CHAPTER 12
Power Amplifiers
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Power amplifiers come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and ‘generations’, but they are all required to do the ostensibly simple job of providing voltage amplification — converting line levels of up to a volt or so into several tens of volts, with output currents in the ampere range to develop the necessary power across the loudspeaker terminals. Given these few requirements, it is perhaps surprising how many designs there are on the market.
Domestic Power Amplifiers ...
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