Newbie question.

[paintrodsey]

I am wondering what good sources there are out there if I want to start buiding amps. Any good books, or internet sites out there that would be helpful.

[poobah]

You will want a copy of Morgan Jones book "building Valve Amplifiers". You do mean tube amps... right?

[TomWaits]

Oh...there was this site once...it was awesome, had everything you would ever need. What was it? I remember the site even had interactive forums on every amp subject you could think of...hmmn....oh, and audio engineers and enthusiasts from all over the world hung out there, even audio phools!

You are there and this is it. Welcome home Start trolling

Shawn.

[paintrodsey]

Thanks, i've been digging around, but most of the stuff on here is above my head, I need some backround knowledge before I can actually understand what is being said. Also, I'll take books on any type of amp, the more the better.

[alexmoose]

The bottom line is that you just need to dive in head-first. Take the plunge!

I honestly got my start repairing old radios, its pretty easy all you really need to do is replace capacitors, and maybe a tube or two.

in truth what I suggest is go to a local thrift store, buy an old organ or something, take off the back in the store (they don't care, too much) and make sure it has tubes in it before you buy it. take it home, and mess around with it, learn the basics (what a capacitor is, how capacitance is measured, the different kinds of components). and start replacing parts that look broken. The thing about buying organ amplifiers and stuff like that is that they are a very rewarding first timer project because you can plug your Ipod into it and hear the rich sound.

Solid state stuff is a little harder to break into. The circuits are far more complex, and far easier to break. for solid state amps and such, I seggest you read the intel website honestly, they'll tell you how a transistor works, and build a knowladge base.

Its easy, and fun, and relativly cheap! I am 17, I graduated from high school 6 weeks ago, and in the past year I have Repaired 2 radios, Re-built an Amplifier, and Built one amplifier from Scratch, the key is to work up the difficulty using information from nice, educated people, then applying everything they have told you with hours upon hours of internet re-search.

you'r fingers will hurt, your eyes will water, you will burn/shock yourself, but when your favorite song is playing on something homeade, and your physics teacher's jaw drops (what happend when I showed him my first homemade amp), you know its all worth it!

Welcome!, ask anything these people are kind enough to answer

[AndrewT]

Hi,
read ESP website,
read Leach LoTim from beginning to end and read again until you understand every bit of it. http://users.ece.gatech.edu/~mleach/
Buy D.Self - Audio Power Amplifier.
Buy John Linsley Hood - The Art of Linear Electronics. Both published by Newnes Butterworth-Heinemann

[davidallancole]

Here is some websites on how transistors work and how to use them in amplifiers:

http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/ampin...screte.htm#how

http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/

www.play-hookey.com

and some amplifier courses:

http://www.engin.swarthmore.edu/~adobos1/e93/

http://home.alphalink.com.au/~cambie/ETI466Web.htm#VAS

[Leolabs]

sound.westhost.com

[paintrodsey]

THANKS ALOT. This should all come in handy.