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Audio Power Amplifier Design Handbook (Paperback)

by Douglas Self (Author) "A full and detailed account of semiconductor amplifier design since its beginnings would be a book in itself - and a most fascinating volume it..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 427 pages
  • Publisher: Newnes (an imprint of Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd ); 3rd Revised edition edition (16 May 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0750656360
  • ISBN-13: 978-0750656368
  • Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 15.8 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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"This is a true handbook in the 'just-about-everything-you'd-want-to know-in-one-volume' sense of the word... it is a resource for those who would like to gain some of Self's deep understanding of the subtleties of amplifier design. --EDN Magazine, January 23, 2003

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Douglas Self has dedicated himself to demystifying amplifier design and establishing empirical design techniques based on electronic design principles and experimental data. His rigorous and thoroughly practical approach has established him as a leading authority on amplifier design, especially through the pages of Electronics World where he is a regular contributor.

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5.0 out of 5 stars This book must be read, 2 Jan 2005
By Wurgle (England) - See all my reviews
Buy this book. Having worked as a professional audio electronics design engineer I tell you Mr. Self knows his subject - for power amps far better than I. All his designs are based on facts and measurements. Such a blessed relief from those who would tell you that gold plated mains plugs give better "sound quality". Its written in a good readable style and I can only fault it in so far as I want more of the same. If you have even the smallest of interests in audio design, be educated and buy this book. If you have an old edition, the new one is well worth it for the extra bits on Class G et al.
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3.0 out of 5 stars A little beyond my ken., 8 Mar 2009
By H. Turnbull "critic" (Glasgow, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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As already pointed out, the text is dominated by polemic arguments against the subjectivist trend in audio amplifier design. However, the text has other flaws, the largest of which is the assumption that the reader already knows how to design an audio amplifier. The book contains very little fundamental information, and concentrates instead on techniques used to get the most out of designs the reader is supposed to be intimately familiar with. Anyone who knows this stuff doesn't need the book, and those who need the book won't be able to make sense of it. It's a shame the author would rather stroke his own vanity than share his obviously extensive experience.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Unfortunately spoiled by the presentation style, 30 Nov 2007
By Andrew Brown (Belgium) - See all my reviews
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Self is clearly an expert in his field and advocates a logical approach to audio amplifier design.

Sadly this is overshadowed a poor and irritating style of presenting information. As well as an extensive rant against subjectivism (where a paragraph would have sufficed). Throughout the text Self is perpetually telling the reader how he is the authority on the subject and correcting various fallacies that have been published by others. His points may well be true, but good technical texts present the bare technical facts and allow them to speak for themselves. Perhaps the occasional technical critisism of others is appropriate, however, the text is littered with the author's personal agenda. Also his means of expressing technical information is exceptionally rambling. I guess this is to allow for the lay reader ? Douglas, could you produce an Engineer's version of the book that includes a few more equations and a far more concise text ?
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