{"id":7052,"date":"2020-09-27T16:53:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-27T23:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realhd-audio.com\/?p=7052"},"modified":"2020-10-12T15:23:49","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T22:23:49","slug":"streaming-downloads-and-personal-audio-new-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realhd-audio.com\/?p=7052","title":{"rendered":"Streaming, Downloads, and Personal Audio &#8211; NEW BOOK!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m very please to announce that the campaign for my new book on high-fidelity streaming, hi-res downloads, and headphone-based high-end audio will launch on Kickstarter on September 30, 2020 at 8:00 am PDT. The project has been underway for many months, most of the research completed, and I&#8217;ve already laid out a preliminary table of contents (see below). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"570\" src=\"http:\/\/www.realhd-audio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/SDPA_TOC.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.realhd-audio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/SDPA_TOC.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.realhd-audio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/SDPA_TOC-300x251.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><figcaption>Proposed Table of Contents<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many hours have been spend developing the look and feel for the new book, writing and assembling the Kickstarter page, recording and animating the pitch video, and launching a website for the new book (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sdpaguide.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.sdpaguide.com\/<\/a>). There is no functioning shopping page on the site &#8230; this will happen after the campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"787\" src=\"http:\/\/www.realhd-audio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/SDPA_Webpage.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.realhd-audio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/SDPA_Webpage.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.realhd-audio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/SDPA_Webpage-259x300.jpg 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The book is the follow up companion to my first book <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicandaudioguide.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Music and Audio: A User Guide to Better Sound<\/a> and introduces a few of the latest topics that should be of interest to all audiophiles: <strong><em>streaming, downloads, and personal audio<\/em><\/strong>. Here&#8217;s the pitch video that I produced for the KS campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Streaming, Downloads, and Personal Audio - New Book\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5inPEfBX_w8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>The KS Pitch Video for SDPA Guide<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As usual, there are a number of incentives for early backers including a couple of rewards that offer both of my books for less than $90. I&#8217;ll even send you the first book at the close of the campaign. Those interested in being notified at the launch of the KS campaign, can click on the promotional link below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/aix\/a-user-guide-to-streaming-downloads-and-personal-audio\">https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/aix\/a-user-guide-to-streaming-downloads-and-personal-audio<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And if you&#8217;re on my mailing list, you&#8217;ll get a brief email about the campaign on Thursday morning. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Post on Social Media Sites &#8211; Please<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Success with a Kickstarter campaign depends heavily on promotion. Please feel free to send this announcement to your audiophile friends, post it on your favorite audio FB groups (they frown on obvious self-promotion\/advertising and I respect that), announcements on appropriate forums, and anywhere else that would like to know about a book on Streaming, Downloads, and Personal Audio. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sign Up Here<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you haven&#8217;t signed up at the pre-launch web page and would like to have advance notice of the launch, please use the form below:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"frm_forms  with_frm_style frm_style_formidable-style\" id=\"frm_form_9_container\" >\n<form enctype=\"multipart\/form-data\" method=\"post\" class=\"frm-show-form \" id=\"form_sdpaguideprekslaunch\" >\n<div class=\"frm_form_fields \">\n<fieldset>\n<legend class=\"frm_screen_reader\">SDPA Guide Pre KS Launch<\/legend>\n\n<div class=\"frm_fields_container\">\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"frm_action\" value=\"create\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"form_id\" value=\"9\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"frm_hide_fields_9\" id=\"frm_hide_fields_9\" value=\"\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"form_key\" value=\"sdpaguideprekslaunch\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"item_meta[0]\" value=\"\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" id=\"frm_submit_entry_9\" name=\"frm_submit_entry_9\" value=\"52c92b312b\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F7052\" \/><div id=\"frm_field_113_container\" class=\"frm_form_field form-field  frm_required_field frm_top_container\">\n    <label for=\"field_x1q4q\" id=\"field_x1q4q_label\" class=\"frm_primary_label\">Name\n        <span class=\"frm_required\">*<\/span>\n    <\/label>\n    <input type=\"text\" id=\"field_x1q4q\" name=\"item_meta[113]\" value=\"\"  data-reqmsg=\"Name cannot be blank.\" aria-required=\"true\" data-invmsg=\"Text is invalid\" aria-invalid=\"false\"  \/>\n    \n    \n<\/div>\n<div id=\"frm_field_115_container\" class=\"frm_form_field form-field  frm_required_field frm_top_container\">\n    <label for=\"field_rcglw\" id=\"field_rcglw_label\" class=\"frm_primary_label\">Email\n        <span class=\"frm_required\">*<\/span>\n    <\/label>\n    <input type=\"email\" id=\"field_rcglw\" name=\"item_meta[115]\" value=\"\"  data-reqmsg=\"Email cannot be blank.\" aria-required=\"true\" data-invmsg=\"Email is invalid\" aria-invalid=\"false\"  \/>\n    \n    \n<\/div>\n\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"item_key\" value=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"frm_field_120_container\">\n\t\t\t<label for=\"field_x7uai\" >\n\t\t\t\tIf you are human, leave this field blank.\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t<input  id=\"field_x7uai\" type=\"text\" class=\"frm_form_field form-field frm_verify\" name=\"item_meta[120]\" value=\"\"  \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<input name=\"frm_state\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"ty6M+VFE9oRTjD8h+ali2lRwmsnQNO80cYKGrvTTfw0=\" \/><div class=\"frm_submit\">\n\n<button class=\"frm_button_submit\" type=\"submit\"  >Submit<\/button>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/fieldset>\n<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"display: none !important;\" class=\"akismet-fields-container\" data-prefix=\"ak_\"><label>&#916;<textarea name=\"ak_hp_textarea\" cols=\"45\" rows=\"8\" maxlength=\"100\"><\/textarea><\/label><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"ak_js_1\" name=\"ak_js\" value=\"202\"\/><script>\ndocument.getElementById( \"ak_js_1\" ).setAttribute( \"value\", ( new Date() ).getTime() );\n<\/script>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m very please to announce that the campaign for my new book on high-fidelity streaming, hi-res downloads, and headphone-based high-end audio will launch on Kickstarter on September 30, 2020 at 8:00 am PDT. 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