The guitar amp handbook by dave hunter who has written many a book on guitars covers everything you need to know about the sought after tube amplifier. While this is an old book it is detailed and easy to follow. Z, fender, gibson, hiwatt, marshall, matchless, mesaboogie, orange, vox. Nor, at 280lb in its flight case, is it likely to go walkin. Grid to plate coupling could cause instability in power output stages. How do these aspects relate to subjective and objective. Some of them are long out of print, and can only be obtained from used book sellers, although they are occasionally seen for sale on the internet. The tube amp book deluxe revised edition book and disk package hardcover kindle edition. Getting the pair moved into my listening room required. Textbook on tube amps reference book for tube amps, by aspen pittman, with technical tips, over 350 schematics to amplifiers from ampeg, fender, gibson. If you are down with bode plots and circuit diagrams, though, it could serve as a nice introduction to building a class ab amplifier circuit. A tube amplifier chassis contains lethal high voltage even when unpluggedsometimes over 700 volts ac and 500 volts dc.
This book presents vacuum tube amplifier theory using modern, webbased design tools and computer visualizations to eliminate the usual litany of mathematical formulas. The mullard tube circuits for audio amplifiers book was first published in 1959 by mullard, britains premier vacuum tube manufacturer. This deluxe revised edition contains 40% new material, with a comprehensive az section covering all the great tube amp manufacturers, with histories, photos and information. The first section describes harmonic distortion and how it gets created in a tube amplifier stage.
This class a singleended vacuum tube amplifier adopts hand welding to ensure the true reality of the sound quality with headphone amp function asin. A bibliography of must have tube electronics books. Like many tube amplifiers, this justreleased model is a bit noisy. The tube amp book deluxe revised edition book and disk package hardcover english edition ebook. Already known as the bible of tubes and tube amps, the tube.
Rockville blutube audiophile grade tube amplifier with bluetooth. Already known as the bible of tubes and tube amps, the tube amp book by. Volume 1 of the most complete and practical modern reference on tube guitar amplifiers. The 30 watt monoblock amplifier is designed for tube rolling using various type output tubes. Due to this the amp sounds more like double the rated power. Every tube in this system is a triode including the mcintosh c20 preamp that is used to drive this project. This book covers basic electronics related to vacuum tube amplifiers, an elementary guide for understanding and working with vacuum tube amplifier circuits. Only 26 electronic components are needed to make a great sounding amplifier. Backbeat the tube amp book technisches buch musik produktiv.
Diy audio books and manuals speakers, vacuum tubes. Fundamentals of engineering electronics, william dow, 1937, 617 pages courtesy of an anonymous donor. 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. Show less valve amplifiers has been recognized as the most comprehensive guide to valve amplifier design, analysis, modification and maintenance. Consider, for instance, an amplifier with an open loop gain a500 54db. With the sound turned down, test units emitted a low hum over the speakers and headphones we connected. Preamplifier consists of a 6n1p tube and is connected to the audio input. Free shipping is limited to the contiguous 48 states. Suppose that the solid and dashed red plot in figure 32 respectively give the gain and phaseshift of the amplifier, with respect to the frequency. Rockville blutube bluetooth tube 70 watt amplifierhome theater stereo receiver. This guide discusses all relevant aspects for an integrated pushpull vacuum tube amplifier design, including the power supply unit. The simplest vacuum tube, the diode, contains only two elements.
Diy vacuum tube valve amplifier projects hifi audio. Tube amps do not hardclip even at high volumes and are extremely efficient. A funny thing happened after i finished the book and put a couple of the projects the stereo preamp and the 25 w stereo amplifier in my home office. Deluxe revised edition with cdrom by aspen pittman englis. The slides are pretty heavy on engineering design terms, but give a good feel for what it takes to construct and tune an audio amplifier using vacuum tube technology. The tube amp book deluxe revised edition book and disk. Up for sale is a mullard tube circuits for audio amplifier book. I began collecting well, recollecting vinyl records. The warmth and blackness in the background of the tube amplifier is due to the fact that the tube amplifier is a thermionic device and reproduces background noise more faithfully than a solid state device.
Understanding tube amplifiers and getting great sounds, updated edition brings fresh information to the table to help guitarists understand everything about what makes their amps tick and how to use them to sound better than ever. The following projects pages are of diy vacuum tube amplifier kits that are now discontinued or tube projects that have been superseded by a more up to date project. This is my favorite tube amp book, merlin blencowes, designing tube preamps for guitar and bass, 2nd edition. The tube amp book deluxe revised edition hal leonard online. Backbeat books the tube amp book deluxe revised edition.
Circuit simulation a deep dive into spice tube amp modeling. The first three chapters of this unique book cover introductory topics such as basic electronic circuits and passive components resistors, capacitors, inductors, the building blocks of tube amplifiers. A very nice practical discussion of distortion and feedback in audio amplifiers. The tube amp book, deluxe revised edition amplified parts. Guitar amp handbook electric guitar tube amplifier learn how to build book. It builds on the popular original edition of the book, first published in 2005. Since tubedepot is in memphis, tn, the home and main hub for fedex and usps, we get very good rates, so rest assured your heavy item will be shipped at the most affordable rates. Valve amplifiers is a masterful handson guide for both experts and novices who work with tube audio equipment, and for electronic hobbyists, audio engineers, and audiophiles. Output amplifier consists of a 6p1p output tube and output transformer fig. Basic theory using 21stcentury technology to design vacuum tube preamps, power amps, and power supplies. This book presents vacuum tube amplifier theory using modern, webbased.
Basic theory a 21stcentury approach to understanding preamp, power amp, and power supply design. The average musician will gain a ton of insight into how to maintain a tube amplifier. But these gorgeous, warm, glowing pieces of kit neednt be completely out of your league. The book begins with the fundamentals of electronics and vacuum tubes.
In summary, the tube amplifier has a sound that is different than a solid state amplifier largely due to the way it reproduces background noise. A printed book is readily available without the need for a viewing device. If you have not been trained to work with high voltage then have an amp technician service your amp. This deluxe revised edition contains 40% new material, with a. These calculators automate the plotting of dc and ac load lines for guitar amplifier preamp stages based on popular triodes. This section contains free ebooks and guides on amplifier circuits, some of the resources in this section can be viewed online and some of them can be downloaded. The first part of the book has a rather indepth treatment of vacuum tube operation, and. This tube is a triode which means it has three electrodes. They also compute the cathode resistor value for a userspecified dc operating point. Already known as the bible of tubes and tube amps, the tube amp book is now even better.
Circuit of tube amplifier device the output transformer is an important part of the amplifier requiring a thorough parameter. A bibliography of must have tube electronics books aiken amps. To keep the book affordable it is printed black and white. A triode amplifier build from an acrosound transformer book. In electronics, a vacuum tube, electron tube in north america, tube, or thermionic valve or valve in british english is a device controlling electric current through a vacuum in a sealed container. Nothing screams audiophile authority like a valve or tube amp. Already known as the bible of tubes and tube amps, the tube amp book by aspen pittman is now even better. If the anode voltage is negative, electrons will not be attracted to it and no current will flow. Free amplifier circuits books download ebooks online. Beside that, el34, el84, and 12ax7 vacuum tubes are used in many practical examples, to design the various parts of the circuits and to compute the values of the needed components. While budget is all relative where valve amps are concerned, paul rigby runs down the eight best affordable models on the market and what to look out for when buying on the cheap. The current flowing from anode to cathode is called the anode current, ia, and the voltage measured between anode and cathode is called the anode voltage, va or more accurately vak. A very unassuming title for a 617page engineering book.
The printed book has the advantage of being able to quickly thumb through and bookmark pages. The remainder of the book describes various feedback methods and their implementation around one or more stages. It focuses primarily on the design phase, where decisions must be taken with regard to the purpose and requirements of the amplifier, and it addresses the following questions. Following is a list of must have books for the serious tube amplifier designer. It then proceeds through each stage of a modern guitar amplifier, including preamp voltage amplification. Never touch the amplifier chassis with one hand while probing with the other hand because a lethal shock can run between your arms. This amplifier adopts transformer parallel output to reduce its internal resistance by half and achieve doubled improvement on its power. Oatley k282 valve tube riaa phono preamplifier kit 3 may 2010 discontinued. The book includes the description of classic tube amplifiers and preamps. The 8 best budget valve amplifiers and how to avoid. This book covers basic electronics related to with some basic knowledge it is possible for the hobbyist to design and build vacuum tube audio amplifiers that perform well.
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