Yes, that is a really excellent one.
The author has placed this in the public domain now. Physical copies are very rare.
Cherry, Hooper Amplifying Devices And Low Pass Amplifier Design ( 1968) RR : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
http://mirror.thelifeofkenneth.com/... Low-Pass Amplifier Design (1968)-RR_text.pdf
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I was lucky enough to find a hard copy last year, but the author was very generous to place it in the public domain.
Another older (huge) one on amplifiers is Richard Shea's Amplifier Handbook.
An extremely fine book is Feedback by Fred D. Waldhauer.
An extremely fine book is Feedback by Fred D. Waldhauer.
I worked with Fred Waldhauer at Bell Labs in the 1970's. He was one of the most brilliant guys I ever worked with. He was a wonderful mentor to me. At the time, he did pioneering work on high-speed digital transmission systems on both coaxial cable and later on the first fiber optic transmission systems. He later went on to be a pioneer in the field of DSP-based hearing aids.
Cheers,
Bob
Cheers,
Bob
I worked with Fred Waldhauer at Bell Labs in the 1970's.
He was one of the most brilliant guys I ever worked with.
A great person, a great book. I recommend it very highly.
How to Design and Build Audio Amplifiers, Including Digital Circuits Paperback – October 1, 1980
by Mannie Horowitz (Author)
by Mannie Horowitz (Author)
If you are a beginner and has no prior technical education but inclination to learn audio electronics, there are 2 books you must have .
1) Art of electronics by Paul Horowitz, Winfield Hill as many people mentioned before. My rating: very good.
2) Designing audio power amplifiers by Bob Cordell . This is one of the best technical book I read so far. It covers some of the very basic aspects of audio electronics and slowly graduates into more complex subject. Overall presentation is very good. I have no prior technical education but I could clearly understand most of what the author is explaining.
I also glanced over few pages of Doug self's , which also has great reviews , but i could not understand many concepts explained, may be its meant for audience with prior technical education in electronics.
Regards
Goutham
1) Art of electronics by Paul Horowitz, Winfield Hill as many people mentioned before. My rating: very good.
2) Designing audio power amplifiers by Bob Cordell . This is one of the best technical book I read so far. It covers some of the very basic aspects of audio electronics and slowly graduates into more complex subject. Overall presentation is very good. I have no prior technical education but I could clearly understand most of what the author is explaining.
I also glanced over few pages of Doug self's , which also has great reviews , but i could not understand many concepts explained, may be its meant for audience with prior technical education in electronics.
Regards
Goutham
If you are a beginner and has no prior technical education but inclination to learn audio electronics, there are 2 books you must have .
1) Art of electronics by Paul Horowitz, Winfield Hill as many people mentioned before. My rating: very good.
2) Designing audio power amplifiers by Bob Cordell . This is one of the best technical book I read so far. It covers some of the very basic aspects of audio electronics and slowly graduates into more complex subject. Overall presentation is very good. I have no prior technical education but I could clearly understand most of what the author is explaining.
I also glanced over few pages of Doug self's , which also has great reviews , but i could not understand many concepts explained, may be its meant for audience with prior technical education in electronics.
Regards
Goutham
Hi Goutham,
Thank you for your very, very kind words about my book. You hit the nail on the head of what two of my primary objectives were in writing the book, and it sounds like, in your eyes, I was moderately successful in those two aspects. God willing, the second edition will be out soon, and hopefully it will take those objectives a bit further while bringing some new topics into the mix.
One of the things I have hoped for from the beginning was to get the book into use in some introductory electronics courses in some colleges, perhaps in some 2-year community colleges. I really believe that it is important to get more of the new generation into electronics by getting them interested in the subject in a way that is not overwhelming to them. To draw them in gradually with a topic, audio, that most of them can enjoy and relate to.
My friend, the late Marshall Leach, a professor at Georgia Tech, was very successful in doing this in conjunction with his book, where he got so very many students very much into audio. Some of his courses had labs where students actually built some audio gear, including amplifiers and loudspeakers.
Audio is a great vehicle and a good draw to get younger people into electronics. I think DIYaudio has also been a tremendous help in that regard for those of the younger generation who know about it.
Thank you again for your kind words.
Cheers,
Bob
If you are a beginner and has no prior technical education but inclination to learn audio electronics, there are 2 books you must have .
1) Art of electronics by Paul Horowitz, Winfield Hill as many people mentioned before. My rating: very good.
2) Designing audio power amplifiers by Bob Cordell . This is one of the best technical book I read so far. It covers some of the very basic aspects of audio electronics and slowly graduates into more complex subject. Overall presentation is very good. I have no prior technical education but I could clearly understand most of what the author is explaining.
I also glanced over few pages of Doug self's , which also has great reviews , but i could not understand many concepts explained, may be its meant for audience with prior technical education in electronics.
Regards
Goutham
Thank you for sharing these books. I think they will be very useful for my brother.
Dear Bob,
I went to the Amp Camp 2019 in San Francisco for the first time and got introduced to your book! I bought the 2nd edition. The text flows very well and easy to follow. One of the best books on the audio amplifier design that I have came across.
In fact, I was the one who sit right next to you in the Firehouse. Not sure if you remembered me 🙂
I found your reply below fascinating in many ways. I was one of the students way back in the days taking Dr. Leach's EE audio class at GaTech. Dr Leach was a great professor. Very soft spoken and approachable. Back then I was not really into DIY Audio that much as I am now and didn't know that Dr. Leach was well known in the Audio DIY community. I remembered going to his office after class for questions and found it very fascinating surrounding by music on his home-brewed Leach amplifier and speakers.
Best regards,
Tom
I went to the Amp Camp 2019 in San Francisco for the first time and got introduced to your book! I bought the 2nd edition. The text flows very well and easy to follow. One of the best books on the audio amplifier design that I have came across.
In fact, I was the one who sit right next to you in the Firehouse. Not sure if you remembered me 🙂
I found your reply below fascinating in many ways. I was one of the students way back in the days taking Dr. Leach's EE audio class at GaTech. Dr Leach was a great professor. Very soft spoken and approachable. Back then I was not really into DIY Audio that much as I am now and didn't know that Dr. Leach was well known in the Audio DIY community. I remembered going to his office after class for questions and found it very fascinating surrounding by music on his home-brewed Leach amplifier and speakers.
Best regards,
Tom
Hi Goutham,
Thank you for your very, very kind words about my book. You hit the nail on the head of what two of my primary objectives were in writing the book, and it sounds like, in your eyes, I was moderately successful in those two aspects. God willing, the second edition will be out soon, and hopefully it will take those objectives a bit further while bringing some new topics into the mix.
One of the things I have hoped for from the beginning was to get the book into use in some introductory electronics courses in some colleges, perhaps in some 2-year community colleges. I really believe that it is important to get more of the new generation into electronics by getting them interested in the subject in a way that is not overwhelming to them. To draw them in gradually with a topic, audio, that most of them can enjoy and relate to.
My friend, the late Marshall Leach, a professor at Georgia Tech, was very successful in doing this in conjunction with his book, where he got so very many students very much into audio. Some of his courses had labs where students actually built some audio gear, including amplifiers and loudspeakers.
Audio is a great vehicle and a good draw to get younger people into electronics. I think DIYaudio has also been a tremendous help in that regard for those of the younger generation who know about it.
Thank you again for your kind words.
Cheers,
Bob
Dear Bob,
I went to the Amp Camp 2019 in San Francisco for the first time and got introduced to your book! I bought the 2nd edition. The text flows very well and easy to follow. One of the best books on the audio amplifier design that I have came across.
In fact, I was the one who sit right next to you in the Firehouse. Not sure if you remembered me 🙂
I found your reply below fascinating in many ways. I was one of the students way back in the days taking Dr. Leach's EE audio class at GaTech. Dr Leach was a great professor. Very soft spoken and approachable. Back then I was not really into DIY Audio that much as I am now and didn't know that Dr. Leach was well known in the Audio DIY community. I remembered going to his office after class for questions and found it very fascinating surrounding by music on his home-brewed Leach amplifier and speakers.
Best regards,
Tom
Hi Tom,
Thanks for buying my second edition and for your kind words. I enjoyed meeting you at Burning Amp. Attendance there was great this year, and I hope it inspires even more to attend next year. The preamp camp workshop, where attendees were able to build a preamplifier designed by Nelson Pass was a sterling example of how to get people involved in audio and have a tremendously satisfying experience.
I encourage everyone to go to the Linear Systems (linearsystems.com) Youtube website to see the many videos made of the many great presentations.
Cheers,
Bob
Wideband Amplifiers (Peter Staric, Erik Margan)
already mentioned in previous posts ?
Wideband Amplifiers | Peter Staric | Springer
Wideband Amplifiers - Peter Staric, Erik Margan - Google Books
already mentioned in previous posts ?
Wideband Amplifiers | Peter Staric | Springer
Wideband Amplifiers - Peter Staric, Erik Margan - Google Books
A classic, now free and in the public domain.
https://worldradiohistory.com/BOOKS...ss-Amplifier Design-Cherry-Hooper-1968-RR.pdf
https://worldradiohistory.com/BOOKS...ss-Amplifier Design-Cherry-Hooper-1968-RR.pdf
thank you.
One of the authors is the same than from this amplifier approach:
https://linearaudio.nl/sites/linearaudio.net/files/cherry ndfl.pdf
What is nested feedback, how it realy works and some examples...
One of the authors is the same than from this amplifier approach:
https://linearaudio.nl/sites/linearaudio.net/files/cherry ndfl.pdf
What is nested feedback, how it realy works and some examples...
If you are a beginner and has no prior technical education but inclination to learn audio electronics, there are 2 books you must have .
1) Art of electronics by [URL="https://www.google.co.in/search?q=Paul+Horowitz&sti
The 3rd Edition is sold by Cambridge university but at what cost?
It is 1220 pages weighing 2.4kg. A real encyclopedia of electronics to be gifted on father's day.
https://www.cambridge.org/vn/academ...nics-3rd-edition?format=HB&isbn=9780521809269
......but at what cost?....
I see $87 on Amazon US.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BYJO2JU
That's the cost of one HOUR of in-class education, and this is many-many times better.
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