OP, do you harbor aspirations of designing and/or modifying audio gear? If not, perhaps a solid understanding of acoustics and psychoacoustics would be more beneficial than tackling the electrical engineering, at least from an audio hobbyist or consumer perspective. WRT this, I'd recommend the seminal work by Floyd Toole, Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and Rooms , now in its 3rd Edition.
To truly enjoy this hobby, I need to learn electronics. Any book recs?
I am at square zero in terms of understanding this stuff, and I am tired of navigating by Braille.
I want to find a class or a book that can give me at least the basics of how these circuits work to produce sound.
I would appreciate any suggestions of books, channels or classes that can help.
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@rumblestrip I think part of the enjoyment is parsing the impact of different electronics and for me it is fun to understand how the different pieces work together. I don't want to be an engineer, but maybe I'll want to do own maintenance etc. Thanks everyone for the great ideas! |
I would signup for Paul McGowan's daily videos: https://www.psaudio.com/ask-paul/ |
@adambennette is right. 'Art of Electronics' by Horowitz and Hill. Three editions plus a lab workbook were published. I have them all, and you can pry them from my cold dead eyes.. It was the first mainstream source to recognize that all components are not equal, and that their departures from ideal is what gives them their sound. And that was 40 years ago. Accurate and accessible, takes you as far as anyone outside NASA needs to go. |
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