The Audiophile's Project — Sourcebook [new]

Have you built an amp from Slone’s Sourcebook? Let me know which project worked (or smoked) in the comments below!

The gap between wanting to be a DIY audiophile and actually becoming one is often filled with confusion, smoke (literally), and regret. the audiophile's project sourcebook

We’ve all been there. You’re staring at a pair of soldering lugs, a schematic that looks like abstract art, and a $500 price tag for a preamp you know you could build for $80. Have you built an amp from Slone’s Sourcebook

That is, until you find a copy of

If you frequent the forums, you have seen this book referenced as "the Bible." But is it still relevant in an age of surface-mount components and Class-D hype? I dug into my dog-eared copy to find out. Don't let the word "Sourcebook" fool you. This isn't a coffee table picture book. It is a dense, 300+ page textbook for your ears. We’ve all been there

He doesn't waste time telling you which capacitor brand "sounds warmer." He talks about Total Harmonic Distortion (THD), slew rate, and noise floors. If you are an objectivist who thinks expensive cables are snake oil, you will feel very at home here.