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The Perfect Sound: A Memoir in Stereo

The Perfect Sound: A Memoir in Stereo

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  • Create Date：2022-03-21 16:21:34
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
  • Status：finish
  • Author：Garrett Hongo
  • ISBN：B093YTQR8Z
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Reviews

Martha Anne Toll ，

Here’s my review of this book for the Washington Post。 https://www。washingtonpost。com/outloo。。。 Here’s my review of this book for the Washington Post。 https://www。washingtonpost。com/outloo。。。 。。。more

Dan ，

My thanks to NetGalley and the publisher Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group for an advanced copy of this personal and musical memoir。Sound has always been important to the poet Garrett Hongo， starting with the surf that he would hear outside his house in his native Hawai'i， to his father's early experiments in Hi-FI， and to Italian Opera that he came to late in life， and on his poetry。 The Perfect Sound: A Memoir in Stereo is an amalgamation of all these loves and sounds， a mix of memoir and biogr My thanks to NetGalley and the publisher Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group for an advanced copy of this personal and musical memoir。Sound has always been important to the poet Garrett Hongo， starting with the surf that he would hear outside his house in his native Hawai'i， to his father's early experiments in Hi-FI， and to Italian Opera that he came to late in life， and on his poetry。 The Perfect Sound: A Memoir in Stereo is an amalgamation of all these loves and sounds， a mix of memoir and biography， profiles of mentors and friends， a how- to on developing a music collection， and a audiophile's dreamlist。Starting with trying to replace a broken CD player， one that was mass produced and given a limited life and sound fidelity， Mr。 Hongo soon enters the world of high end audio， replacing a plastic component with a metal piece of furniture， and finding that once one enters the world of perfect sound， one can never be satisfied。 At first frugally， then more audibly equipment is switched out， vaccum tubes are discovered， high end and low ends are discussed， and a new world is discovered。 However this is much more than a buyer's guide， more of a study， in how sound links to our past， in remembering his father playing with his own Hi-Fi while listening to Arthur Lyman and other lounge music。 And how his own taste in music grew， and in many made him that poet that he became。 The profiles and conversations he has with other poets are very interesting and reveal quite a bit about the author。 One of the more interesting memoirs that I have read in awhile， mainly because it didn't seem like a memoir。 The discussions of vaccum tubes and Dutch designed audio equipment give way to personal stories and introspection about himself， his family and friends， and where Mr。 Hongo finds himself today， with a great soundtrack for his trip。 A very well written book， with a lot o levels ， sort of like hearing opera on Mr。 Hongo's sound system。 。。。more