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(More customer reviews)When I heard that Bob Cordell had written a book on audio power amp design, I advance-ordered it immediately. Everything I'd seen of his work over the years had been eminently coherent and elegantly conveyed. The book arrived today and is well worth the wait.
I'm going to have to be careful about how much time I spend with this, as it could easily keep me up into the wee hours and lead to an impractical day following. But everything I've sampled is accurate, concise, and a pleasure to read. Much like Floyd Toole's recent magisterial tome, Sound Reproduction, Cordell calmly but decisively demolishes flawed audio mythology at every turn. Part 5, toward the end, is itself well-worth the price of admission. The discussion on negative feedback in particular is recommended.
But the book is not all about skewering shibboleths, and dipping into to earlier chapters reveals a keen and compassionate ability to convey crucial insights into real design. The balance between the maths, simulation results, and real-world experience is well-wrought. Again, I've not read but a fraction, but the flavor comes through readily from all of the excerpts I've perused.
As well, the book appears to be astonishingly typo-free. There must be a few, but I haven't found any yet.
Having heard directly from Toole how arduous the production of his book was, the fights with incompetent editors and so forth, and the negligible compensation he's receiving, I am mightily impressed with this book, and thank Bob Cordell for expending the enormous effort it has doubtless required. And I sense a fundamental decency about the man, somehow.
Very highly recommended.
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Master the art of audio power amplifier design
This comprehensive book on audio power amplifier design will appeal to members of the professional audio engineering community as well as the hobbyist. Designing Audio Power Amplifiers begins with power amplifier design basics that a novice can understand and moves all the way through to in-depth design techniques for the very sophisticated audiophile and professional audio power amplifier designer. This is the single best source of knowledge for anyone who wants to design an audio power amplifier, whether for fun or profit. Develop and hone your audio design skills with in-depth coverage of these and other topics:
Basics of audio power amplifier design
MOSFET power amplifiers and error correction
Static and dynamic crossover distortion demystified
Understanding negative feedback and the controversy surrounding it
Advanced negative feedback compensation techniques
Sophisticated DC servo design
Audio measurements and instrumentation
Overlooked sources of distortion
SPICE simulation for audio amplifiers, including a tutorial
SPICE transistor modeling, including the EKV model for power MOSFETs
Thermal design and the use of ThermalTrak transistors
Four chapters devoted to class D amplifiers
Supplemental material available at www.cordellaudio.com includes:* Ready-to-run amplifier simulations * Key transistor models * Other bonus materials
Make Great Stuff!TAB, an imprint of McGraw-Hill Professional, is a leading publisher of DIY technology books for makers, hackers, and electronics hobbyists.
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