ISO 3743-2:1994 Acoustics Determination of sound power levels of noise sources using sound pressure Engineering methods for small, movable sources in reverberant fields Part 2: Methods for special reverberation test rooms
    IEC 60268-12:1987 Sound system equipment. Part 12: Application of connectors for broadcast and similar use
    IEC 60050-151:2001 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) - Part 151: Electrical and magnetic devices
    EN ISO 3741:2010 Acoustics - Determination of sound power levels and sound energy levels of noise sources using sound pressure - Precision methods for reverberation test rooms (ISO 3741:2010)
    IEC 60268-14:1980 Sound system equipment. Part 14: Circular and ellipticalloudspeakers; outer frame diameters and mounting dimensions
    HD 483.11 : 200S3 SOUND SYSTEM EQUIPMENT - APPLICATION OF CONNECTORS FOR THE INTERCONNECTION OF SOUND SYSTEM COMPONENTS
    EN 60268-12:1995/A2:1995 SOUND SYSTEM EQUIPMENT - APPLICATION OF CONNECTORS FOR BROADCAST AND SIMILAR USE
    EN ISO 3744:2010 Acoustics - Determination of sound power levels and sound energy levels of noise sources using sound pressure - Engineering methods for an essentially free field over a reflecting plane (ISO 3744:2010)
    EN 60268-3:2013 Sound system equipment - Part 3: Amplifiers
    IEC 60263:1982 Scales and sizes for plotting frequency characteristics and polar diagrams
    HD 483.1 : 200S2 SOUND SYSTEM EQUIPMENT - GENERAL
    IEC 60268-1:1985 Sound system equipment. Part 1: General
    ISO 3741:2010 Acoustics Determination of sound power levels and sound energy levels of noise sources using sound pressure Precision methods for reverberation test rooms
    EN 60651:1994/A2:2001 SOUND LEVEL METERS (IEC 60651:1979/A2:2000)
    ISO 3745:2012 Acoustics — Determination of sound power levels and sound energy levels of noise sources using sound pressure — Precision methods for anechoic rooms and hemi-anechoic rooms
    IEC 61260:1995 Electroacoustics - Octave-band and fractional-octave-band filters
    HD 483.2 : 200S2 SOUND SYSTEM EQUIPMENT - EXPLANATION OF GENERAL TERMS AND CALCULATION METHODS
    IEC 60268-11:1987 Sound system equipment. Part 11: Application of connectors for the interconnection of sound system components
    EN 61260:1995/A1:2001 ELECTROACOUSTICS - OCTAVE-BAND AND FRACTIONAL-OCTAVE-BAND FILTERS
    IEC 60651:1979+AMD1:1993+AMD2:2000 CSV Sound level meters
    ISO 3743-1:2010 Acoustics Determination of sound power levels and sound energy levels of noise sources using sound pressure Engineering methods for small movable sources in reverberant fields Part 1: Comparison method for a hard-walled test room
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