PART TWO

Designing Listening Experiences

In this portion of the book, the scientific background knowledge is combined with technical ingenuity to create equipment that delivers rewarding listening experiences from a variety of signal sources, in many listening environments, considering all of the normal constraints of budget, complexity, visual clutter, and so on.

The audio industry has come a long way in spite of occasional ill-conceived ventures and a tendency to resist change when change is precisely what is needed. Audiophiles have much to choose from, and there are many exciting listening opportunities for those who wish to explore. The mass market has benefited enormously from scientific and technical progress. The expensive high end ...

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