good book for learning the basics of tubes and tube amps

[frajavcar]

Hi folks, I would like to know if theres a good book ( currently available at book stores) that teaches the basics of tubes and tube amps.

I´ve already downloaded a couple of pfds but I just can´t read a book from the computer screen .

Thak you for your time

Francisco

[vitalstates]

IMO Bruce Rozenblit - 'Tube Audio Design' is such a book....its certainly a good primer for more in depth reading such as 'Valve Amplifiers' by Morgan Jones.

Ed

[Gordy]

Hi,

I also do not like to read from a screen.

Download this for some good background info:
http://basenjes.de/tubes/data/neets_ch6.pdf

...and some of the www.tubecad.com articles can be downloaded in pdf files.

: )

[SY]

For getting the basics and getting them right, there's Morgan Jones's books ("Valve Amplifiers" and "Building Valve Amplifiers") and there's everything else. Superb, in-depth treatment of audio-specific matters.

Once you've read and digested the information there, you're ready to move on to classic texts like Terman or Radiotron Designer's Handbook.

[kevinkr]

Originally posted by SY
For getting the basics and getting them right, there's Morgan Jones's books ("Valve Amplifiers" and "Building Valve Amplifiers") and there's everything else. Superb, in-depth treatment of audio-specific matters.

Once you've read and digested the information there, you're ready to move on to classic texts like Terman or Radiotron Designer's Handbook.

Dead on the money, I've yet to see anything significantly better. I picked up both at a local Barnes and Noble a couple of years ago.

I think some of the Audio Engineering reprints from AudioXpress make for entertaining reading as well once you have digested the above.

[frajavcar]

thanks a lot guys for the suggestions. I´ll look for them at amazon.

Francisco