Good tube literature

[mhardy6647]

Check the catalogs at www.radioshackcatalogs.com and its sister site www.alliedcatalogs.com (EDIT: ok, I didn't see any Arvin radios on a quick perusal of both sites)

(FWIW) I like the Arvins with the pseudo-dashboard style; very cool radios!

 

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[luvvinvinyl]

Got it, thanks.

BTW, have you ever noticed the "Report post" button? The red triangle with the exclamation point inside, upper right of any post. Click on that and it notifies all the staff that can take care of that. Should get you faster service.

 

[Rob41]

Thanks, I'll do that in the future. I actually never noticed that...or forgot.

 

[KGBMAN]

Here's a good link to FREE PDF files of lots of good stuff.

http://www.tubebooks.org/technical_books_online.htm

 

[jaymanaa]

I see wimas are getting popular, and thought this may be helpful.
http://www.wima.com/EN/applicguide.htm

 

[s-petersen]

Here is very interesting site(100 tube amplifier schematics)
http://lilienthalengineering.com/

 

[jaymanaa]

Resistor values and everything, I've had the hard copy awhile and it's been invaluable, then found it online. Good info for tweakers.
http://frank.pocnet.net/other/Sylvania/SylTubSubstManual1953.pdf

 

[rave0035]

Check your local library. Mine (Minneapolis) grants access to all of SAM's online Photofact library. Invaluable.

Also, Rider's Inside the Vacuum Tube was the book that really unlocked the mystery of the vacuum tube for me. It's theory for dummies, and works from basic electron theory, slowly adding complexity (diodes, triodes, pentodes). Plus, the illustrations use smiling atom dudes with arms and legs... what better way to illustrate the space charge, right?!

Finding a hard copy makes for great bedtime reading!!!
Mike

 

[targeteye]

didn.t see this one listed http://www.americanradiohistory.com/index.htm here yet.

I have spent literally hours reading old articles and looking at adds in these magazines. There is a lot of audio information.

Steve

 

[invaderzim]

anyone familiar with: Vacuum tube amplifier basics by E J Jurich? Would it be too basic for a starter?

 

[rave0035]

anyone familiar with: Vacuum tube amplifier basics by E J Jurich? Would it be too basic for a starter?

Yes, it's not a great place to "start". Content flow is kind of all over the place, and is equal parts theory, construction and miscellany - geared more toward someone with a general knowledge that is thinking of scratch-building. I think I would have been lost if I hadn't had a baseline understanding before picking it up.

Lots of great stuff in this thread, though!
Mike

 

[Scifi]

Some issues of Vacuum Tube Valley.
www.tiffe.de/roehren/VTV

also see http://www.tiffe.de/roehren/ & http://www.tiffe.de/Robotron/

 

[Scifi]

More here
https://web.archive.org/web/2013080.../Pioneering-Wireless/eMagazines/VTV/VTV08.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/2013080...fo/Pioneering-Wireless/eMagazines/VTV/vtv.htm

 

[Scifi]

More old magazines.

http://www.americanradiohistory.com/

http://vintagevacuumaudio.com/

 

[Scifi]

An article about audiophile magazines.

Some good articles about capacitors
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2610442/capacitor-sound
http://www.scribd.com/doc/24913258/picking-capacitors
http://www.humblehomemadehifi.com/Cap.html

 

[peterh]

I just bought: 'Designing High-Fidelity Valve Preamps' by Merlin Blencove, at available at amazon now.

 

[noisehead]

Scifi, thanks for posting, especially those vtv issues, helped me fill in some gaps to my collection of issues.

 

[Scifi]

Valve Amplifier Hum
http://dalmura.com.au/projects/Hum article.pdf

Hum Chasing is Engineering?
Norman H. Crowhurst
pg 26
http://vintagevacuumaudio.com/vintage-magazines/audio/1960-12-audio.pdf

Artificial Reverb pg 28
http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Audio/60s/Audio-1961-Apr.pdf

 

[Scifi]

Norman Crowhurst

http://www.tubebooks.org/Books/crowhurst_basic_1.pdf

http://www.tubebooks.org/Books/crowhurst_basic_2.pdf

http://www.tubebooks.org/Books/crowhurst_basic_3.pdf

http://www.tubebooks.org/


Hum Suppression Circuits
Audio April 1961