The "Tube" bookshelf

[TubeMack]

I love reference books, and have just about completed a shelf for my audio hobby. Show us a pic of your reference shelf. I'll try dig up a pic of mine in a little bit.

[c2cthomas]

Book shelf? My books are laying around in a stack on da desk - and next to da chair - anywhere but where they are supposed to be!!! My wife is a neat freak - and I drive her crazy!!!!

[DF96]

Is this a playground issue: "my bookshelf is bigger than yours!"

[SY]

Too fragmented. We have books EVERYWHERE.

[taj]

I buy e-books now. And I usually end up printing out the study-worthy chapters. I currently have a 20" high stack of 'good chapter printouts' on my bedside table. You don't want a picture of that.

..todd

[TubeMack]

Gather those books up in a pile and snap a pick!

[TubeMack]

Oh well, I just thought it might be a fun way to learn of new references, without using a boring list. My bad. Carry on....

[smoking-amp]

I'm afraid you're missing a few books.
The boring list:

Essential Characteristics (tube listing) by GE
The Radio Amateur's Handbook 1965 or so
Vacuum Tubes by Spangenberg
Magnetic Circuits and Transformers by MIT
3 Books by Crowhurst:
Understanding Hi-Fi Circuits
High Fidelity Circuit Design
High Fidelity Sound Engineering
Transformers for Electronic Circuits 2nd ed. by Grossner
Electronic Designer's Handbook 1st and 2nd ed by Landee, Davis, Albrecht (Giacolletto is editor 2nd ed.)
Applied Electronics by Gray
Thermionic Valves by Beck
Fundamentals of Radio-Valve Technique by Deketh
High Fidelity by Newitt
Electron Tube Circuits by Seely
Vacuum Tube Amplifiers by Valley and Wallman
Vaccum Tube Circuits by Arguimbau
Amplifier Handbook by Shea
Low Frequency Amplification by Voorhoeve
Audio Transformer Design by Wolpert
Audio Cyclopedia by Tremaine
Noise Reduction Techniques in Elect. by Ott
Electron Tube Design by RCA
Vacuum Tube Design by RCA
Electronic Transformers and Circuits by Lee
Typical Oscilloscope Circuitry by Tektronix
Tektronix Circuit Concept Series
Audio Design Handbook by Hartley
Practical Transformer Design Handbook by Lowden 2nd ed.
Feedback Amplifier Principles by Rosenstark
Sylvania Technical Manual (Receiving tubes)
Amplifying Devices and Low-Pass Amplifier Design by Cherry and Hooper
Application of the Electronic Valve in Radio Receivers and Amplifiers Vol 1 and 2 -Dammers, Haantjes ... (same as Philips Technical Library: Electron Valves Books IV and V, ... and VI or Vol 3 if it exists)

[TubeMack]

Thats a nice list. Those Crowhurst books are hard to come by.

[smoking-amp]

Here's one:
BKAA63 - Understanding Hi-Fi Circuits
Also check thru their tube books section. They have several of interest.

Pete Millett's site has a bunch of books scanned.
tubebooks.org - Vintage info from the age of vacuum tubes

For the unobtanium or absurdly expensive books, I just get an inter-libary loan and scan them to CD. Then print out the chapters of interest.

Also try Google on some of them, like Wolpert or the Tek Circuit Concept series, already scanned and downloadable.