The Truth About Stereo and Video Specifications: How to Save a Fortune When Buying Audio and Video Equipment - Paperback

by Dennis Raymond Ciapura (Author)

If your key objective in selecting the components for your audio system, TV or entertainment center is to assemble an impressive array of premium products, then this book is not for you. If you feel that a system that sounds and looks good to you in the store will make you happy, this book is probably not for you. If, on the other hand, you are a discriminating audiophile or videophile who wants to enjoy a system that produces excellent performance without paying for technical overkill, you've come to the right place. If you are a captive of the pseudo-science, specmanship and marketing ploys you see in the magazines and feel that you're always a step behind, this is definitely a book for you. It may even change your life. This is must read book for you if you're just interested in learning more about audio science.

Author Biography

Dennis Ciapura has spent most of his career in broadcasting and professional audio and has written over 80 articles for the Broadcasting and Recording Engineering trade journals. He has built everything from crystal sets to recording studios and radio stations. His area of special interest includes psycho-acoustics and he has been an outspoken critic of pseudo-scientific theories of audio reproduction. Dennis lives in Montana and when not critiquing the latest theory of super audio is likely to be found fishing in a nearby lake.