Recommended books

[Jason]

Hi All,

I'd like to create a general list of recommended books and make it more prominent, as well as stock (or link to) the best ones in the diyAudio store..

We have a few existing threads on this:

Most Recommended books
Recommended Tube Books for DIY
The best books to buy on speaker design and construction
Please recommend some books about electroacoustics
The best audio amplifier books - Overview (Google books)
New Book Review
Books for Tube nOObies...
best audio amplifier book??
looking for a great tube amp book.
Books!
Best books for solid state design?
What books should I get to learn?
Amplifier Design Book

From those I've got:

• Building Valve Amplifiers - Morgan Jones
• Valve Amplifiers, Third Edition - Morgan Jones
• Mullard Tube Circuits For Audio Amplifiers - Mullard Ltd.
• Beginner's Guide to Tube Audio Design - Bruce Rozenblit
• High-Power Audio Amplifier Construction Manual - Randy Slone
• Designing Audio Power Amplifiers - Bob Cordell
• Design with Operational Amplifiers and Analog Integrated Circuits - Sergio Franco
• Operational Amplifiers, 5th Edition (EDN Series for Design Engineers) - G.B. Clayton and Steve Winder
• The Audiophile's Project Sourcebook: 80 High-Performance Audio Electronics Projects - G. Randy Slone
• Small Signal Audio Design - Douglas Self
• Linear Audio Vol. 1: Your Tech Audio Resource - Ian Hegglun
• Op Amp Applications Handbook (Analog Devices Series) - Walt Jung
• The Design of Active Crossovers – Douglas Self
• Build Your Own Printed Circuit Board - Al Williams
• The Circuit Designer's Companion, Second Edition – Tim Williams
• Audio Power Amplifier Design Handbook - Douglas Self
• The Great Sound Stereo Speaker Manual – David Weems
• Designing, Building and Testing Your Own Speakers System – David Weems
• Testing Loudspeakers - Joseph D'Appolito
• Loudspeaker Design Cookbook - Vance Dickason
• Loudspeaker and Headphone Handbook – John Borwick
• RCA Recieving Tube Manuel
• General Electric's Essential Characteristics
• Valve and Transistor Audio Amplifiers by John Linsley Hood
• High-Power Audio Amplifier Construction Manual Randy Slone
• How to Design and Build Audio Amplfiers by Mannie Horowitz
• The Art of Electronics by Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill
• Designing Power Amplifiers - Stephen Kamichik
• The art of linear electronics 2nd Ed by John Linsley Hood
• Audio Electronics 2nd Ed by John Linsley Hood
• Designing Analog Chips by Hans Camenzind
• The Tube Preamp CookBook - Allen Wright
• Radiotron Designer's Handbook, 4ed. - Langford-Smith
• Operational Amplifiers with Linear Integrated Circuits – William Stanley
• Electronics Fundamentals, 8th Ed by Thomas L. Floyd
• Electronic Principles, by Albert Malvino
• Electric Guitar Amplifier Handbook by Jack Darr
• The Ultimate Tone – Kevin O' Connor
• Electronic Formulas, Symbols & Circuits by Forrest M. Mims III
• Building Power Supplies – David Lines
• Electronics Pocket Handbook, 3rd Edition - Daniel L. Metzger
• Basic Electronics Theory With Projects and Experiments - Delton Horn
• IC Op-Amp Cookbook (3rd Edition) - Walter G. Jung
• Beginner's Guide to Tube Audio Design by Bruce Rozenblit
• Firsts in High Fidelity - Stephen Spicer
• Practical Electronics For Inventors, Paul Scherz
• Electromagnetic fields and waves - Rojansky
• Switching Power Supply Design - Pressman
• Serial Port Complete - Axelson
• Acoustics - Leo Beranek
• Art of Electronics
• National Semiconductor databooks and app notes
• Pease's "Troubleshooting"
• Crowhurst's "Understanding Hifi Circuits"
• Herbert Reich's - Theory and Application of Electron Tubes
• Frequency Analysis, Modulation and Noise
• Building Valve Amplifiers
• The Master Handbook of Acoustics", 3rd Edition by F. Alton Everest

If anyone would like to "+1" or vote for any particular book being a "must", it would be most appreciated

Cheers,

Jason

[Johno]

Hi Jason,
A very serious sin, you have missed W Marshall Leach - Introduction to Electroacoustics and Audio Amplifier Design.

[Jason]

Thanks! By the way, I have made an mirror archive of the late Mr Leach's website, in the event it ever goes down, we'll have the potential option of restoring that archive.

[DF96]

Horowitz and Hill, Morgan Jones, Doug Self (even for those who disagree with him!), Langford Smith.

For newbies any version of "Foundations of Wireless". Early versions by Sowerby, then MG Scroggie, finally SW Amos. Later versions added "and Electronics". I'm not sure how well known this book is outside the UK.

[marce]

Electromagnetic Compatability Engineering, H Ott
High-Speed Digital Design, Howard Jonson & Martin Graham
The Fields of Electronic, Ralf Morrison

[Ron E]

Theory and Design of Loudspeaker Enclosures - J.E. Benson

It would be nice to see some practical books on woodworking and metalworking as well as essential tools, etc and how to start a workshop the right way in various amounts of space.

[Jason]

Thanks for the feedback, I guess the main point of this thread is to say that there is a lot out there, but what is the cream of the crop and should be "recommended".

What are your "Top 5" essential recommendations?

[Johno]

Top 5 is very personal, my selection reflects a former life as an EE although now I am older and lazier the empirical approach is winning more and more over rigorous design.

1/ Leach - Introduction to Electroacoustics and Audio Amplifier Design
2/ Manufacturer data books (hard copies used to be free, mine are frozen in time in 1987 but now supplemented by the internet)
3/ Manufacturer application notes (ditto)
4/ Most used is Siliconix Mospower Applications, 1985
5/ LTSpice reference manual (now no need to waste time on the math)

[sofaspud]

If I may I'd like to suggest that the recommendations be further divided into beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Or some variation thereof. IMHO it would help everyone zero-in on the sort of reading they want/need.

[Jason]

That's a good idea, and I have no idea which books fall into which groups