The Perfect Sound: A Memoir in Stereo

by Garrett Hongo

Book Overview

A poet's audio obsession, from collecting his earliest vinyl to his quest for the ideal vacuum tubes. A captivating book that "ingeniously mixes personal memoir with cultural history and offers us an indispensable guide for the search of acoustic truth" (Yunte Huang, author of Charlie Chan).

Garrett Hongo's passion for audio dates back to the Empire 398 turntable his father paired with a Dynakit tube amplifier in their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375425063
• ISBN13: 9780375425066
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 2.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.3"