In this video well be making a wireless bluetoothenabled amplifier so that we can put old bookshelf speakers to good use. If you have not been trained to work with high voltage then have an amp technician service your amp. Diy audio books and manuals speakers, vacuum tubes. Jones has a companion book called building valve amplifiers which covers all of the physical design considerations that go into building a good tube amp, including component layout, enclosure designconstruction, and performance testing and troubleshooting. Beside that, el34, el84, and 12ax7 vacuum tubes are used in many practical examples, to design the various parts of the circuits and to compute the values of the needed components. Summer project make an insanely loud bluetooth amplifier. The mullard tube circuits for audio amplifiers book was first published in 1959 by mullard, britains premier vacuum tube manufacturer.
Discontinued tube amplifier kits and superseded tube projects. It is the source of the famed 510 and 520 mullard amplifiers. Some years ago i designed and built my first hifi vacuum tube amplifier. The following projects pages are of diy vacuum tube amplifier kits that are now discontinued or tube projects that have been superseded by a more up to date project. Oatley k282 valve tube riaa phono preamplifier kit 3 may 2010 discontinued. A very unassuming title for a 617page engineering book.
Fundamentals of engineering electronics, william dow, 1937, 617 pages courtesy of an anonymous donor. While this is an old book it is detailed and easy to follow. All orders will be processed within 23 working days. Check this section for special deals on tube hifi amps, guitar amps, preamps, integrated amps, kits and more 5f1 tweed champ tube diy amp kit tubes. Vacuum tube amplifiers diy some years ago i designed and built my first hifi vacuum tube amplifier. Not only is the sound quality fantastic, but it can also go super loud. This guide discusses all relevant aspects for an integrated pushpull vacuum tube amplifier design, including the power supply unit. Theres always wikipedia there are lots of good books too, such as valve amplifiers by morgan jones, which thoroughly covers all the fundamental tube concepts as well as amplifier design. A tube amplifier chassis contains lethal high voltage even when unpluggedsometimes over 700 volts ac and 500 volts dc. In this video series, rusty and i will explain and demonstrate all the steps required to scratchbuild any vintage amp, beginning with selecting a. Pete milletts diy audio pages for technical books, tube data, vintage data, transformer data, and mcintosh data, go to. The first part of the book has a rather indepth treatment of vacuum tube operation, and details of amplifier circuit design. It includes many graphs to help make the material easier to understand. Diy vacuum tube valve amplifier projects hifi audio.
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