In article , Nick Gorham
wrote:
Rob wrote:
I'm interested in building a valve pre and/or phono amp, and I was
wondering if anyone has a book recommendation. I'd like to know about
safety, circuit design and component choice. I have no training in
this, although the basic concepts come quite easily.

I've seen 'Building Valve Amplifiers' by Morgan Jones, seems to fit
the bill.


You answered the question in same the way I would have, MJ's book is
well worth a read (and then about 20 more times, getting more out each
time). I can't recommend it enough.

FWIW Despite personally not being particularly a fan of valve amps, I'd
also recommend MJ as well worth reading if you wish to learn about valve
amps and want to design/build your own. Probably your best bet as a first
port of call.

If you wish to go further, then you'll probably end up needing to read/have
a range of texts. The obvious epic here would Langford Smith. You can now
buy this from places like HFN on CDROM if you can't track down an original
copy. This covers the basic theory, etc, etc, is great detail, but lacks
more modern info as it was written many years ago. Has loads of info.

There are also some more general books. e.g. Linsley Hood's Valve and
Transistor Audio Amplifiers. This covers the basics of amps in general, and
looks at both valve and solid-state examples.

Slainte,

Jim

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