Hi-fi: the history of high-end audio design

A beyond-cool look at the world of high-end audio design for passionate collectors, obsessive audiophiles, and design fans

At a time when sales of vinyl records have hit a 25-year high, and analog technologies are providing the kind of extraordinary audio experiences that our increasingly digital world has started to remove, Hi-Fi is essential reading. This unique book explores just how, when, and why the world fell in love with the look, feel, and sound of top-of-the-line audio equipment.

Hi-Fi traces this fascinating evolution from the 1950s to today (and tomorrow), taking readers right up to the current renaissance of all things analog and the emergence of cutting-edge designs for die-hard audiophiles.

Writer Gideon Schwartz is a former attorney whose passion for audio and music has led him to leave the law and pursuit the world of sound; he's a founder of ultra-high-end audio equipment company Audioarts in New York City and has created home music systems for musicians such as the late Johnny Cash and members of Metallica and U2 and Red Hot Chili Peppers producer Rick Rubin; along with fashion house Supreme CEO James Jebbia; art collector and founder of the Maharam textile company Michael Maharam, in addition to many other high-profile individuals in the commercial and creative arts worlds.

Schwartz's knowledge of the international hi-fi world is without equal. If you want to learn more about the quest for perfect sound, you need to read Gideon Schwartz!

• Author: Gideon Schwartz
• Size: 27 x 20,5 cm and 272 pages
• Language: English
• Cover: Hardcover
• Published: 2019