The Complete Guide to High-End Audio

✍ Scribed by Robert Harley

• Publisher: Acapella Publishing
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 554
• Edition: Fourth Edition, Fourth edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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 computer-based music servers, wireless streaming of audio, high-resolution digital audio, internet downloads, HD radio, Blu-ray Disc, and the new high-resolution surround-sound formats. 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.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Copyright
......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
Foreword......Page 17
Preface......Page 19
About the Author......Page 21
1 What is High-End Audio?......Page 22
2 Choosing a High-End Audio System......Page 28
3 Becoming a Better Listener......Page 48
4 Preamplifiers......Page 78
5 Power and Integrated Amplifiers......Page 100
6 Loudspeakers......Page 132
7 Disc Players, Transports, and DACs......Page 180
8 Music Servers and Computer-Based Audio......Page 230
9 Turntables, Tonearms, and Cartridges: The LP Playback System......Page 254
10 FM Tuners, Satellite Radio, Internet Radio, and HD Radio......Page 290
11 Cables and Interconnects......Page 298
12 Audio for Home Theater......Page 318
13 Multichannel Audio......Page 346
14 System Set-Up Secrets Part One: Loudspeaker Placement and Room Acoustics......Page 362
15 System Set-Up Secrets Part Two: Expert Tuning Techniques and Audiophile Accessories......Page 406
16 Specifications and Measurements......Page 434
Appendix A: Sound and Hearing......Page 456
Appendix B: Audio and Electronics Basics......Page 472
Appendix C: Digital Audio Basics......Page 496
Glossary......Page 514
Index......Page 540
Back Cover......Page 554