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02832aam a2200421 i 4500 001 9226B7EE960811ECACD044DE3FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220225010009 008 210921s2022 nyua b 000 0aeng 010 $a 2021027399 020 $a 0375425063 020 $a 9780375425066 035 $a (OCoLC)1249629185 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d ABJ $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Hongo, Garrett Kaoru, $d 1951- $e author. 245 14 $a The perfect sound : $b a memoir in stereo / $c Garrett Hongo. 246 30 $a Memoir in stereo 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Pantheon Books, $c [2022] 300 $a 526 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm 520 $a "Garrett Hongo's passion for audio dates back to the Empire 98 turntable his father paired with a tube amplifier in their modest tract home in L.A. in the early 60s. But his adult quest begins in the CD-changer era, as he seeks out speakers and amps beefy enough to honor the top notes of the great opera sopranos. And in recounting this search, he describes a journey of identity where meaning, fulfillment, and even liberation were often most available to him through music and its diverse delivery systems. Hongo writes about being a Hawaiian-born, Japanese kid growing up in the shadow of the shameful internment of his ancestors during World War II; about picking up music tips from kids with darker skin than his own; about being a fish out of water with his white peers. Along the way, he nerds out with visits to eccentric collectors of decades-old audio components, drinks in wisdom from blues musicians and poetic elders, and turns his ear toward the memory-rich strains of the music that has shaped him: Hawaiian steel guitar and ukulele, barbershop and the Beatles, Bach, Verdi, and Duke Ellington. And in the decades-long process of perfecting his stereo setup, Hongo also discovers his own, now celebrated voice"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a The Perfect Sound -- I Started Out on Stereo -- Tubeworld, 1 -- Tubeworld, 2 -- It's My Life -- Wandering Rocks, 1 -- The First Amplifiers -- Talking Heads and Singing Platters -- Wandering Rocks, 2 -- Among the Bohemians. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 600 10 $a Hongo, Garrett Kaoru, $d 1951- 650 0 $a Poets, American $y 20th century $v Biography. 650 0 $a High-fidelity sound systems. 650 0 $a Japanese Americans $v Biography. 941 $a 5 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117032158.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010031843.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20220630013506.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20220405013954.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220225010025.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9226B7EE960811ECACD044DE3FECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search