Small Signal Audio Design
by Douglas Self · first published 2010
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Small Signal Audio Design is a unique guide to the design of high-quality circuitry for preamplifiers, mixing consoles, and a host of other signal-processing devices. Learn to use inexpensive and readily available parts to obtain state-of-the-art performance in all the vital parameters of noise, distortion, crosstalk and so on. Focusing mainly on preamplifiers and mixers this practical handbook gives you an extensive repertoire of circuits that can be put together to make almost any type of audio system. .. A resource packed full of valuable information, with virtually every page revealing nug
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Douglas Self is the author of some really excellent books on audio electronics. Especially "Small Signal Audio Design" (https://www.amazon.com/Small-Signal-Audio-Design-Douglas/dp/...).
on “The Museum of RetroTechnology” ↗The Lantertronics YouTube channel has a bunch of good stuff. https://www.youtube.com/@Lantertronics Also, Small Signal Audio Design by Douglas Self is really good, but probably not as a first EE textbook, and you have to really want to go into the weeds, as an electrical engineer would. But there is an entire chapter (chapter 12)…
on “Linus Learns Analog Circuits” ↗The book "Small Signal Audio Design" by Douglas Self has an entire 50 pages chapter on selecting opamps for audio. The chapter roughly ends with this quote: > One thing is obvious — the 5532 is still one of the great opamp bargains of…
on “Choosing an op-amp for your project” ↗As a circuit designer/embedded programmer: - USB Complete 4th ed (Axelson) - Electromagnetic Compatibility (Ott) - Small Signal Audio Design (Self) - Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus - Verilog by Example (a.k.a. the Little Blue Book) (Readler) - Mouser Catalog
on “Ask HN: What books do you keep on your desk?” ↗