This book is essential for audio power amplifier designers and engineers for one simple reason...it enables you as a professional to develop reliable, high-performance circuits. The Author Douglas Self covers the major issues of distortion and linearity, power supplies, overload, DC-protection and reactive loading. He also tackles unusual forms of compensation and distortion produced by capacitors and fuses.

This completely updated fifth edition includes four NEW chapters including one on The XD Principle, invented by the author, and used by Cambridge Audio. Crosstalk, power amplifier input systems, and microcontrollers in amplifiers are also now discussed in this fifth edition, making this book a must-have for audio power amplifier professionals and audiophiles.

Douglas Wiliams

Chapter 1 Amplifiers and The Audio Signal; Chapter 2 The Basics of Distortion; Chapter 3 Negative Feedback; Chapter 4 Amplifier Architecture, Classes, and Variations; Chapter 5 General Principles and Distortion Mechanisms; Chapter 6 The Input Stage; Chapter 7 The Voltage-Amplifier Stage; Chapter 8 The Push-pull Voltage-Amplifier Stage; Chapter 9 The Output Stage; Chapter 10 Output Stage Distortions; Chapter 11 More Distortion Mechanisms; Chapter 12 Closely Observed Amplifiers: Design Examples; Chapter 13 Compensation and Stability; Chapter 14 Output Networks and Load Effects; Chapter 15 Speed and Slew-rate; Chapter 16 Power Dissipation in Amplifiers; Chapter 17 Class-A Power Amplifiers; Chapter 18 Class XD: Crossover Displacement; Chapter 19 Class-G Power Amplifiers; Chapter 20 Class-D Power Amplifiers; Chapter 21 FET Output Stages; Chapter 22 Thermal Compensation and Thermal Dynamics; Chapter 23 The Design of DC Servos; Chapter 24 Amplifier and Loudspeaker Protection; Chapter 25 Layout, Grounding, and Cooling; Chapter 26 Power Supplies and PSRR; Chapter 27 Power Amplifier Input Systems; Chapter 28 Input Processing and Auxiliary Systems; Chapter 29 Testing and Safety; Chapter 30 A Brief History of Solid-state Power Amplifiers;