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This looks like a good book for people here

The Recording and Reproduction of Sound, Oliver Read, 1952, 790 pages - Courtesy of David Stork
Unique in this collection (so far), this book concentrates on the recording process, and to some extent the reproduction process, as opposed to just amplifiers or radios. A fantastic book if you are looking for info on how records were (are?) cut, and how magnetic tape machines work. A very practical book, it includes schematics of many pieces of professional audio of the 1950's. Also contains info about acoustics, loudspeakers and cabinets, and PA system design.
 
Pease, R. A., 'What's All this Splicing Stuff, Anyhow?' Electronic Digest, Dec 27, 90, pg.

Pease, R. A., 'What's All this Splicing Stuff, Anyhow?' part 2, Electronic Design, Jul 11, 91, pg.

Honeycutt, R. A., "Will 'Beasty' Speaker Cables Improve your Audio?" Radio-Electronics, Feb 91, pg.

Aczel, P. 'The Wire and Cable Scene: Facts, Fictions and Frauds,' The Audio Critic, Part I- Issue 15, Spring-Winter 90-91; Part II-Issue 16, Spring-Fall 91, pg 51-57; Part III- issue 17, Winter 91-92, pg.50-52.

Masters, Ian, 'Amplifiers and Speaker Cables,' Audio lab test, Audio Scene Canada, Jun 81, pg 24-27.

Greenhill, Larry 'Speaker Cables: Can you Hear the Difference?' Stereo Review, Aug 83, pg 46-51.

Klein, Larry 'Cable Conflicts: The Mystery of Getting Wired,' Electronics Now, Dec 93, pg. 80& 83.

Nousaine, Tom 'Wired Wisdom, The Great Chicago Cable Caper,' Sound & Vision(Canada), Sep 95, pg. 73-76.

Hayward, James 'Beating the Bafflegab & Filtering the FooFooDust,' Part 1- Marshall's Audio Ideas Guide(Canada) Summer/Fall 94

Hayward, James 'Making the Connection. Part Deux: A Closer Look ath the Role of Loudspeaker Cables,' Winter 95. Reprints available from Kimberkable.

Gallagher, Mitch '1/4" Cable Roundup,' Keyboard, Apr 99, pg. 44-48.

Villchur, Edgar 'Speaker Cables, Measurements vs Psychoacoustic Data,' Audio, Jul 94, pg 34-37.

Hoffman, Williwam R., ' The Truth About Speaker Cables,' Popular Electronics, Jul 95, pg 46-48, &93.

Kessler, Kehn & Nousaine, Tom 'Cross Talk, Do Cables Have a Sonic Personality all their Own?' Video, May 96, pg. 36-40.

Lampen, Stephen 'Does Wire Directionality Exist?' Speaker Builder, 3/98, pg 30, 31.

Butterworth, Brent & Griffin, Al 'String 'em Up!' Home Theater,

Butterworth, Brent 'Walking the High Wire,' Home Theater, Nov 98, pg 94-102.

AMPLIFIERS

David Rich and Peter Aczel, 'Topological Analysis of Consumer Audio Electronics: Another Approach to Show that MOdern Audio Electronics are Acoustically Transparent,' 99 AES Convention, 1995, Print #4053.

Tom Nousaine, ' The Great Debate: Is Anyone Winning?' Proceedings of the AES, 8th International Conference, 1990.

Masters, Ian G. 'Audiolab Test: Six Power Amplifiers,' Audio Scene Canada, May 1977, pg 44-50.

Masters, Ian G. ' Audiolab Test: Amplifiers and Speaker Cables,' Audio Scene Canada, Jun 1981, pg 24-27.

Masters, Ian G. 'Do All Amplifiers Sound the Same?' Stereo Review, Jan 1987, pg 78-84.

Baxandall, Peter J. 'Audible Amplifier Distortion is not a Mystery, Wireless World, Nov 1977, pg 63-66.

Colloms, Martin 'Amplifier Tests on Test-2, The Panel Game,' Hi-Fi News & Record Review, Nov 1978, pg 114-117.

Hope, Adrian 'Amplifier Tests on Test-1, Without Prejudice,' Hi-Fi News& Record Reviewe, Nov 1978, pg 110-113.

Walker, P. J. 'Positive Feedback: Rational Amplifier Testing,' Hi-Fi News & Record Review, Jul 1977, pg 135.

Carlstrom, D., Kruger, A., & Greenhill, L. ' Some Amplifiers Do Sound Different,' The Audio Amateur, 3/1982, pg 30, 31.

Greenhill, L. & Clark, D. 'Equipment Profile,' Audio, Apr 1985, pg 56-60, 82-97.

Johnson, J. H. 'Power Amplifiers and the Loudspeaker Load,' Audio, Aug 1977.

Holman, Tomlinson 'Amplifier Design & Sound Quality,' Audio, Nov 1996, pg 26-31.

Meyers, E. Brad 'The Amp/Speakers Interface, are your Loudspeakers turning your amp into a Tone Control,? Stereo Review, Jun 1991, pg 53-56.

Benjamin, Eric 'Audio Power Amplifiers for Loudspeaker Loads,' Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, vol 42, No. 9, Sep 1994, pg 670-683.

Rich, David ' A New Look at Medium and High-Priced Power Amplifiers,' The Audio Critic, #20, Summer 93, pg 14.

Rich, David, 'Reasonably Priced Pre amplifiers for the Reasonable Audiophiles,' The Audio Critic, #18, Spring/Summer 1992.

Amp Tests, Boston Audio Society Speaker, Vol 21, No.2, pg 18-20, Sep 1997.

http://archive.audioreview.com/03/0EF875DD.php
 
This article is what got me into tube amps.
 

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High purity wires

http://www.harmonictech.com/support/technical-overview/

http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/interconnects/interconnects.html

US patent 6231637 Process for producing high-purity silver materials
column 1 lines 19-32
With copper wires having purities on the order of 99.9 wt %, signals cannot be transmitted correctly without phase differences and, as a result, only blurred images or unsharp sounds are produced. To solve these problems, high-purity copper wires produced by working raw materials having purities of at least 99.999 wt % have recently been introduced into the market.
Similar effects are exhibited by silver wires that are produced by a process which comprises solidifying silver with a purity of at least 99.95 wt % in one longitudinal direction to yield an ingot, drawing it by either cold or warm working and further working the wire under conditions that will not cause recrystallization.
 
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