Campaign Ended on Kickstarter

His second book focuses on recent developments in the world of high-resolution streaming — both hardware and services, downloadable music files, and personal audio listening. The Kickstarter campaign was highly successful, raising over $16,000. If you missed the campaign, you can still pre-order the book on this website. The expected delivery date is summer of 2021.

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Foreword by Mark Waldrep, Ph.D.

Despite those clinging to aging analog formats like vinyl LPs and reel to reel analog tape, the future of music listening is undoubtedly digital. And it’s going to be distributed without the need for physical media. Yes, the future of music consumption — even at the highest fidelity levels — will be through wired and wireless networks. Who could possibly complain about having access to any track or album, from any era, in any location, at master quality, and without excessive cost. This book surveys recent developments in high-fidelity streaming, high-resolution music downloads, and the upsurge in personal audio listening — headphones and in ear monitors.

Music and Audio: A User Guide To Better Sound by Mark Waldrep, Ph.D.

I decided to write this book because I discovered a lot of the information I read in the usual audio magazines and on their online versions didn’t ring true with what I’ve learned throughout my 40 years as an electronics technician, musician, music lover, audio engineer, record producer, and computer programmer. As a musician, composer, recording engineer and producer of high-resolution audio recordings, I know what great fidelity sounds like and I know what it takes to produce fabulous sounding tracks (the Blu-ray disc that accompanies this book or the high-resolution files represent some of the best sounding tracks on the planet!). And I know what it takes with regards to hardware and software to bring your music listening experiences up a few notches.

Music is the most popular art form in the world. It’s heard in public places, in retail stores while you’re shopping, in performance venues large and small, in your automobile, at home, in the privacy of your own head, and as underscore to films, television shows, and YouTube videos. Music fans, casual listeners, and audiophiles alike enjoy playing their favorite tunes at home, in their cars, and through the latest portable digital music players. Music is the soundtrack of our lives.