Audio And Hi Fi

Author : Gideon Schwartz
Publisher : Phaidon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780714878089
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hi-Fi written by Gideon Schwartz and published by Phaidon Press. This book was released on 2019-10-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Ian Sinclair
Publisher : Newnes
ISBN 13 : 9780750649759
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Audio and Hi-Fi Handbook written by Ian Sinclair and published by Newnes. This book was released on 2000-10-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a team of experts and specialist contributors, this comprehensive guide has proved to be an invaluable resource for professional designers and service engineers. Each chapter is written by a leading author, including Don Aldous, Nick Beer, John Borwick, Dave Berriman, John Linsley Hood, Geoff Lewis and John Watkinson, which provides as wide a perspective as possible on high-quality sound reproduction as well as a wealth of expertise. The third edition includes new chapters on servicing, Nicam stereo and digital satellite radio. For the first time in paperback, this revised edition features a completely new chapter on the most recent digital developments, CD-R/RW, HDCD, Internet audio, MP3 players and DAM-CD. Ian Sinclair has written over 140 books on aspects of electronics and computing and has been a regular contributor to the electronics and computing press.

Author : Garrett Hongo
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 : 0375425063
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Perfect Sound written by Garrett Hongo and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A poet’s audio obsession, from collecting his earliest vinyl to his quest for the ideal vacuum tubes. A captivating book that “ingeniously mixes personal memoir with cultural history and offers us an indispensable guide for the search of acoustic truth” (Yunte Huang, author of Charlie Chan). Garrett Hongo’s passion for audio dates back to the Empire 398 turntable his father paired with a Dynakit tube amplifier in their modest tract home in Los Angeles in the early 1960s. But his adult quest begins in the CD-changer era, as he seeks out speakers and amps both powerful and refined enough to honor the top notes of the greatest opera sopranos. In recounting this search, he describes a journey of identity where meaning, fulfillment, and even liberation were often most available to him through music and its astonishingly varied delivery systems. Hongo writes about the sound of surf being his first music as a kid in Hawai‘i, about doo-wop and soul reaching out to him while growing up among Black and Asian classmates in L.A., about Rilke and Joni Mitchell as the twin poets of his adolescence, and about feeling the pulse of John Coltrane’s jazz and the rhythmic chords of Billy Joel’s piano from his car radio while driving the freeways as a young man trying to become a poet. Journeying further, he visits devoted collectors of decades-old audio gear as well as designers of the latest tube equipment, listens to sublime arias performed at La Scala, hears a ghostly lute at the grave of English Romantic poet John Keats in Rome, drinks in wisdom from blues musicians and a diversity of poetic elders while turning his ear toward the memory-rich strains of the music that has shaped him: Hawaiian steel guitar and canefield songs; Bach and the Band; Mingus, Puccini, and Duke Ellington. And in the decades-long process of perfecting his stereo setup, Hongo also discovers his own now-celebrated poetic voice.

Author : Robert Harley
Publisher : Acapella Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780964084940
Total Pages : 586 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Guide to High-end Audio written by Robert Harley and published by Acapella Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expanded and revised to cover recent developments, this text should tell you what you need to know to become a better listener and buyer of quality high-fidelity components. New sections include: super audio CD; high-resolution audio on DVD; and single-ended amplifiers.

Author : Alfred W. Barber
Publisher : Business & Professional Division
ISBN 13 : 9780133782998
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of HiFi-Audio Systems and Projects written by Alfred W. Barber and published by Business & Professional Division. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Attwood
Publisher : Mitchell Beazley
ISBN 13 : 9781840005066
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sound Design written by David Attwood and published by Mitchell Beazley. This book was released on 2002-05-09 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the development of audio design by decade, from the LP record, the birth of hi-fi and the first transistors in the 1950s, through the Japanese hi-fi boom of the 60s and 70s, the CD and the Walkman in the 80s, to the MP3 and DVD players of today.

Author : Paul McGowan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781792346675
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Audiophile's Guide written by Paul McGowan and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Harley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780978649302
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introductory Guide to High-performance Audio Systems written by Robert Harley and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Ken Kessler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780862962425
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sound Bites 50 Years of Hi Fi News written by Ken Kessler and published by . This book was released on 2005-10-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nick Beer
Publisher : Digital Press
ISBN 13 : 9780750621175
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Servicing Audio and Hi-fi Equipment written by Nick Beer and published by Digital Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Service engineers and technicians have come to regard this book as essential to their work. As a bench-side companion and guide it has no equal. Its purpose is to ease and speed up the processes of fault diagnosis, repair and testing of all classes of home audio equipment: receivers, amplifiers, recorders and playback machines. The mechanics and electronics of domestic audio are examined by Nick Beer in a down-to-earth and practical way, concentrating on what goes wrong, how to track down problems, and how to solve them. A symptom index and comprehensive manufacturer and supplier guide allow quick access to specific advice and suggestions. The third edition is bang up to date with the latest technology-DVD, CD Recordable,PC audio systems. There is also new material on PA equipment. nick Beer is a Service Manager for an independent dealer working with TV, VCR, Satellite, audio and hi-fi equipment from the major quality manufacturers. He also has extensive experience of field service and sales/installation work. His articles appear regularly in Electrotechnology, and Satellite Trader, and he lectures in Electronics and Media for numerous colleges and companies.