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Robert Harley's book "The Complete Guide to High End-Audio" is a very, very good starting point. Each chapter is written in such a way where it starts off with basics and builds from there. If a something doesn't interest you a chapter or a portion of a chapter is easily skipped with no harm done.
http://www.stereophile.com/columns/
http://www.stereophile.com/searchresults/index.html?stype=X&terms=glossary&x=6&y=7
http://www.enjoythemusic.com/audioterminology.htm#S
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,1460716,00.asp
http://www.inwallstore.com/kb_results.asp?ID=18
http://eli47.tripod.com/audiogloss.html
http://diyaudiocorner.tripod.com/def.htm
http://lp2cd.com/audio_terms/a/index.html
http://sound.westhost.com/site-map.htm
http://www.lenardaudio.com/sitemap.html
http://www.audiogearreviews.com/tech/theory/system_design/system_design.asp
http://www.tnt-audio.com/casse/waspe.html
http://www.sonicdesign.se/subplace.html
http://www.axiomaudio.com/newsletter_index.html
http://www.gcaudio.com/resources/howtos/index.html
http://www.stereophile.com/reference/99/index.html
http://harada-sound.com/sound/handbook/defa-d.html
http://www.bcae1.com/spkrmlti.htm
http://www.psbspeakers.com/audio-topics/The-Frequencies-of-Music
http://myhometheater.homestead.com/splcalculator.html
Don't believe everything you read. Many opinions are stated as undeniable fact.
Well, that will keep me busy for a while. The library is getting the book from another branch. The links will keep me busy for a while (but extremetech is broken?).
Stereophile.com/columns is where I started and then felt hopelessly lost in a sea of details without a foundation of general knowledge. And yes, I know that seas don't have foundations - I kind of mixed my metaphors.
Thanks.
Harley's book does an excellent job of providing a very solid foundation. It's a boot camp for audiophiles. It will jump start your understanding by approximately 2-3 years.
forget the *audiophile* reading nonsense and learn the basic science first.. once you have a solid foundation built around the fundamentals..then delve into the esoteric/voodoo.. all of the below are considered must haves for the audio geek/engineer...some are even used as textbooks!
This is your brain on music
Making Scenes, the scenes behind the music
Recording the Beatles
sound recording
temples of sound
SAE Institute
Mixing With your Mind
an eternal golden braid
Sound Recording Handbook
Master Handbook of Acoustics
Behind The Glass
Total Recording
Tape Recorders
Sound recording practice
Professional Microphone Techniques
Principles of Digital Audio
The New Stereo Soundbook
The Microphone book
On Location Recording Techniques
Electroacoustical Reference Handbook
Audio Engineering
Handbook of Recording Engineering
Audio Dictionary
From tinfoil to Stereo, a history of recording
Yamaha Sound Reinforcement Handbook
Mastering Audio
The Mixing Engineer's Handbook
http://www.amazon.com/This-Your-Brain-Music-Obsession/dp/0525949690
http://www.amazon.com/Making-Records-Sce...3200&sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.com/Recording-Beatles-...3241&sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.com/SOUND-RECORDING-Jo...3047&sr=8-3
http://www.amazon.com/Temples-Sound-Insi...3093&sr=1-1
http://www.saecollege.de/reference_material/index.html
http://www.mixingwithyourmind.com/
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465026567/103-7567281-3185432?v=glance&n=283155
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0672225832/102-0455654-5222524?v=glance&n=283155
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sk...amp;dcaid=17379
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0879306149/102-0455654-5222524?v=glance&n=283155
http://www.alibris.com/search/detail.cfm...K9.vdK1d_e0zG_g
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0872886859/102-0455654-5222524?v=glance&n=283155
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071348190/102-0455654-5222524?v=glance&n=283155
http://www.stereosoundbook.com/
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0240804457/102-0455654-5222524?v=glance&n=283155
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0240803795/102-0455654-5222524?v=glance&n=283155
http://www.powells.com/biblio/61-0442013973-1
http://www.powells.com/biblio/61-0634043552-0
http://www.powells.com/biblio/72-0387284702-0
http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=1-0295984988-0#product_details
http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=72-0813013178-0
http://www.zzounds.com/item--HAL500964
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0240805453/102-0455654-5222524?v=glance&n=283155
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0872887...5Fencoding=UTF8
Wow! That a lot of works. You put some time and effort into that listing.
anything to further one's education!!! I also want to note that I have read each of the books that I suggested at least twice... great, great sources of information.
ncdrawl,
I wish I had the time to read as much as you did on audio. I would definitely enjoy it too.
I was gonna give you a hard time for the statement about voodoo, leave it alone, do this first, etc.
Instead I'll just say it might be good to try some balance and read a bit on both.
well, the vast majority of those books I read in Iraq, believe it or not... plenty of downtime when we werent getting mortared or IDEd
I didnt say dont read the voodoo.. I said get the solid foundation first. Then branch off and become a whackjob.