Audio Anthology: When Audio Was Young, Volume 4
34 articles taken from Audio Engineering magazine 1955-57 offer practical advice for the do-it-yourself audiophile. Guidance is offered emphasizing an overall view of the home sound system, planning a system with simplicity in mind, and understanding and maintaining the equipment. Solid state techniques and circuits are introduced here.
1991, 1958, 144pp., 8 1/2" x 11", softbound.
0-9624191-9-2
.8 lbs
CONTENTS How To Plan Your Hi-Fi System; System Simplicity for Audio; Adequate Audio Power In The Home; Building Simplicity Into The Hi-Fi System; The Care and Treatment of Feedback Audio Amplifiers; High Quality Dual Channel Amplifier; Stereo Monaural Companion Amplifier; Stereosonic Magnetic Recording Amplifier; High Quality Treble Amplifier; Amplifier Uses Cheap Output Transformer; Effect of the Cathode Capacitor on Push-Pull Output Stages; What's All This About Damping?; Electrical Adjustments in Fitting A New Output Transformer; Which Tube Shall I Use?; Understanding Intermodulation Distortion; The Sad Tale of a Half-Watt Resistor; Compensation for Amplitude-Responsive Phono Pickups; A Versatile Bass-Treble Tone Control; Record Speed And Playing Time; Recording Characteristic Simulator; Transistor Action; Transistor Preamps; Transistor Tips and Techniques; Transistor Preamp for Low-Output Pickups; A Transistor Playback Amplifier; Transistor Tone Control Circuits; A Transistor VU Meter; Distortion in Tape Recording; A Time Delay Commercial Suppressor; Baffles Unbaffled; Ported Loudspeaker Cabinets; The CW Horn; The Aperiodic Loudspeaker Enclosure; the Standard Speaker System