AMP with Very good sound low watts?

aetosa · 14th April 2006, 05:32 PM

I'm looking for an amplifier with very good sound quality. I don't care if it sounds loud, I care only for GOOD sound. I was thinking of building a small tube amp with, but I'm not sure it sounds better than solid state and if it worths the trouble.
What do you think from your experience? Is there a small power solid state amp with the quality of the tubes? (if they have it, as many people say).

mourip · 14th April 2006, 05:45 PM

Hi,

Try www.redwineaudio.com/. They make some wonderful small, very high quality amps based upon the Tripath class D chip.

Best,

Paul

aetosa · 14th April 2006, 06:38 PM

Thank you for your answer, but I'm looking for an amp to built , not to buy. Thanks again.

MikeB · 14th April 2006, 07:17 PM

You might try the symasym, it's ~60/120watts into 8/4 ohms, see my "www" for more infos...

Mike

mos57 · 14th April 2006, 07:54 PM

I think you can build an amplifier of GAINCLONE series. It is very simply: one IC only and you can obtain up to 50 W with very good sound near tubes amp.
National Semiconductor make the following power ic:
LM 1875
LM 3875
LM 3886 and others.
Look at others Threats on this forum or search on google.
There is a big world around its.

Francesco.

lndm · 14th April 2006, 09:49 PM

http://www.passdiy.com/amps.htm

Look at the PLH amplifier and the Zen range.

mourip · 15th April 2006, 02:39 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by aetosa
Thank you for your answer, but I'm looking for an amp to built , not to buy. Thanks again.

Ok. Try ...

http://www.diyparadise.com/charlize.html or

http://www.autocostruire.com/catalog...roducts_id=257

These are excellent Tripath chip based kits that will give you wonderful sound. I have built the Autocostruire amp, modified a Sonic impact amp, and built a Gainclone Chip Amp and found the Tripath amps to be much more detailed and tonally faithful. These amps are only 15 usable watts or so and will need efficient speakers. I run them off of sealed lead acid (SLA) batteries and they are dead quiet. Search through the class D forum here for a wealth of information on these and other more powerful class D amps...

Good luck.

planet10 · 15th April 2006, 02:56 AM

It is awefully hard to beat a good little tube amp....

dave

aetosa · 15th April 2006, 06:48 PM

Ok my friends, thank you all for your answers. Now I will have to decide which one of all these. I'm a little bit confused..but I'l pass it over. Thank you all!

jleaman · 15th April 2006, 07:35 PM

Aleph Mini's are also a good amp. Cheap to build easy and about 15Watts @ class a.

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aetosa diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Athens	AMP with Very good sound low watts? I'm looking for an amplifier with very good sound quality. I don't care if it sounds loud, I care only for GOOD sound. I was thinking of building a small tube amp with, but I'm not sure it sounds better than solid state and if it worths the trouble. What do you think from your experience? Is there a small power solid state amp with the quality of the tubes? (if they have it, as many people say).

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14th April 2006, 05:45 PM	#2
mourip diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Washington, DC	Hi, Try www.redwineaudio.com/. They make some wonderful small, very high quality amps based upon the Tripath class D chip. Best, Paul

14th April 2006, 06:38 PM	#3
aetosa diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Athens	Thank you for your answer, but I'm looking for an amp to built , not to buy. Thanks again.

14th April 2006, 07:17 PM	#4
MikeB diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Gütersloh	You might try the symasym, it's ~60/120watts into 8/4 ohms, see my "www" for more infos... Mike

14th April 2006, 07:54 PM	#5
mos57 diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Catanzaro - Calabria	I think you can build an amplifier of GAINCLONE series. It is very simply: one IC only and you can obtain up to 50 W with very good sound near tubes amp. National Semiconductor make the following power ic: LM 1875 LM 3875 LM 3886 and others. Look at others Threats on this forum or search on google. There is a big world around its. Francesco.

14th April 2006, 09:49 PM	#6
lndm diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: nsw	http://www.passdiy.com/amps.htm Look at the PLH amplifier and the Zen range.

15th April 2006, 06:48 PM	#9
aetosa diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Athens	Ok my friends, thank you all for your answers. Now I will have to decide which one of all these. I'm a little bit confused..but I'l pass it over. Thank you all!

15th April 2006, 07:35 PM	#10
jleaman Banned Join Date: Apr 2002	Aleph Mini's are also a good amp. Cheap to build easy and about 15Watts @ class a.

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