Audio Reality
by Bruce Rozenblit

This book is an insider "tell all" about the marketing practices of the "High-End" or specialty audio industry. It teaches the audiophile the functions and operations of the myriad accessories on the market. Essential knowledge replaces "myths" with "facts." All explanations use simple analogies, no math required. It provides the fundamental science for electronics. The thrust of the book is to obtain the maximum performance for the minimum expenditure by teaching the audiophile how to recognize false marketing claims through the use of science. The second half of the book contains the actual commercial designs of the author's company, Transcendent Sound, that the hobbyist can build. Complete schematics, parts lists, and checkout procedures are included. Projects include the highly acclaimed and patented Transcendent OTL, the Grounded Grid Preamp, the Super Compact 150W amp, the Cathode Follower Single-Ended amp and a new phono preamp design. The author demonstrates his innovative designs to the marketplace by publishing them. Large, full page schematics (8 1/2 by 11) and "lay flat" binding are easy for the hobbyist to work from.

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Beginner's Guide to Tube Audio

The Complete Guide to High-End Audio (Second Edition)
by Robert Harley

This new Second Edition of The Complete Guide to High-End Audio has been completely revised, updated, and expanded to include the latest developments in high-end audio and home theater. New sections cover high-resolution digital audio on DVD, the new Super Audio Compact Disc format, digital preamplifiers and power amplifiers, more system set-up secrets, how to optimize a system for both music and home theater, and much more. Now includes a 500+ term glossary. Expanded from 450 pages to 558 pages. More than 40,000 copies sold.

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Home Theatre for Everyone: A Practical Guide to Today's Home Entertainment Systems

The Master Handbook of Acoustics (Third Edition)
by F. Alton Everest

This new Second Edition of The Complete Guide to High-End Audio has been completely revised, updated, and expanded to include the latest developments in high-end audio and home theater. New sections cover high-resolution digital audio on DVD, the new Super Audio Compact Disc format, digital preamplifiers and power amplifiers, more system set-up secrets, how to optimize a system for both music and home theater, and much more. Now includes a 500+ term glossary. Expanded from 450 pages to 558 pages. More than 40,000 copies sold.

High-Power Audio Amplifier Construction Manual : 50 to 500 Watts for the Audio Perfectionist
by G. Randy Sloan

Serious About Sound? Build showcase amplifiers that outperform store-bought models-at a fraction of the cost. Ideal for audiophiles, electronics hobbyists, and audio engineers, here is the ultimate audio amplifier dream-to-reality book, giving you leading-edge electronics tools for designing every detail of a superior high-power amplifier. Using Randy Slone's ready-to-construct recipes, you can-in less time than you think-put together an amplifier that's a major step up from commercial offerings. And you'll save hundreds, even thougsands, of dollars doing it. The Best In Do-It-Yourself Audio Amplification. 12 complete designs, ready to build; Theory and principles for designing your own world-class amplifier; Optimal audio power supply building methods; New configurations and analyses of voltage amplifiers; New methods for increasing stability; New distortion-reduction techniques; Latest info on computer analysis and diagnostics; Popular audio myths debunked.

Goldmine's Price Guide to Collectible Jazz Albums 1949-1969 (Second Edition)
by Neil Umphred

Take the guesswork out of valuing collectible jazz albums! With the help of Neal Umphred, you'll find estimated values for thousands of jazz LPs from more than 3,000 Dixieland, big band/swing, bebop, and modern jazz artists. An Indepsensable guide for the avid jazz LP collector.

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Goldmine's Price Guide to Collectible Record Albums (5th Ed)

Blue Note : The Album Cover Art

"Edited and annotated by a couple of Londoners, this is another collection of Blue Note album covers. Now that we're accustomed to the reduced size of the CDs, the impact of these bold designs-particularly those by Reid Miles-is considerable. How much did they influence sales? I can remember being attracted to those for Jimmy Smith and Grant Green records. Now they seem to be valued for sentimental or nostalgic reasons, and sought with the zeal of stamp collectors." - Jazz Times

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Blue Note 2 : The Album Cover Art
The Blue Note Years : The Jazz Photography of Francis Wolff