The Tab Guide to Vacuum Tube Audio: Understanding and Building Tube Amps

von Jerry C Whitaker

368 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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Incorporate the "tube sound" into your home audio systemLearn how to work with vacuum tubes and construct high-quality audio amplifiers on your workbench with help from this hands-on, do-it-yourself resource. The TAB Guide to Vacuum Tube Audio: Understanding and Building Tube Amps explains tube theory and construction practices for the hobbyist.Seven ready-to-build projects feature step-by-step instructions, detailed schematics, and layout tips. You'll also find out how to tweak the projects, each based on a classic RCA design, for your own custom-built amps.Coverage includes:- Principles and operational theory behind vacuum tubes- Tube nomenclature, applications, and specifications- Circuit layout, connections, and physical construction- Finding and selecting the right components for the project- Power supplies for vacuum tube circuits- Preamplifier and power amplifier circuits- Performance measurement- Safety, maintenance, and troubleshooting techniques- Tips on building your own tube-based system-and having fun in the processThis book is intended for hobbyists interested in adding the tube sound to any audio system. (Readers looking for high-performance audiophile books are urged to consider the McGraw-Hill books by Morgan Jones.) Learn more at www.vacuumtubeaudio.infoMake Great Stuff!TAB, an imprint of McGraw-Hill Professional, is a leading publisher of DIY technology books for makers, hackers, and electronics hobbyists.

• ISBN: 9780071753210
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 07.11.2011
• Größe: 233 x 189 mm
• Verlag: McGraw Hill LLC