The Complete Guide to High-end Audio
The Complete Guide to High-end Audio

Author: Robert Harley

Publisher: Acapella Publishing

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780964084957

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Robert Harley, Editor-in-Chief of The Absolute Sound and The Perfect Vision magazines, tells you everything you need to know to become a better listener and better buyer of quality high-fidelity components. With this book you will discover how to get the best sound for your money; how to identify the weak links in your system and upgrade where it will do the most good; how to setup and tweak your system to get maximum performance from equipment you already own; and, most of all, how to become a more perceptive and appreciative listener. This book makes hi-fi more fun! Widely acknowledged as the reference on high-quality music reproduction with more than 100,000 copies sold in four languages, The Complete Guide to High-End Audio has been newly expanded, revised, and updated to cover the latest developments in high-end audio. New sections include: high-resolution digital audio; SACD and DVD-Audio; multichannel audio; how to integrate home theater into a high-performance music system; more system setup secrets; the latest developments in audio technology -- and more! Book jacket.

Hi-Fi
Hi-Fi

Author: Gideon Schwartz

Publisher: Phaidon Press

Published: 2019-10-30

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780714878089

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A beyond-cool look at the world of high-end audio design for passionate collectors, obsessive audiophiles, and design fans At a time when sales of vinyl records have hit a 25-year high, and analog technologies are providing the kind of extraordinary audio experiences that our increasingly digital world has started to remove, Hi-Fi is essential reading. This unique book explores just how, when, and why the world fell in love with the look, feel, and sound of top-of-the-line audio equipment. Hi-Fi traces this fascinating evolution from the 1950s to today (and tomorrow), taking readers right up to the current renaissance of all things analog and the emergence of cutting-edge designs for die-hard audiophiles.

The Absolute Sound's Illustrated History of High-End Audio
The Absolute Sound's Illustrated History of High-End Audio

Author: Robert Harley

Publisher:

Published: 2013-11-20

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9780989829700

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The Absolute Sound's Illustrated History of High-End Audio documents the history of the high-end audio industry in a series of three graphic-rich coffee-table books. Volume One: Loudspeakers presents the development of high-performance loudspeakers from the earliest experiments to today's high-tech designs. The book includes new interviews with the founders of now iconic loudspeaker manufacturers who recount their companies' histories and evolution from garage-based experiments to global leaders in the high-end speaker industry. Lavishly illustrated with many never-before-seen archival photos, The Absolute Sound's Illustrated History of High-End Audio showcases the key technological developments, landmark designs, and revolutionary technologies that transformed the first primitive loudspeakers into today's modern high-end industry. The Absolute Sound's Illustrated History of High-End Audio is written by the editorial staff of The Absolute Sound. Founded in 1973, The Absolute Sound is the world's most respected magazine covering high-end audio. Many of the book's contributors have been writing about high-end audio for decades, and bring their unique experience and insight to documenting high-performance audio's rich legacy.

Sound Reproduction
Sound Reproduction

Author: Floyd E. Toole

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-28

Total Pages: 956

ISBN-13: 1317415094

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Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and Rooms, Third Edition explains the physical and perceptual processes that are involved in sound reproduction and demonstrates how to use the processes to create high-quality listening experiences in stereo and multichannel formats. Understanding the principles of sound production is necessary to achieve the goals of sound reproduction in spaces ranging from recording control rooms and home listening rooms to large cinemas. This revision brings new science-based perspectives on the performance of loudspeakers, room acoustics, measurements and equalization, all of which need to be appropriately used to ensure the accurate delivery of music and movie sound tracks from creators to listeners. The robust website (www.routledge.com/cw/toole) is the perfect companion to this necessary resource.

Introductory Guide to High-performance Audio Systems
Introductory Guide to High-performance Audio Systems

Author: Robert Harley

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780978649302

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In 12 fact-filled chapters--covering everything from stereo to multichannel music to home theater--discover how to choose the best components for the money, how to match components fore the best sound, and how to set up and fine-tune a system for maximum performance.

Absolute Beginners Voice
Absolute Beginners Voice

Author: Andrés Andrade

Publisher: Omnibus Press

Published: 2009-01

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 9781847726322

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Suitable for both male and female beginners, this step-by-step guide takes you through the basics, from how to stand and breathe correctly to singing your first song.In this great three-part hybrid book you get:- Course book and music- A look and learn course that uses clear diagrams and photographs to illustrate every step of learning.- Practical advice and tips covering everything you need to know about posture, breathing and performing- Vocal exercises that promote breath control, good tine, resonance and most importantly, safe singing- Ten well-known songs for you to learn- A First Vocal Exercises pull-out chart to guide you through your first weeks- Two Audio CDs- Male and female demonstrations and backing tracks for all exercises and songs- Free Internet Downloads!- Downloadable backing tracks and scores for all songs in alternative keys to suit your voice

Sourdough
Sourdough

Author: Robin Sloan

Publisher: MCD

Published: 2017-09-05

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 0374716439

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From Robin Sloan, the New York Times bestselling author of Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, comes Sourdough, "a perfect parable for our times" (San Francisco Magazine): a delicious and funny novel about an overworked and under-socialized software engineer discovering a calling and a community as a baker. Named One of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Southern Living Lois Clary is a software engineer at General Dexterity, a San Francisco robotics company with world-changing ambitions. She codes all day and collapses at night, her human contact limited to the two brothers who run the neighborhood hole-in-the-wall from which she orders dinner every evening. Then, disaster! Visa issues. The brothers quickly close up shop. But they have one last delivery for Lois: their culture, the sourdough starter used to bake their bread. She must keep it alive, they tell her—feed it daily, play it music, and learn to bake with it. Lois is no baker, but she could use a roommate, even if it is a needy colony of microorganisms. Soon, not only is she eating her own homemade bread, she’s providing loaves to the General Dexterity cafeteria every day. Then the company chef urges her to take her product to the farmer’s market—and a whole new world opens up.

The Audio Dictionary
The Audio Dictionary

Author: Glenn D. White

Publisher: University of Washington Press

Published: 2011-10-01

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 0295801700

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The Audio Dictionary is a comprehensive resource, including historical, obsolete, and obscure as well as contemporary terms relating to diverse aspects of audio such as film and TV sound, recording, Hi-Fi, and acoustics. The Third Edition includes four hundred new entries, such as AAC (advanced audio coding), lip synch, metadata, MP3, and satellite radio. Every term from previous editions has been reconsidered and often rewritten. Guest entries are by Dennis Bohn, cofounder and head of research and development at Rane Corporation, and film sound expert Larry Blake, whose credits include Erin Brockovich and Ocean's Eleven. The appendixes--tutorials that gather a lifetime's worth of experience in acoustics--include both new and greatly expanded articles.