Audio Power Amplifier Design Handbook 4th Edition | Date: 28 April 2011, 04:22
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Audio Power Amplifier Design Handbook, Fourth Edition
By Douglas Self
* Publisher: Newnes
* Number Of Pages: 488
* Publication Date: 2006-08-22
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0750680725
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780750680721
* Binding: Paperback
Book Description:
Douglas Self offers a tried and tested method for designing audio amplifiers in a way that improves performance at every point in the circuit where distortion can creep in without significantly increasing cost. His quest for the Blameless Amplifier takes readers through the causes of distortion, measurement techniques, and design solutions to minimise distortion and efficiency. The result is a book that is crammed with unique insights into audio design and performance, as well as complete amplifier designs and schematics.
Whether you are a dedicated audiophile who wants to gain a more complete understanding of the design issues behind a truly great amp, or a professional electronic designer seeking to learn more about the art of amplifier design, Douglas Selfs Handbook is the essential guide to design principles and practice. Self is senior designer with a high-end audio manufacturer, as well as author of numerous magazine articles in the pages of Electronics World / Wireless World. His career in audio design is the foundation of a book that is based solidly on practical experience as well as a dedication to a methodology based on measurement, analysis and scientific design principles.
The fourth edition includes new material on DC offset protection circuitry, the design of DC servos and electrical safety and safety standards. In addition, there is a new chapter on Class D power amplifiers.
EPS files for selected figures are available at http://books.elsevier.com/companions/9780750680721
* The definitive guide to understanding and designing audio amplifiers
* Includes Douglas Self's classic amp designs for readers to build and adapt
* A classic work for electronics enthusiasts, Hi-Fi devotees and professional designers alike
Summary: Not much use for any design work G. Randy Slone's book much better
Rating: 2
I purchased this book along with High Power Audio Amplifier Construction Manual by G. Randy Slone.If you want to read about
300 pages of information you can obtain free from Mr. Self's website then buy all means by this book because it is a repeat of the blamless amplifier theory, however if you really want a design book with the whyfore's included Mr. Slone's book is the book for you and should rate 10 stars for audio design. I really don't understand why Amazon hyped this book. I should have saved my money I expected more from Mr. Self.
Summary: first rate
Rating: 5
This is the third edition and so the reviews prior to 2002 are for earlier editions. The author makes equipment for recording studios.
The book discusses the different alternatives for circuit topologies used in audio amplifiers and their advantages and disadvantages. There are many SPICE simulation graphs with associated discussions.
Summary: Considerations on the book
Rating: 3
The book is very deep in some topics but is very poor in design formulas. The formulas should be included, explained and can be skipped by the readers who are not keen on mathematics.
Some schematic diagrams are simply not readable as the printing size, or the book format, is too small.
Summary: Dissppointed for the Fourth Edition
Rating: 2
If you have a third edition, you should keep using it. I should have kept the $ in my pockey. :(
The newly added Class-D chapter is rather short and trivial. It is just an introduction to Class-D concept. This can be found easily elsewhere. No research, experimental and test results! Disappointed! Has the author listened to current high performance Class-D solutions (like ICEpower, Hypex)?
The other new chapter, DC servo, does contains test/new results. You will learn some useful techniques.
The author should correct some problems (printing, inconsistency between text and figure) that exist in third or earlier editions. However, he didn't. Why?
Lastly, it is still highly recommeded for new readers.
Summary: Recommended reading for anyone who wants to design an amp
Rating: 5
This book is not a "cookbook" approach, but presents well researched and tested approaches. As such it is guaranteed to offend some people (evaluation of design changes and improvements is scientific, as opposed to subjective). Self uses the book to take a shot at much of the patently mumbo-jumbo in high end HiFi, which is entertaining! The book features the "blameless" amplifier and the circuit is given, but it would have been nice for the PCB layout (or a Gerber file..) to be included so that some quick experimentation can be done. The only minus (apart from that) is that there some areas not treated: Nested Differential Feeback loops being one. A very unique book, collecting together a lot of very valuable information.
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