About the Author

Ken C. Pohlmann is a professor emeritus at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. He was the director of the Music Engineering program in the university’s Frost School of Music from 1983 to 2007. He initiated new undergraduate and graduate courses in digital audio, advanced digital audio, Internet audio, acoustics and psychoacoustics, and studio production. In 1986, he founded the first master’s degree program in Music Engineering in the United States. Mr. Pohlmann holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois in Urbana–Champaign.

Mr. Pohlmann is the author of Principles of Digital Audio (McGraw-Hill); this book has appeared in six editions and has been translated into Dutch, Spanish, and Chinese. He is also author of The Compact Disc Handbook (A-R Editions); this book has appeared in two editions and has been translated into German. He is co-author of the most recent (fifth) edition of The Master Handbook of Acoustics (McGraw-Hill). He is also co-author of Writing for New Media (John Wiley & Sons), and editor and co-author of Advanced Digital Audio (Howard W. Sams). Since 1982, he has written over 2500 articles for publications including Audio, Broadcast Engineering, dB, Car Stereo Review, CD Review, Edmunds.com, Electronics Australia, Guitar Player, Handbook for Sound Engineers, IEEE Spectrum, Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Laserdisk Professional, McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, Mix, Mobile Entertainment, National Association of Broadcasters Handbook, NARAS Journal, PC, Road & Track Road Gear, Sound & Vision, Scientific American, Spektrum der Wissenschaft, Stereo Review, Video, and World Book Encyclopedia. He is a contributing technical editor and columnist for Sound & Vision.

Mr. Pohlmann has worked extensively in the research, development, and testing of new audio technology. He serves as a consultant in the theory and application of digital audio systems and the development of sound systems for automobile manufacturers. Some of his consulting clients include: Alpine Electronics, Analog Devices, Apple Computer, Bertlesmann Music Group, Blockbuster Entertainment, BMW, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Cirrus Logic, DaimlerChrysler, Eclipse, Ford, Fujitsu Ten, Harman International, Hughes Electronics, Hyundai, IBM, Kia, Lexus, Lucent Technologies, Microsoft, Mitsubishi Electronics, Motorola, Nippon Columbia, Onkyo America, Philips, RealNetworks, Recording Industry Association of America, Samsung, Sensormatic, Sonopress, Sony, TDK, Time Warner, Toyota, and United Technologies.

Mr. Pohlmann has served as a consultant or expert witness for patent infringement and other issues with law firms such as Arnold & Porter; Baker & McKenzie; Barnes & Thornburg; Christie Parker & Hale; Cushman Darby & Cushman; Darby & Darby; Dewey Ballantine; Firmstone & Feil; Fish & Neave; Fish & Richardson; Greenberg, Glusker, Fields, Claman, Machtinger & Kinsella; Howrey; Hunton & Williams; Jenner & Blocker; Jones Day; Kenyon & Kenyon; Kirkland & Ellis; McDermott Will & Emery; McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; Young & Thompson; and the U.S. Justice Department Anti-Trust Division.

Mr. Pohlmann co-founded Microcomputer Arts, Inc. (1980), International Business Information Systems Inc. (1982), and U.S. Digital Disc Corporation (1985). He chaired the Audio Engineering Society’s (AES) International Conference on Digital Audio in Toronto in 1989 and co-chaired the Society’s International Conference on Internet Audio in Seattle in 1997. He was presented two AES Board of Governors Awards (1989 and 1998) and was named an AES Fellow in 1990 for his work as an educator and author. He was elected to the AES Board of Governors in 1991. He was presented the University of Miami Philip Frost Award for Excellence in Teaching and Scholarship in 1992. He served as AES convention papers chairman in 1984 and papers co-chairman in 1993. He was elected as the Vice President of the AES Eastern U.S. and Canada Region in 1993. He served as a Non-Board Member of the National Public Radio Distribution/Interconnection Committee (2000–2003). He served on the Board of Directors of the New World Symphony (2000–2005). Mr. Pohlmann joined the Advisory Board of SRS Labs in 2009 as the charter member.