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Mullard Tube Circuits for Audio Amplifiers
Mullard Technical Serv Dept
Audio Amateur Publications, 1993
A must have book for vacuum tube amplifier fans!
+ Classic Never Goes Out of Style
+ The 1958 State of the Art in Home Audio
This is a book which is not only useful for its historical value but also for the constructional articles inside. Many of the circuits are very similar to those found in classic valve amp brands like Leak, Quad, Radford, etc. As it is a reprint of an old book some of the components may not be ...
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Circuit Analysis of a Legendary Tube Amplifier: The Fender Bassman 5F6-A, Second Edition
Richard Kuehnel
Pentode Press, 2005
Outstanding!
+ Must have for people who build/repair tube amps
This is a book for anyone serious about circuit analysis.
Why is this book important? The 5F6-A circuit is important pedigree of most great tube amps. The techniques (if not the direct analytic results and conclusions) can be applied to almost any guitar tube amp design. If you are serious ...
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Valve Amplifiers, Third Edition
Morgan Jones
Newnes, 2003
Not for the faint hearted
+ A very good book about valves and electronics
+ Commnet on first edition
+ Valve Amplifiers 3rd Ed
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Building Valve Amplifiers
Morgan Jones
Newnes, 2004
Priceless...
+ Building Valve Amp
This guy builds beautiful one-off tube amps. Amazing. The section on suspending the first stages of a tube amp to reduce microphonics using the elastics from you knickers pays for the book, right down to the calculation of the required mass for the circuit. I think everyone who want to build tube ...
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How to Service Your Own Tube Amp: A Complete Guide for the Curious Musician
Tom Mitchell
Media Concepts, 1991
Just what I was looking for
+ Useful book for the guitar player
+ All the basics, and Great troubleshooting tips
There's not much that I respect more than when somebody does a really good job. I'm partway through this book, and loving it. It explains things at a level of detail that works very well for me, and in simple English. I wouldn't say it's completely perfect; p 42 tells us how an inductor is used ...
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The Art of Electronics
Paul Horowitz, Winfield Hill
Cambridge University Press, 1989
Great refresher and then some
+ Needs Complementation for use by (serious) EE's
+ A gem that needs polishing
+ Excellent reference, but getting dated...
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Mullard Tube Circuits for Audio Amplifiers
Mullard Technical Serv Dept
Audio Amateur Publications, 1993
A must have book for vacuum tube amplifier fans!
+ Classic Never Goes Out of Style
+ The 1958 State of the Art in Home Audio
This is a book which is not only useful for its historical value but also for the constructional articles inside. Many of the circuits are very similar to those found in classic valve amp brands like Leak, Quad, Radford, etc. As it is a reprint of an old book some of the components may not be ...
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Valve Amplifiers, Third Edition
Morgan Jones
Newnes, 2003
Not for the faint hearted
+ A very good book about valves and electronics
+ Commnet on first edition
+ Valve Amplifiers 3rd Ed
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Building Valve Amplifiers
Morgan Jones
Newnes, 2004
Priceless...
+ Building Valve Amp
This guy builds beautiful one-off tube amps. Amazing. The section on suspending the first stages of a tube amp to reduce microphonics using the elastics from you knickers pays for the book, right down to the calculation of the required mass for the circuit. I think everyone who want to build tube ...
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Circuit Analysis of a Legendary Tube Amplifier: The Fender Bassman 5F6-A, Second Edition
Richard Kuehnel
Pentode Press, 2005
Outstanding!
+ Must have for people who build/repair tube amps
This is a book for anyone serious about circuit analysis.
Why is this book important? The 5F6-A circuit is important pedigree of most great tube amps. The techniques (if not the direct analytic results and conclusions) can be applied to almost any guitar tube amp design. If you are serious ...
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The Art of Electronics
Paul Horowitz, Winfield Hill
Cambridge University Press, 1989
Great refresher and then some
+ Needs Complementation for use by (serious) EE's
+ A gem that needs polishing
+ Excellent reference, but getting dated...
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How to Service Your Own Tube Amp: A Complete Guide for the Curious Musician
Tom Mitchell
Media Concepts, 1991
Just what I was looking for
+ Useful book for the guitar player
+ All the basics, and Great troubleshooting tips
There's not much that I respect more than when somebody does a really good job. I'm partway through this book, and loving it. It explains things at a level of detail that works very well for me, and in simple English. I wouldn't say it's completely perfect; p 42 tells us how an inductor is used ...
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