Chip Amp Photo Gallery

[superhkm]

No primary fuse and no mains lead cleat. A potentially lethal combination.....

A good observation, take on of those big strips and wrap around the manis cable just on the inside of the cabinet/enclosure.

And those chips, do they not need heatsinking ?

 

[frebar]

I have a switch with remote control in the power outlet.
That one do have a main fuse.
You can`t see it on the picture.
But I will fasten the power cable better.
The chip have an internal cooling and don`t
really need one. It doesn`t get hot at all.

 

[kage]

* so exciting to see this thread, doing the chicken dance*

 

[same]

This is my version of tube buffered gainclone (3875 inverted configuration). PSU is separate from amplifier

 

[falcott]

I look forward to seeing some pics!

 

[jleaman]

frebar, why no heat sink ? YOU should put at least a piece of metal on there just incase they do get hot. Better safe than sorry with smoking woofers.

 

[69CamaroSS396]

My First Chip Amp

Here is an amp I built for my son with his band's logo on the top panel. I used pcbs from chipamp.com. Purchased my own components otherwise. Very happy with the results. Will be used in an apartment system using some very nice Signet bookshelf speakers and a powered 8" sub. Strictly CD based with a decent player.

Custom paint was done by www.mccallcolors.com

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[BWRX]

Gorgeous paint job

 

[69CamaroSS396]

Thanks, I'm quite happy with it. The pictures don't really do justice to the depth and effect of the paint.

 

[kmj]

my new and more compact amps. A pair of monoblocks with a opa549-chip in each along with a 120VA transformer running 33VDC, a few volts above recommended maximum but it seems to work.

 

[kmj]

and a nudiepic

 

[kmj]

and a third with a 20cm ruler as reference.

 

[troystg]

and a nudiepic

My what large...... transfomers you have... LOL.

 

[ak645]

I hope it's okay to post these pix here.I did not build this amp,It was built for me.

The front

 

[ak645]

The back

 

[ak645]

The inside

300va transformer and 10,000uf caps x2

 

[ak645]

More innards.

One of the amp boards

 

[ak645]

Amp board close-up.

 

[kmj]

My what large...... transfomers you have... LOL.

Yeap, I have two large and round ones

 

[jackinnj]

Yeap, I have two large and round ones

The Mae West of Gainclones.

"Is that a gun in your pocket?"