Download or read book High End Valve Amplifiers 2 written by Menno van der Veen and published by Elektor Electronics. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Valve amplifiers have a lively, deep, clear, and expressive sound, and dynamically they do not appear to have any limitations. Menno van der Veen investigates, in a systematic theoretical approach, the reasons for these beautiful properties. He develops new models for power valves and transformers, thus enabling the designer to determine the properties of the amplifier during the design process. You will notice in this book that the author not only writes about amplifier technique, but tells about the way the development of valve amplifiers can have an influence on your daily life; even the usefulness of patents is discussed. Summarising: new theories and solutions for perfect audio with valve amplifiers. Not only the professional and the DIY-er but everyone who wants to understand valve amplifiers will read this book with much pleasure.
Download or read book Modern High end Valve Amplifiers written by Menno van der Veen and published by Elektor International Media. This book was released on 1999 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the whys and wherefores of toroidal output transformers at various technical levels, starting with elementary concepts and culminating in complete mathematical descriptions. In all of this, the interactions of the output valves, transformer and loudspeaker form the central theme. Next come the practical aspects. The schematic diagram of a valve amplifier often appears to be very simple at first glance, but anyone who has built a modern valve amplifier knows that a lot of critical details are hidden behind the apparent simplicity. These are discussed extensively, in connection with designs for amplifiers without output powers ranging from 10 to 100 watts. Finally, the author gives some attention to a number of special valve amplifiers, and to the theory and practice of negative feedback.
Download or read book Building Valve Amplifiers written by Morgan Jones and published by Newnes. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building Valve Amplifiers is a unique hands-on guide for anyone working with tube audio equipment--as an electronics hobbyist, audiophile or audio engineer. This 2nd Edition builds on the success of the first with technology and technique revisions throughout and, significantly, a major new self-build project, worked through step-by-step, which puts into practice the principles and techniques introduced throughout the book. Particular attention has been paid to answering questions commonly asked by newcomers to the world of the valve, whether audio enthusiasts tackling their first build or more experienced amplifier designers seeking to learn about the design principles and trade-offs of "glass audio." Safety considerations are always to the fore, and the practical side of this book is reinforced by numerous clear illustrations throughout. The only hands-on approach to building valve and tube amps--classic and modern--with a minimum of theory Design, construction, fault-finding, and testing are all illustrated by step-by-step examples, enabling readers to clearly understand the content and succeed in their own projects Includes a complete self-build amplifier project, putting into practice the key techniques introduced throughout the book
Download or read book Valve Amplifiers written by Morgan Jones and published by Newnes. This book was released on 2003-10-29 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In audio applications valve amplifiers are considered by many to offer better quality sound than transistor amplifiers. This book allows those with a limited knowledge of the field to understand the theory & the practice of valve audio amplifier engineering.
Download or read book Valve Amplifiers written by Morgan Jones and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2003-08-28 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Morgan Jones' Valve Amplifiers has been widely recognised as the most complete guide to valve amplifier design, modification, analysis, construction and maintenance written for over 30 years. As such it is unique in presenting the essentials of 'hollow-state' electronics and valve amp design for engineers and enthusiasts in the familiar context of current best practice in electronic design, using only currently available components. The author's straightforward approach, using as little maths as possible, and lots of design knowhow, makes this book ideal for those with a limited knowledge of the field as well as being the standard reference text for experts in valve audio and a wider audience of audio engineers facing design challenges involving valves. Design principles and construction techniques are provided so readers can devise and build from scratch designs that actually work. Morgan Jones takes the reader through each step in the process of design, starting with a brief review of electronic fundamentals relevant to valve amplifiers, simple stages, compound stages, linking stages together, and finally, complete designs. Practical aspects, including safety, are addressed throughout. The third edition includes a new chapter on distortion and many further new and expanded sections throughout the book, including: comparison of bias methods, constant current sinks, upper valve choice, buffering and distortion, shunt regulated push-pull (SRPP) amplifier, use of oscilloscopes and spectrum analysers, valve cooling and heatsinks, US envelope nomenclature and suffixes, heater voltage versus applied current, moving coil transformer source and load terminations. - The practical guide to analysis, modification, design, construction and maintenance of valve amplifiers - The fully up-to-date approach to valve electronics - Essential reading for audio designers and music and electronics enthusiasts alike
Download or read book The Guitar Amp Handbook written by Dave Hunter and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-09-14 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Guitar Amp Handbook: Understanding Tube Amplifiers and Getting Great Sounds, Updated Edition brings fresh information to the table to help guitarists understand everything about what makes their amps tick and how to use them to sound better than ever. It builds on the popular original edition of the book, first published in 2005. Central to the book's success is the way it walks musicians through the significance of each crucial circuit stage and component of a great number of classic and modern tube amp designs, helping guitarists get the most from the amps they already own or choose new amps that are best suited to their needs. The Guitar Amp Handbook reveals many of the tips and tricks used by today's top designers and builders, and it debunks the hype used by the marketing departments at large manufacturers keen on selling specific amps that might not be right for particular players. The book is designed to help guitarists understand what really goes on inside tube amps and where the tone comes from. This new updated and expanded edition adds further knowledge to the foundation, ensuring it continues as the most thorough and authoritative publication on the subject to be found anywhere.
Download or read book Beginner s Guide to Tube Audio Design written by Bruce Rozenblit and published by Audio Amateur Publications. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Valve and Transistor Audio Amplifiers written by John Linsley Hood and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1997-11-17 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The audio amplifier is at the heart of audio design. Its performance determines largely the performance of any audio system. John Linsley Hood is widely regarded as the finest audio designer around, and pioneered design in the post-valve era. His mastery of audio technology extends from valves to the latest techniques. This is John Linsley Hood's greatest work yet, describing the milestones that have marked the development of audio amplifiers since the earliest days to the latest systems. Including classic amps with valves at their heart and exciting new designs using the latest components, this book is the complete world guide to audio amp design. John Linsley Hood is responsible for numerous amplifier designs that have led the way to better sound, and has also kept up a commentary on developments in audio in magazines such as The Gramophone, Electronics in Action and Electronics and Wireless World. He is also the author of The Art of Linear Electronics and Audio Electronics published by Newnes. - Complete world guide to audio amp design written by world famous author - Covers classic amps to new designs using latest components - Includes the best of valves as well as best of transistors
Download or read book Circuits for Audio Amplifiers written by Mullard Technical Serv Dept and published by Audio Amateur Publications. This book was released on 1993 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Build Your Own AF Valve Amplifiers written by Rainer Zur Linde and published by Elektor International Media. This book was released on 1995 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To many people, the thermionic valve or electron tube is history. However, whether it is nostalgia, interest in the technical parameters, the appeal of a gleaming amplifier chassis with softly glowing valves, respect for the technical know-how of an earlier generation, or perhaps the firm conviction that the sound of a valve cannot be bettered, it is a fact that the valve is making a come-back. The book contains, apart from construction projects for preamplifiers, power amplifiers, and two amplifiers for musical instruments, information on the operation of electron tubes, while the first chapter gives a short history of the valve.
Download or read book Firsts in High Fidelity written by Stephen Spicer and published by . This book was released on 2023-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: H. J. Leak & Co. Ltd produced some of the finest audio equipment available during the boom of high-fidelty sound in the 1950's and 1960's.This comprehensive history of H. J. Leak & Co. Ltd has as its foundation, extensive interviews with previous employees undertaken in 1998 and 1999, and also features contributions from the Leak family. This brings a sense of reality to the operations of the Leak company, and how it converted its values into highly successful audio products. Detailed technical information is presented in conjunction with numerous illustrations, and a compendium of circuit diagrams for over thirty Leak products.For the first time - beautifully presented as a hardback, and printed in colour with a dust jacket - this book is an essential item for the coffee tables of audio enthusiasts, fascinated with those post-war years in which audio products truly embodied the ideals of high fidelity sound.
Download or read book The Tube Amp Book written by Aspen Pittman and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2003-09 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE TUBE AMP BOOK WITH AUDIO ONLINE ERRATA SHEET ADDED.
Download or read book Design and Construction of Tube Guitar Amplifiers written by Robert C. Megantz and published by . This book was released on 2009-08-13 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete yet easy-to-understand technical description of tube guitar amplifiers, intended for musicians and amplifier designers and builders.
Download or read book Designing Valve Preamps for Guitar and Bass Second Edition written by Merlin Blencowe and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designing Tube Preamps for Guitar and Bass is the most comprehensive guide to the design of tube-based preamplifiers for musical instrument use, in a single volume. From the input to the phase inverter this book discusses in detail the inner workings and practical design of every part of a conventional guitar preamp, including the use of triodes, pentodes, tone controls, effects loops and much more. This second edition is fully revised and includes four new chapters covering noise, signal switching, topology, and grounding. Aimed at intermediate-level hobbyists and circuit designers, it explores how to manipulate distortion and maximise performance for the perfect tone. With easy-to-read explanations, minimal math and over 250 diagrams and figures, it is an essential handbook for any tube amp enthusiast!
Download or read book Tube Amp Talk for the Guitarist and Tech written by and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1997-12-01 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Book). For this follow-up to his popular A Desktop Reference of Hip Vintage Guitar Amps , Gerald Weber has compiled his articles and "Ask Gerald" columns that have appeared in Vintage Guitar from 1993 to 1996. As a special bonus, Ken Fischer's "Trainwreck Pages" from Vintage Guitar are also included. This book assumes that the reader has at least a working knowledge of tube guitar amplifiers, and it will be helpful and interesting whether or not guitarists intend to perform their own servicing.
Download or read book Audio Power Amplifier Design written by Douglas Self and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 1293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is essential for audio power amplifier designers and engineers for one simple reason...it enables you as a professional to develop reliable, high-performance circuits. The Author Douglas Self covers the major issues of distortion and linearity, power supplies, overload, DC-protection and reactive loading. He also tackles unusual forms of compensation and distortion produced by capacitors and fuses. This completely updated fifth edition includes four NEW chapters including one on The XD Principle, invented by the author, and used by Cambridge Audio. Crosstalk, power amplifier input systems, and microcontrollers in amplifiers are also now discussed in this fifth edition, making this book a must-have for audio power amplifier professionals and audiophiles.
Download or read book A Desktop Reference of Hip Vintage Guitar Amps written by Robert Watkins and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1994 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Book). If you have questions about guitar amplifiers-how to fix them, how to restore them, or how to hot-rod them-this book has the answer. This book is written for the guitarist or collector who desires a common sense approach to understanding the essence of vintage tube amps and vintage tube tone. Not written for engineers, it does not contain engineering formulas, polar mathematic equations, or abbreviations that are assumed you should know. Gerald Weber, a regular columnist for Vintage Guitar magazine, shares the knowledge he has accumulated over the years of repairing and building his line of Kendrick amps.
