What is best way to learn to build own equipment?


I wanted to learn how to build my own stereo equipment. I live in Southwest Missouri and I am able to find schools that provide training in electronics. The only thing I have been able to find so far is a weekend program in Chicago that teaches how to build a tube amp.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how the best way to learning how to build your own equipment? I open to any type of training, books, online information, etc.

Thanks for your willingness to try to help me.
cbman

Showing 1 response by gbart

I got my start around age 9-10, reading library books on fundamentals of electricity, electronics, hi-fi systems, and trying simple DIY projects. I will never forget the librarian enquiring what a little kid like me needed with those "big" books? As my skill, experience and confidence grew, I worked on increasingly difficult projects, all of them scratch builds. It helped that I made friends with a couple of other hobbyists, and got to compare project notes.