BOOK DESCRIPTION: Avoid the hit-and-miss approach and stop wasting money on overpriced high-end products in the blind hope of sonic improvement.
MINIMIZING UNWANTED VI.
ACOUSTIC TREATMENTS 14.
OPTIMIZING THE ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE OF YOUR LISTENING ROOM13.
LOUDSPEAKER POSITIONING 12.
COMPONENT MATCHING AND AUDIO SYSTEM INTEGRATION ISSUES11.
LOUDSPEAKER TYPES, TESTS, AND IMPROVEMENTS 10.
HEADPHONES AND HEADPHONE AMPLIFIERS9.
AUDIO AMPLIFIERS - HOW THEY WORK AND HOW TO IMPROVE THEIR SOUND8.
UPGRADING & FINE-TUNING THE SOURCES: OPEN REEL RECORDERS, TURNTABLES, PHONO STAGES AND CD PLAYERS 7.
CABLES, FUSES, CONTACTS, AND CONNECTIONS 6.
CLEANING UP THE POWER SUPPLY TO REDUCE NOISE, HUM, AND INTERFERENCE 5.
WHAT DO WE LISTEN FOR AND WHAT DO WE ACTUALLY HEAR? 4.
BEFORE YOU BUY AN AUDIO SYSTEM OR COMPONENT - THINGS TO DO & MISTAKES TO AVOID3.
WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS BOOK AND HOW YOU WILL BENEFIT FROM IT 2.
Even if you implement only a few improvements from the hundreds described within its pages - you will never look back! BOOK CONTENTS: 1.
The money invested in this book would not even buy you a budget-priced pair of cables: it will prove to be one of the best financial investments you ever make.
Tubes vs transistors, objectivists vs subjectivists, measurements vs listening, and digital vs analog: all of these are discussed in detail.
The author does not shy away from many controversial and hotly debated topics.
With over 400 photographs, diagrams, and illustrations, Sound Improvement Secrets for Audiophiles makes it easy for you to understand and comprehend complex technical concepts and issues.
Instead, the focus is on dozens of DIY projects, case studies, and examples of commercial audio components - turntables, preamplifiers, amplifiers, loudspeakers, power supplies, and acoustic treatments.
While relatively technical and in-depth, this practical manual goes way beyond a dozen quick tips and the simplistic advice you read elsewhere.
It is like having an audio and acoustic consultant by your side to guide you through optimizing and voicing your audio system and your listening room.
Sound Improvement Secrets for Audiophiles will teach you how things work, why some circuits, designs, and technologies Sound the way they do, and how to make them Sound even Better through simple modifications and improvements.
Achieve the ultimate audio synergy and get more enjoyment from your audio system by making it as good sounding as possible.
BOOK DESCRIPTION: Avoid the hit-and-miss approach and stop wasting money on overpriced high-end products in the blind hope of sonic improvement
