The first part of the book has a rather indepth treatment of vacuum tube operation, and details of amplifier circuit design. If you have not been trained to work with high voltage then have an amp technician service your amp. It is the source of the famed 510 and 520 mullard amplifiers. Check this section for special deals on tube hifi amps, guitar amps, preamps, integrated amps, kits and more 5f1 tweed champ tube diy amp kit tubes. Pete milletts diy audio pages for technical books, tube data, vintage data, transformer data, and mcintosh data, go to. Oatley k282 valve tube riaa phono preamplifier kit 3 may 2010 discontinued. Summer project make an insanely loud bluetooth amplifier. Theres always wikipedia there are lots of good books too, such as valve amplifiers by morgan jones, which thoroughly covers all the fundamental tube concepts as well as amplifier design. The mullard tube circuits for audio amplifiers book was first published in 1959 by mullard, britains premier vacuum tube manufacturer. Diy audio books and manuals speakers, vacuum tubes. This guide discusses all relevant aspects for an integrated pushpull vacuum tube amplifier design, including the power supply unit. Not only is the sound quality fantastic, but it can also go super loud.
A tube amplifier chassis contains lethal high voltage even when unpluggedsometimes over 700 volts ac and 500 volts dc. While this is an old book it is detailed and easy to follow. Discontinued tube amplifier kits and superseded tube projects. In this video series, rusty and i will explain and demonstrate all the steps required to scratchbuild any vintage amp, beginning with selecting a. Some years ago i designed and built my first hifi vacuum tube amplifier. 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. A very unassuming title for a 617page engineering book. In this video well be making a wireless bluetoothenabled amplifier so that we can put old bookshelf speakers to good use.
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