excellent beginners book/cd

[howardnair]

--Basic Electronics--by Van Valkenburgh,nooger and neville-out of print can be found on  that auction site- there is a cd  and softcopies can be found although a little pricey--these books were i believe precedessors to the navy electronics books-these books are very good at explaining tubes, power supplies,rectifier tubes ,choke and rc filters -no theory no math except  ohms law---although somewhat basic and  remedial--the best i have come across for the beginner- really gives one a good background on just what is going on in there-some things are outdated ie: condenser for capacitor-volumes one and two are the most pertinent-

 also if one google's --boozhoundlabs-- a vacuum tube hifi primer--he also explains quite well who is doing what and why

[denti alligator]

Looks like there are 5 volumes of this book. And they can be had for dirt cheap on amazon. Are all 5 volumes essential?

[howardnair]

no --essential are 1 and 2---there is also cd on ebay--7 bucks  --
basic electronics vol 1-5  will get you there   

[InfernoSTi]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160328229222&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT


EDITED:  SORRY!!! I POSTED THE WRONG LINK BUT IT IS NOW CORRECTED TO THE EBAY LINK TO THE CD.

[howardnair]

no that one is basic electricity---even tho it would be good to read its all  related let me see if i can do this--http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160328229222&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

 there is the cd--if not go to ebay--type
basic electronics vol 1-5

[howardnair]

well the link is there but i can't seem to get it to highlight so that you can just click it-so do the other 
basic electronics vol 1-5

watch there is also a solid state set--this one is tube electronics-even tho the title does not say

[howardnair]

thats the one--