Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. FORMAT THEORY 1
5. 1. PERCEPTUAL TECHNICS 32
6. 2. NATURE BUILDS NO TELEPHONES 61
7. 3. PERCEPTUAL CODING AND THE DOMESTICATION OF NOISE 92
8. 4. MAKING A STANDARD 128
9. 5. OF MPEG, MEASUREMENT, AND MEN 148
10. 6. IS MUSIC A THING? 184
11. THE END OF MP3 227
12. NOTES 247
13. INTERVIEWS 295
14. BIBLIOGRAPHY 299
15. INDEX 331