The TAB Guide to Vacuum Tube Audio: Understanding and Building Tube Amps (TAB Electronics)

The TAB Guide to Vacuum Tube Audio: Understanding and Building Tube Amps (TAB Electronics)

<h4>Incorporate the "tube sound" into your home audio system</h4> <p>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. <i>The TAB Guide to Vacuum Tube Audio: Understanding and Building Tube Amps</i> explains tube theory and construction practices for the hobbyist. <p>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. <p><b>Coverage includes:</b><ul> <li>Principles and operational theory behind vacuum tubes <li>Tube nomenclature, applications, and specifications <li>Circuit layout, connections, and physical construction <li>Finding and selecting the right components for the project <li>Power supplies for vacuum tube circuits <li>Preamplifier and power amplifier circuits <li>Performance measurement <li>Safety, maintenance, and troubleshooting techniques <li>Tips on building your own tube-based system―and having fun in the process</ul> <p>This 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.) <p>Learn more at www.vacuumtubeaudio.info <p><b>Make Great Stuff!</b><br> TAB, an imprint of McGraw-Hill Professional, is a leading publisher of DIY technology books for makers, hackers, and electronics hobbyists.