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Valve and Transistor Audio Amplifiers

  • 1st Edition - November 17, 1997
  • Latest edition
  • Author: John Linsley Hood
  • Language: English

The audio amplifier is at the heart of audio design. Its performance determines largely the performance of any audio system. John Linsley Hood is widely regarded as the finest au… Read more

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Description

The audio amplifier is at the heart of audio design. Its performance determines largely the performance of any audio system. John Linsley Hood is widely regarded as the finest audio designer around, and pioneered design in the post-valve era. His mastery of audio technology extends from valves to the latest techniques. This is John Linsley Hood's greatest work yet, describing the milestones that have marked the development of audio amplifiers since the earliest days to the latest systems.

Including classic amps with valves at their heart and exciting new designs using the latest components, this book is the complete world guide to audio amp design.

John Linsley Hood is responsible for numerous amplifier designs that have led the way to better sound, and has also kept up a commentary on developments in audio in magazines such as The Gramophone, Electronics in Action and Electronics and Wireless World. He is also the author of The Art of Linear Electronics and Audio Electronics published by Newnes.

Key features

  • Complete world guide to audio amp design written by world famous author
  • Covers classic amps to new designs using latest components
  • Includes the best of valves as well as best of transistors

Readership

Designers of audio amplifiers; broadcast and audio engineers; students at undergraduate level, BTEC and HNC/D; hobbyists

Table of contents

Active componentsPassive componentsVoltage amplifier stages using valvesValve audio amplifier layoutsNegative feedbackValve operated power amplifiersSolid state voltage amplifiersEarly solid-state amplifiersContemporary power amplifier designsPreamplifiersPower supplies

Review quotes

"This book is the complete world guide to audio amps."—Elektor Electronics

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: December 23, 1997
  • Language: English

About the author

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John Linsley Hood

John Linsley Hood (1925-2004) was head of the electronics research laboratories at British cellophane, for nearly 25 years. He worked on many instrumentation projects including width gauges and moisture meters, and made several inventions which were patented under the Cellophane name. Prior to his work at British Cellophane he worked in the electronics laboratory of the Department of Atomic Energy at Sellafield, Cumbria. He studied at Reading University after serving in the military as a radar mechanic. Linsley Hood published more than 30 technical feature articles in Wireless World magazine and its later incarnation Electronics World. He also contributed to numerous magazines including Electronics Today.
Affiliations and expertise
(1925-2004) Independent Technical Author; Formerly at Department of Atomic Energy at Sellafield, Cumbria

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