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excellent technical reference book... if you have the slightest interest in audio circuit design this book has to be considered an essential reference. Very highly recommended.
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In 1996, Douglas Self published his now famous 'Audio Power Amplifier Design Handbook', in which he described the 8 key distortion mechanisms in audio power amplifiers
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He is a member of the Audio Engineering Society and has taken out a number of audio-related patents, including for a "crossover displacement circuit".
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As is often the case with articles on audio subjects, Douglas Self's recent series on amplifier distortion caused a great deal of interest worldwide.
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Then there's Douglas Self's innovative crossover displacement circuit, for which he was awarded British Patent GB2424137.
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and author with a particular interest in audio. He received a first class honours degree in engineering from
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are reduced to negligible levels, to challenge the notion that such a topology is not suitable for
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magazine. He developed the concept, accompanied with a practical design, of a "blameless"
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and described as "famous" by audio website hifisonix. The second edition of his
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magazine, some of which were compiled into a book along with articles by
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Self on Audio: The Collected Audio Design Articles of Douglas Self
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He has worked with several major companies, including
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Cambridge University
electronics engineer
Cambridge University
psychoacoustics
Sussex University
Focal Press
Wireless World
Peter Baxandall
Cambridge Audio
Soundcraft Electronics
Elektor
amplifier
distortion
Class B amplifier
Hi-Fi
Walt Jung
Sound on Sound
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9789490929039
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9780240526133
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9781138854468
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9781138705456
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9781138733039
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