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Perry
- Apr 18, 2020
- 2 min
Tube Amplifiers Explained, Part 13: Bringing it All Together
Closing out the series explaining how a tube amplifier works
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Perry
- Apr 18, 2020
- 10 min
Tube Amplifiers Explained, Part 12: Power Supply, Rectification and Filtering
How we convert household AC into the high voltage DC needed for a tube amp
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Perry
- Apr 5, 2020
- 8 min
Tube Amplifiers Explained, Part 10: Understanding Distortion
Let's talk about what harmonic distortion is exactly and how to measure it.
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Perry
- Apr 5, 2020
- 5 min
Tube Amplifiers Explained, Part 11: Negative Feedback
Using negative feedback to control distortion
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Perry
- Apr 4, 2020
- 3 min
Tube Amplifiers Explained, Part 9: Screen Voltage and Ultralinear Mode
Explaining the options for the screen grid of a pentode, including ultralinear mode
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Perry
- Mar 29, 2020
- 8 min
Tube Amplifiers Explained, Part 8: Output Stage and Pentode Tubes
How the output stage works and purpose for a pentode tube
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Perry
- Feb 1, 2020
- 5 min
Tube Amplifiers Explained, Part 5: How Tubes Work
Explanation of how a vacuum tube works. It's pure awesomeness!
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Perry
- Feb 1, 2020
- 4 min
Tube Amplifiers Explained, Part 7: Coupling, AC Load, and Cathode Bypass Capacitor
Coupling between stages, the load under AC conditions, and why we use a cathode bypass capacitor.
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Perry
- Feb 1, 2020
- 7 min
Tube Amplifiers Explained, Part 6: Load Lines and Operating Point
An explanation of vacuum tube characteristics, load lines and operating point using an input stage triode tube.
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Perry
- Feb 1, 2020
- 2 min
Tube Amplifiers Explained, Part 4: Big Picture of the Circuit
Big picture view of the AE1 Amplifier circuit that we are using for this explanation of how a tube amplifier works.
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Perry
- Feb 1, 2020
- 8 min
Tube Amplifiers Explained, Part 3: Core Concepts - Common Electronic Components
Continued Core Concepts: Resistors, Capacitors, Inductors and Transformers
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Perry
- Feb 1, 2020
- 8 min
Tube Amplifiers Explained, Part 2: Core Concepts, Sound, Voltage & Ohm's Law
Tube Amplifiers Explained Blog Series, Core Concepts: What is Sound? Voltage, Current, Resistance and Ohm's Law
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Perry
- Feb 1, 2020
- 2 min
Tube Amplifiers Explained, Part 1: Introduction
A blog series explaining in detail how a single-ended tube amplifier circuit works using the AE1 Kit circuit.
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Perry
- Jan 25, 2020
- 1 min
Building a pair of Frugal Horns
Build blog of Frugal Horn full range speakers--with hidden Superman Heat-Vision colored back panels!
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