Hi Thanks for reading. I want to build a low power amp. I am currently using a modded quad 405-2 with help from a thread on this website. At 200 watts output the quad does sound good but is way too powerful for me. I have tried the tpa 3211 and tpa3255 chips but these were a considerable step down from the quad
Do you know of any board that can output about 20 watts or so, with good sound quality, not class a please
Do you know of any board that can output about 20 watts or so, with good sound quality, not class a please
Class AB chipamps using LM1875 or LM3886 sound pretty good.
Audiophonics carries several (I am not affiliated with them).
Audiophonics carries several (I am not affiliated with them).
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Try for $1 tpa3110 converted to ABD mod. See the thread bellow.
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/...fficiency-speakers.399146/page-2#post-7377251
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/...fficiency-speakers.399146/page-2#post-7377251
Strange question: I've tried out the pass f5 amp purchased from this website, but it was giving off way too much heat. Would lowering the bias reduce all this heat, and what effect would it have on sound quality. Heard under biased amps sound terrible
F5 is a class A. 25 w/ch "The F5 is a Push-Pull, Class-A power amplifier. It is unique in that it has no capacitors in the amplifier circuit. The F5 is a voltage source amplifier, requiring nothing out of the ordinary from your preamp or speakers."
Class A wastes a lot of heat to avoid crossover distortion. Circuit details are not published by diyaudio store so you'll have to find a F5 thread under pass amps forum. I'm a class AB fan.
I bought a Peavey M-2600 (70 w/ch stereo class AB) and updated the e-caps. No nasty radio interference due to the steel case & input & output protection. No fans, huge heatsinks outside the case. They run cold at 1 w/ch. 0.1% HD to 50 w/ch at 4 ohms, no spec for 8 ohms.
Tuning out.
Class A wastes a lot of heat to avoid crossover distortion. Circuit details are not published by diyaudio store so you'll have to find a F5 thread under pass amps forum. I'm a class AB fan.
I bought a Peavey M-2600 (70 w/ch stereo class AB) and updated the e-caps. No nasty radio interference due to the steel case & input & output protection. No fans, huge heatsinks outside the case. They run cold at 1 w/ch. 0.1% HD to 50 w/ch at 4 ohms, no spec for 8 ohms.
Tuning out.
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Thanks! I did have a simliar problem in that the F5 was giving off a lot of heat. I had 6 boards to make up a 5.1 amplifier, huge heatsinks but life was a continual struggle
I would like to know if reducing the bias would be a way to reduce the heat output, or would it be too detrimental to the sound
I would like to know if reducing the bias would be a way to reduce the heat output, or would it be too detrimental to the sound
Again, this amp is discussed on the pass amp forum. Not on solid state forum. Schematic would be over there. Experts would be over there.
I pay too much for air-conditioning to buy any class A amp over 1 watt. Obsolete at 25 watts in a globally warming world. The first portable transistor radios were class A, used crystal earphones, not speakers. I only use A/C to prevent my wood piano & walls from molding.
I pay too much for air-conditioning to buy any class A amp over 1 watt. Obsolete at 25 watts in a globally warming world. The first portable transistor radios were class A, used crystal earphones, not speakers. I only use A/C to prevent my wood piano & walls from molding.
TDA1521 can deliver 20W (at a pinch) in standard form but I'm looking at ways to get lower noise and higher output : https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/tda1521-possibility-of-reduced-gain.400518/latest. For a classAB chip amp it does have lower than average quiescent current which translates to cool idle running.