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The Complete Guide to High-End Audio

Autor Robert Harley
en Limba Engleză Paperback – oct 2021

Unlock the full potential of your audio system with this comprehensive guide to high-end audio.

Whether you're a seasoned audiophile or just beginning your journey into high-quality sound, this guide provides expert advice on choosing the right equipment, avoiding common setup mistakes, and optimizing your listening experience. Learn about the latest audio technologies, including streaming audio, computer-based music servers, and high-resolution digital audio.

Discover how to make your speakers sound up to 50% better at no cost, understand listening-room acoustics, and master system setup secrets. Elevate your home entertainment and fully experience the intents of the composer and musicians.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781736254509
ISBN-10: 1736254502
Pagini: 592
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 x 30 mm
Greutate: 1.04 kg
Ediția:Sixth edition
Editura: Acapella Publishing
Colecția Acapella Publishing
Locul publicării:United States

Descriere

In this newly updated directory, the latest in cutting-edge audio equipment is provided, including how to choose the best audio equipment on a budget, how to get the best sound for the money, and how to set up a system for maximum performance. Revised and expanded to include all the latest audio technologies, this book is packed with expert advice how to make speakers sound up to 50 percent better at no cost, avoid the most common system set-up mistakes, and how to choose the one speaker in 50 worth owning. Among the new topics covered are streaming audio, computer-based music servers, music-management apps, wireless streaming, high-resolution digital audio. A short course on listening-room acoustics is presented and additional information on audio for home theater, multichannel audio, system set-up secrets, and what each component's specifications and measurements mean is also provided.

Recenzii

"Its impressive breadth and depth make it a valuable guide to audio's gold mine. . . You'll learn valuable things from Harley's book, not just at first reading, but as you come back to it over and over. —Peter Moncrieff, International Audio Review

"This is the best guidebook we've seen on the subject." —Wayne Thompson, The Oregonian

Cuprins

Contents
Foreword xvi
Preface to the Sixth Edition xviii
About the Author xx

1 What Is High-End Audio? 1

2 Choosing a High-End Audio System 7

3 Becoming a Better Listener 27

4 Preamplifiers and Phono Stages 57

5 Power and Integrated Amplifiers 81

6 Loudspeakers 117

7 Digital Source Components: DACs, Music Servers, Streaming,
Disc Players, Interfaces 173

8 Turntables, Tonearms, and Cartridges: The LP Playback System 255

10 Audio for Home Theater 317

11 Multichannel Audio 345

12 Personal Audio: Headphones, Desktop, and Mobile Audio 361
13 System Setup Secrets, Part One: Loudspeaker Placement and Room
Acoustics 381

14 System Setup Secrets, Part Two: Expert Tuning Techniques,
Accessories, Equipment Racks, and AC Power Conditioners 425

15 Specifications and Measurements 451

Appendix A: Sound and Hearing 463

Appendix B: Audio and Electronics Basics 479

Appendix C: Digital Audio Basics 503

Glossary 519

Index 559