[Bret L]

DIY Audio Books and Manuals

"We get a lot of people asking us for diy audio and loudspeaker book recommendations to get them started in the hobby. There are a lot of books on the topic and naturally we will not be able to go over them all. Below is a short list of some of the books I have looked at so for. For each book there is a short summary and some general comments as well as the ISBN number and a link to where you can purchase the book.

Hi-Fi Vacuum Tube Audio Books
Building Valve Amplifiers by Morgan Jones Building Valve Amplifiers -
Morgan Jones - ISBN 978-0750656955

As the title suggests, this book is about Building Valve Amplifiers.
It does not go into the understanding or design of vacuum tube
amplifiers. This is a good beginners book. It gives advice on how to
plan layout, hints on metal working and wiring. There is also a
comprehensive section on testing and fault finding.

Particular attention has been paid to answering questions commonly
asked by newcomers to the world of the vacuum tube, whether audio
enthusiasts tackling their first build, or more experienced amplifier
designers seeking to learn the ropes of working with valves. The
practical side of this book is reinforced by numerous clear
illustrations.

Written by the author of the audiophile cult classic, Valve Amplifiers
which is described below.
Valve Amplifiers by Morgan Jones Valve Amplifiers, Third Edition -
Morgan Jones - ISBN 978-0750656948

The Valve Amplifiers book is widely recognized as the most complete
guide to valve amplifier design, modification, analysis, construction
and maintenance written for over 30 years. The book is jam-packed with
theory, circuit analysis and DIY basics. It will walk you through all
stages of design so that you can create your own wonders. This book is
good for beginners and advanced users.

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.
Mullard Tube Circuits For Audio Amplifiers Mullard Tube Circuits For
Audio Amplifiers - Mullard Ltd. - ISBN 978-1882580036

The Mullard Tube Circuits For Audio Amplifiers book was first
published in 1959 by Mullard, Britain's premier vacuum tube
manufacturer. While this is an old book it is detailed and easy to
follow. It is the source of the famed 5-10 and 5-20 Mullard
amplifiers. This is an interesting read, of historical value and good
guide to some basic valve amplification circuits. All of the power
amps described are push-pull.

This do-it-yourself guide includes eleven vacuum tube power and
control amplifier projects. Each project comes complete with sheet
metal diagrams, parts lists, and performance data. Featured in the
book is a four-chapter tutorial on sound quality which is solid
guidance on achieving the best sound with tubes.
Beginner's Guide to Tube Audio Design Beginner's Guide to Tube Audio
Design - Bruce Rozenblit - ISBN 978-1882580132

The Beginner's Guide to Tube Audio Design by Bruce Rozenblit is a good
book to start with if you are interested in building tube audio
projects. This book covers all aspects of tube audio design from
explaining what vacuum tubes do and how to use them, safety issues,
how to work effectively as a designer and constructor and final
testing of an amplifier.

The book includes the description of 13 classic tube amplifiers and
preamps. Tips for construction tools and choosing components and tubes
are also included.
Loudspeaker Design and Testing Books
Loudspeaker Design Cookbook by Vance Dickason Loudspeaker Design
Cookbook - Vance Dickason - ISBN 978-1882580477

The Loudspeaker Design Cookbook is a very comprehensive book on
Loudspeaker Theory and Design. The book comes bundled with some
software tools to help with loudspeaker design. There are plenty of
graphs to show the effects of different design methods. The book also
has in-depth look at crossover design. It looks at crossover design
both with and without the use of the design software included with the
book.

This Loudspeaker Design Cookbook will teach you proven methods for
designing and building great sounding speakers. In addition there are
a few examples of ready-to-build loudspeaker systems designed by Vance
Dickason. Vance Dickason is one of the more respected loudspeaker
designers in the industry.
Speaker Building 201 Book Speaker Building 201 - Ray Alden - ISBN
978-1882580453

The title "Speaker Building 201: A Comprehensive Course in Speaker
Design" sums up what the book is all about. Beginning with an full
explanation of the physics of loudspeakers including magnetism and
moving on to cover most of the theory and principles of speaker design
with practical applications. Included is 11 speaker projects, many
which have been tested by loudspeaker expert Joseph D'Appolito. With
this book anyone can become a speaker builder without an expensive
workshop, analytical equipment or sophisticated software.

Written for beginners who want to build loudspeakers and also for the
more experienced who want to improve their speaker design and building
skills. All the information that a speaker builder needs to design and
build a first-rate speaker is included in this book.
Testing Loudspeakers book by Joseph D'Appolito Testing Loudspeakers -
Joseph D'Appolito - ISBN 978-1882580170

Testing Loudspeakers is the only book I have found on the subject.
After covering the basics of Thiele-Small (T/S) Parameters, the author
presents the techniques for in-depth driver testing, low frequency
system electrical impedance tests, frequency response, and determining
the T/S parameters using both analog and computer based methods.

Testing Loudspeakers is an excellent companion to the very popular
"Loudspeaker Design Cookbook" by Vance Dickason.
Solid State / Operational Amplifier Books
High-Power Audio Amplifier Construction Manual by Randy Slone High-
Power Audio Amplifier Construction Manual - Randy Slone - ISBN
978-0071341196

The High-Power Audio Amplifier Construction Manual goes through the
basics of audio power amplifiers and walks the reader through a
variety of designs, ranging from old to new, and simple to complex.
Much of the information is based on well established research. The
book goes on to examine the broad range of amplifier configurations
and power capabilities. This includes mirror-image input stages, fully-
complementary VA stages, paralleled output stages, and lateral MOSFET
designs.

The author is highly opinionated, but generally remains objective.
This is a reasonable book that is worth the relatively low cost ~$24.
Likely best suited for beginners and some intermediate users.
General Electronics Books
The Art of Electronics by Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill The Art of
Electronics - Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill - ISBN 978-0521370950

The Art of Electronics is by far the best book on the subject of
electronics in the last decade. It is suitable for beginners as a self-
teaching book and also for those familiar with electronics as a
reference book.

The Art of Electronics adopts a practical approach covering a very
wide range of digital and analogue processes. Starting with the
transistor, the FET, going on to opamps and their applications, CMOS
and TTL logic and circuits. The latter half of the book then covers
microprocessors and peripheral devices, PCB design, power supplies and
battery types. The book finishes with measurement techniques and
signal processors."


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[Shhhh! I'm Listening to Reason!]

On Apr 27, 1:50*am, Bret L wrote:
DIY Audio Books and Manuals

You've missed the best ones from the Gernsback audio library, "Vacuum
Tube Amplifiers" from MIT, the Radiotron Handbook, and a bunch of
other ones that are far more useful than what you posted.

You can't even put together a decent list of DIY books. What a loser!

And you're stoopid as well! You seem to be suggesting that in order to
know if a computer is good or not you need to know how to build them.
((I hope your "cherry" 286 keeps you happy, moron. Shhhh!))

LOL!

[Boon[_2_]]

On Apr 27, 2:25*am, "Shhhh! I'm Listening to Reason!"
wrote:
On Apr 27, 1:50*am, Bret L wrote:

DIY Audio Books and Manuals

You've missed the best ones from the Gernsback audio library, "Vacuum
Tube Amplifiers" from MIT, the Radiotron Handbook, and a bunch of
other ones that are far more useful than what you posted.

You can't even put together a decent list of DIY books. What a loser!

And you're stoopid as well! You seem to be suggesting that in order to
know if a computer is good or not you need to know how to build them.
((I hope your "cherry" 286 keeps you happy, moron. Shhhh!))

LOL!

Not a single piece of decent literature in the lot. What is it with
these autistic people and their boring (or even non-existent) reading
lists?

[Bret L]

LOL!

Not a single piece of decent literature in the lot. What is it with
these autistic people and their boring (or even non-existent) reading
lists?

Let's see you do better.

[Boon[_2_]]

On Apr 27, 1:32*pm, Bret L wrote:
LOL!

Not a single piece of decent literature in the lot. What is it with
these autistic people and their boring (or even non-existent) reading
lists?

*Let's see you do better.

I already did in the literature thread.

[Shhhh! I'm Listening to Reason!]

On Apr 27, 1:46*pm, Boon wrote:
On Apr 27, 1:32*pm, Bret L wrote:

LOL!

Not a single piece of decent literature in the lot. What is it with
these autistic people and their boring (or even non-existent) reading
lists?

*Let's see you do better.

I already did in the literature thread.

Indeed you did. Bratzi, 2pid and Sugar stayed away from that one as
none of them knows how to read. Their limited world views are proof of
that.

Meanwhile, I notice that the Three Stooges have another similarity.
Their level of insults show a cap of mental development in the 10-12-
year-old range. The therapists who reviewed posting patterns quickly
picked it up in Sugar's case.

With Sugar, the worst insults are (of course) related to
homosexuality. With 2pid they're related to some strict weird
caricature of Victorian morals, one that supposedly only he meets.
Bratzi's worst insults are crude and gender-related: "Vinylsnatch",
for example. (Potty humor, such as "****ter" was actually stolen from
GOIA. Bratzi hasn't progressed to potty humor on his own yet.)

((In reality Bratzi would like to call people "ni**er" or "s*ic" of
"ki*e" but he doesn't want to appear "extreme" in his views any more
than he wants to discuss his "final solution". He pretends that there
are more than a small handful of dunces such as himself. Shhhh!))

[Shhhh! I'm Listening to Reason!]

On Apr 28, 6:03*am, Bret L wrote:
((In reality Bratzi would like to call people "ni**er" or "s*ic" of
"ki*e" but he doesn't want to appear "extreme" in his views any more
than he wants to discuss his "final solution". He pretends that there
are more than a small handful of dunces such as himself. Shhhh!))

*In this matter I agree with Dr. Pierce:

LOL! Not an original thought in Bratzi's vacuous noodle.

*In other words, ****ter (or would you prefer the more proper
"Defecator"?) you are as always insane.

I'll take your 'diagnosis' under advisement.