The Audio Cyclopedia by Howard M. Tremaine

Will and I were perusing a small thrift store in Los Gatos the other day, when we stumbled upon their small used books section. This is what we found, for $1.00:

This 1,703 page reference guide contains information, schematics and explanations of everything from equalizers, transformers and coils, vacuum tubes, pickups, magnetic recording, power supplies, and dissections of vintage microphones. Yes, everything that this blog is about.

We did a quick Amazon search and found that this book is fairly rare... prices ranging from $80-$300. A Gearslutz search revealed that nearly every audio book ever written references this holy grail of audio details.

That being said, we will be posting excerpts from this book as we undertake the task to preserve the priceless information it holds.

Expect that soon, we're still reeling from how much happiness one can obtain from the exchange of a single dollar.