Dr. Toole's 4th Edition Book is Coming! (Discount)

[krabapple]

Good lord! A sure way to stop all future audio research!

Gary Eickmeier

How in that world is that so? Dr. Toole is pretty good at noting where more research is needed.

 

[nathan]

Not a fan of gatekeeping in the sense of having a test before someone can post.

I am a fan of science, and feel it is fair game to call out posts that lack rigor.

I can see recommending particular chapters in Toole’s book to particular posters, who would benefit from the information contained there.

 

[krabapple]

when some people don't like what the best current science says, they call it 'gatekeeping'

 

[nathan]

when some people don't like what the best current science says, they call it 'gatekeeping'

I suppose that happens. To be clear that is not what I’m talking about.

And that is not an accurate use of the term "gatekeeping" by these straw people, so I guess they are doubly wrong.

 

[krabapple]

It does happen, so you have to be able to tell when referring to knowledge as 'gatekeeping', is just bad faith/sour grapes.

 

[MoreWatts]

Ebook is downloadable in the USA.

I was going to display the book cover on my phone also, but I needed that to take the photo....

Notice how coffee and old-man tremors can overpower image stabilization DSP efforts.

 

[Somafunk]

I was going to display the book cover on my phone also, but I needed that to take the photo....

Take a screenshot?

 

[RexrothPigeon]

Good lord! A sure way to stop all future audio research!

Right, that's why Einstein scrupulously avoided learning about Newtonian mechanics and Raymond Damadian never even saw an X-Ray

 

[Curvature]

I received my copy today. It's a substantially different book. The writing is a lot more personal and plain. I think it was clearly written with a different audience in mind. Not engineers but consumers of audio. Regular audiophiles and the like.

 

[jhaider]

Ebook is downloadable in the USA.

Thanks for the reminder. Downloaded.

I’ll probably buy the paper one to browse through too. But as a reference nothing beats a searchable copy.

 

[nathan]

I wish the printed copy included an electronic copy as well. I hate buying the same book twice.

 

[Booker]

Where can I purchase a downloadable version that is not tied to any app and is just a plain PDF?

 

[amirm]

FYI:

 

[middlemarch]

Received mine today, pretty dense tome. Was worried for a bit since it shipped ahead of the October 28th promise date, thinking I might get the 3rd edition again, but all is right with the world.

 

[mrcultureshock]

Preordered as well. I wish these books are better bound. My 3rd edition's spine is split in a few spaces.

 

[Grimoire]

FYI:
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If you're in the UK (possibly elsewhere too, I don't know about that) there's an additional 14.45% off from TopCashback.

 

[PristineSound]

Call me old fashion, brought the paperback just right now. I would have love the eBook too so that I can easily do text search, but reading for hours on the computer screen is a strain on my eyes and too cheap to buy both.

 

[PristineSound]

Speaking of good books, I also highly recommend The Science of Sound by Rossing, Moore and Wheeler, but you better brush up on geometry, cal 1, 2, 3 and 4 before you proceed. Super technical and advanced, it is not a book that you would read cover to cover, you pick the chapters that you want to learn about to read. Probably college level 200/300 text book.

 

[Somafunk]

If you wish for a simple explanation as to why we love music, along with a smidgeon of technicalities then I can recommend this, it’s cheap on amazon and the audio book is worth a listen as it has an immersive experience with additional music to highlight sections of the text

 

[Daverz]

I got an email notification from Routledge that my copy had shipped... several hours after it had already landed on my doorstep.