Know of a book on audio basics?

Wondering if anyone can reccomen a good reffernce book on audio basics verything from from how ac currne tcomes out of the wall to equipmwnt and room acoustics.Know somehwere I have the Hartely book wondering if there are any others somebody might reccomend.Years ago I had a softbound text bood written durring durring the pre-digital era by a physics prfessor who used hifidelity equipment to teach the prinicples of physics to his class using hifi equipment as a guide for the an intro Physics `101 .It was great as it taught you how equipent worked and how to keep it up.Any suggestions?