Contents

 

 

Acknowledgments

Preface to Fifth Edition

Abbreviations

 

Chapter 1 Introduction and general survey

The economic importance of power amplifiers

Assumptions

Origins and aims

The study of amplifierdesign

Misinformation in audio

Science and subjectivism

The subjectivist position

A short history of subjectivism

The limits of hearing

Articles of faith: the tenets of subjectivism

The length of the audio chain

The implications

The reasons why

The outlook

Technical errors

The performance requirements for amplifiers

Safety

Reliability

Power output

Frequency response

Noise

Distortion

Damping factor

Absolute phase

Amplifier formats

 

Chapter 2 Power Amplifier Architecture and Negative Feedback

Amplifier architectures

The three-stage amplifier ...

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