AES Los Angeles 2014 Presenter or Author
Floyd Toole
Primary Affiliation: Acoustical consultant to Harman, ex. Harman VP Acoustical Engineering - Oak Park, CA, USA
AES Member Type: Life Fellow
Floyd E. Toole studied electrical engineering at the University of New Brunswick, and at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, where he received a Ph.D. In 1965 he joined the National Research Council of Canada, where he reached the position of Senior Research Officer in the Acoustics and Signal Processing Group. In 1991, he joined Harman International Industries, Inc. as Corporate Vice President – Acoustical Engineering. In this position he worked with all Harman International companies, and directed the Harman Research and Development Group, a central resource for technology development and subjective measurements, retiring in 2007. He is currently a consultant to Harman.
Dr. Toole’s research has focused on the acoustics and psychoacoustics of sound reproduction in small rooms, directed to improving engineering measurements, objectives for loudspeaker design and evaluation, and techniques for reducing variability at the loudspeaker / room / listener interface. For papers on these subjects he has received two AES Publications Awards, the AES Silver Medal (1996) and the Gold Medal (2013). He is a Fellow and Past President of the AES, a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America, and a Fellow of CEDIA (Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association). He has been awarded Lifetime Achievement awards by CEDIA and ALMA (Association of Loudspeaker Manufacturing & Acoustics International). He is the author of: “Sound Reproduction: the acoustics and psychoacoustics of loudspeakers and rooms.” (Focal Press, 2008).
Session List
Oct 9:
T4: Sound Reproduction: The State of Our Science (Presenter)
