Douglas Self is a British electronics engineer and author with a particular interest in audio.
[1] He is the author of six books on audio electronics, published by Focal Press.
[3][4][5] He is a member of the Audio Engineering Society and has taken out a number of audio-related patents, including for a "crossover displacement circuit".
[7] Circuit Cellar website described him as a 'renowned audio specialist' when discussing a design he created for Elektor magazine.
[8] He developed the concept, accompanied with a practical design, of a "blameless" amplifier in which all the main sources of distortion for a pure Class B amplifier are reduced to negligible levels, to challenge the notion that such a topology is not suitable for Hi-Fi audio.