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Amar G. Bose: 6.312 Lecture 18—Permanent Magnets

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Topics include: permanent magnets; omni vs. cardioid; first transatlantic cable; Norbert Wiener and first use of network synthesis; Kirchhoff's laws; magnetic materials and Alnico; future of electrical systems in auto...

Amar G. Bose: 6.312 Lecture 19—Microphones

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Topics include: microphones; pressure sensitive and pressure-gradient (velocity) microphones; Prof. Ernst A. Guillemin (MIT professor of network theory); Maurice Maeterlink; proximity effect. Recorded: Nov. 14, 1995.

Amar Bose: 6.312 Lecture 21—Normal Modes

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Topics include: 3-D rooms; distribution of normal modes; graphic equalizers; class demo with oscilloscope. Recorded: Nov. 21, 1995.

Amar Bose: 6.312 Lecture 27—Personal Reflections

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Dr. Bose addresses students during the last class of the Fall 1995 semester. He first illustrates an experiment about sound deterioration and normal modes, using multiple re-recordings of a piece of music, a human voi...

Amar Bose: Lecture 23—Fields and Air Absorption

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Topics include: direct and reverberant fields; air absorption; experiences recording orchestras; localization; stories about patent trials. Recorded: Nov. 30, 1995.

Amar G. Bose: 6.312 Lecture 09—Intensity, Generalized Elements

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Topics include: intensity; generalized elements; electrical and mechanical examples; Kirchhoff circuit laws; vector power, power factor; transformers; sources. Recorded: Oct. 5, 1995.

Amar G. Bose: 6.312 Lecture 12—Resistance and Acoustical Circuits

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Topics include: resistance, resistive elements; transformers; anechoic chamber; acoustical circuits; Kirchhoff's laws: KVL and KCL; Helmholtz resonator. Recorded: Oct. 19, 1995.

Amar Bose: 6.312 Lecture 25—Psychoacoustics (cont.)

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Topics include: psychoacoustics; localization of sound; Fletcher Munson curve; sensitivity to phase shift; Pinna pressure; sensitivity to distortion; Haas effect; spectral, spatial and temporal aspects of sound; maski...

Amar G. Bose: 6.312 Lecture 04—Sinusoidal Examples

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Topics include: one-dimensional wave case; sinusoidal case; exponential building block; characteristic impedance of the medium; transmission line equations. Recorded: Sept. 19, 1995.

Amar G. Bose: 6.312 Lecture 01—Introduction

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Topics include: course mechanics and philosophy; interdisciplinarity of acoustics; centrality of modeling; lump parameters; Maxwell's Equations; experiences with Norbert Wiener; physical acoustics and psychoacoustics....