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Encyclopedia > John Volkman

John E. Volkman (1905 - 1980) was an American industrial scientist, spent his career at RCA, designing studios and auditoria, and sound reinforcement components.


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John has a keen interest in the environmental issues that can affect the long-term sustainability of finfish aquaculture in our marine environment.
John first became interested in environmental chemistry whilst studying for his PhD at the University of Melbourne.
John is the Aquafin Cooperative Research Centre's Environment Program Leader and has overall responsibility for all its projects.
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Credit John with being the first person to use a variable equalizer to improve reproduced sound.
While Bell Labs used fixed equalizers earlier than this for correcting audio transmission losses [4], Volkman represents one of the first uses of an external variable equalizer as an added component to an installed system.
During the same period Volkman experimented with equalizers for reproduced sound, Hollywood found uses for them in producing sound.
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