Bill Dudleston
Bill Dudleston is an American audio engineer and entrepreneur known as the founder and president of Legacy Audio, an audio and home theater equipment manufacturer based in Springfield, Illinois. He is a member of the Audio Engineering Society and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Dudleston has been recognized for his contributions to the industry, including induction into a regional Hall of Fame and inclusion in Who’s Who of American Businessmen.[1][2]
Biography
Dudleston graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1981 with an engineering degree.[3] He holds patents related to circuit topologies and acoustic alignments and has developed various loudspeaker technologies.
His work at Legacy Audio includes advancements in controlled directivity loudspeaker designs, wave-launch coherence in low-frequency radiators, dynamic braking in active speaker design, selectable directivity multi-way microphone arrays, feedback-eliminating stage monitors, and isolated wall-mounting methods for speaker systems. His work has been cited in Tom Petzinger's book The New Pioneers.[4] Dudleston has also published articles on acoustics and loudspeaker design and authored Reinforcement, Resonance, and Reverberation: Fundamentals in Sound Control.[5]
Industry contributions
Dudleston has designed speaker systems for companies including Arista, Sony, Universal Music Group, and archival organizations such as the Stradivari Society. His speaker designs have been used by producers such as Rick Rubin and Antonio L.A. Reid and mastering engineer Herb Powers in producing recordings for Sheryl Crow, Johnny Cash, Tom Petty, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mariah Carey, and Usher. Remastering engineer Steve Hoffman has used Legacy speakers on re-issues of Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, and Nat King Cole recordings.
Media recognition
Dudleston and Legacy Audio have been featured in industry publications such as Billboard, The Wall Street Journal, Stereophile, The Absolute Sound, Home Theater Magazine, and Robb Report. He continues to lead research and development at Legacy Audio, focusing on digital signal processing (DSP), digital amplification, and wave-launch reconstruction.[6]
References
- ^ On your mark, get set, scope out the competition USA Today, February 14, 2001.
- ^ EX-CHEMICAL ENGINEER BUILDS DREAM, HIGH-END AUDIO SPEAKERS St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 12, 1995.
- ^ "LinkedIn".
- ^ Petzinger, Thomas (1999). The new pioneers : the men and women who are transforming the workplace and marketplace (First ed.). Touchstone (published 2000). ISBN 978-0684863108.
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- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
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