The TAB Guide to Vacuum Tube Audio - Understanding and Building Tube Amps

English | Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 2012 | 368 Pages | epub | 8 MB
Incorporate the "tube sound" into your home audio system.
Learn 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 amp. 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 procedures
• Tips on building your own tube-based system and have fun doing it