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The Perfect Sound: A Memoir in Stereo

Maybe someday

30

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

7/100

Critics

53/100

Scholars

N/A

Author:

Garrett Hongo

Publisher:

Pantheon

Date:

February 22, 2022

A poet’s audio obsession, from collecting his earliest vinyl to his quest for the ideal vacuum tubes.

What The Reviewers Say

Micah Zevin,
Booklist
Hongo dives deeper and deeper into his audio heaven, reveling in the marvels of the equipment or celebrating the music, or considering the poetic influences of his mentors..
John Rodzvilla,
Library Journal
Hongo’s memoir mixes audiophile obsession and cultural history to provide a warm resonance of human relationships to recorded music and voices; will find an eager audience..
Martha Anne Toll,
The Washington Post
... it turns out you don’t have to be a nerdy audiophile to completely love this volume. The Perfect Sound contains multitudes.

Publishers Weekly
... memorable.