Hi all.
I have at long last some time on my hands to build a chip amp / gainclone from some bits and pieces I accumulated a few years back (2014).
I have some chipamp.com boards; 2 x LM3886 amp and 2 x power supply PCBs. I printed off the build manual inc parts list for it when I bought them and kept it with them. Trouble is they make reference to the chipamp.com site and BrianGT.com but both of these sites seem to no longer exist.
The problem is not insurmountable, but I was wondering what happened to chipamp.com. Can anybody enlighten me?
UPDATE: I have found some posts, indeed threads, on this subject. Don't know why I didn't find them the first time around! It appears chipamp.com imploded due to a complete absence of any customer service and near absence of deliveries. Sad really - either run the business or shut it down!
A link to any current web based info on the boards would still be helpful, if anybody knows of any. Failing that I will just build them and stand well back to avoid flying capacitor cans!
I have at long last some time on my hands to build a chip amp / gainclone from some bits and pieces I accumulated a few years back (2014).
I have some chipamp.com boards; 2 x LM3886 amp and 2 x power supply PCBs. I printed off the build manual inc parts list for it when I bought them and kept it with them. Trouble is they make reference to the chipamp.com site and BrianGT.com but both of these sites seem to no longer exist.
The problem is not insurmountable, but I was wondering what happened to chipamp.com. Can anybody enlighten me?
UPDATE: I have found some posts, indeed threads, on this subject. Don't know why I didn't find them the first time around! It appears chipamp.com imploded due to a complete absence of any customer service and near absence of deliveries. Sad really - either run the business or shut it down!
A link to any current web based info on the boards would still be helpful, if anybody knows of any. Failing that I will just build them and stand well back to avoid flying capacitor cans!
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As far as I know the chipamp.com boards were pretty basic implementations of the LM3886. You can probably get 99% there by following the Typical Application schematic in the LM3886 data sheet.
You may also find some informative posts in the chipamp forum: https://www.diyaudio.com/forums/chipamp/
Tom
You may also find some informative posts in the chipamp forum: https://www.diyaudio.com/forums/chipamp/
Tom
Did you try the 'wayback machine'?
Chipamp Electronics
Archive.org is usually a good place to look for dead websites 😉
Chipamp Electronics
Archive.org is usually a good place to look for dead websites 😉
Just for the record, as far as I am aware Brian sold the chipamp.com business and it was sometime after that it started to go downhill. I think that there is a thread on here somewhere with some details.
Tony.
Tony.
Thanks for the feedback.
Sorry for the delay - started a new job this week!
I will look at archive - hadn't thought of that - and just start soldering.
I will just have to get some crappy speakers for the first tests.
Sorry for the delay - started a new job this week!
I will look at archive - hadn't thought of that - and just start soldering.
I will just have to get some crappy speakers for the first tests.
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