WHITE PAPERS
The following "White Papers" discuss how Community measures its data and derives its specifications from the measured data.
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| Description | PDF version |
| Compact Ribbon Emulator - An Introduction | Compact Ribbon Emulator White Paper (700kb) |
| An In-Depth Look At The Community M4 Midrange Driver | M4 White Paper (2mb) |
| The hows and whys of Community's data measurements | Community's Measurement Philosophy (35kb) |
| Measurements that are made to create product specifications | Community Product Measurements (49kb) |
| The test system and how it is used for the measurements | Community Test System (107kb) |
| What is done to the measurement data before it is published | Data Post Processing (124kb) |
| Explains Community's power ratings | Community Power Ratings (95kb) |
TECHNICAL NOTES
The following are technical notes on various aspects of audio technology.
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| Description | PDF version |
| A listing of Community's innovations is at the bottom of the "about us" page. | |
| Powering ENTASYS - How to Power an ENTASYS Module to Maximum Power | Powering ENTASYS (66kb) |
| Basic guide for setting system gain structure. | Gain Structure 1 (38kb) |
| Advanced guide for setting system gain structure. | Gain Structure 2 (110kb) |
| Calculating dB, volts, and SPL made easy. | Calculating dB (86kb) |
| How to calculate and design fixed resistive pads (attenuators) | Calculating Pads (305kb) |
| What it is and what it does, with wire table. | Damping Factor (125kb) |
| Why they are different and what their effects are. Lots of graphs. | Polarity and Phase (373kb) |
| Advanced calculations for long microphone and line level cables. | Driving Long Cables (63kb) |
| Community Instructional on proper configuration of R-Series in various settings | |
| Transformers vs. Autoformers | Tech Notes (275kb) |
