Mission: To provide educational opportunities to the AF members and the public about acoustic and electronic music reproduction equipment. These include classes, lectures, and hands-on workshops for the design, construction, maintenance and repair or upgrade of music reproduction equipment.
Elements of The AF Educational Initiative:
- Lectures and presentations would include topics by experts in their field including persons such as John Curl for amplifier design and Andrew Jones for speaker design.
- Introductory classes entail the following:
o Basic soldering and prototyping
o Routine maintenance, tube biasing, tube testing
o Description and function of the main components of electronic equipment
- Advanced classes would cover:
o Advanced design of tube and transistor circuits
o Using lab equipment such as multimeters, scopes and signal generators
o Troubleshooting and Repair
o DIY workshops (tube amp/preamp, phono stage, speakers, digital)
Venues:
- Currently we have in-person venues available in San Jose, Alameda and Orinda
- Virtual classes and presentations will be incorporated for the benefit of our wide membership outside the Bay Area
Educational Initiative Committee (reports to the AF Board of Directors):
- The committee includes two principal members. Additional consultants will be invited to add their insight on specific topics of their expertise.
- Scheduling of classes and presentations will be coordinated with the Events Director, Jim Bird
o Ori M-S
o Jim Hunton