TPA3255 - all about DIY, Discussion, Design etc

Hi James,
Take a look on previous pages, I reviewed the new version I received : the board is working fine now. Seems regulator has been updated like already discussed ) Take a look on that full review 🙂

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Hi Danny.

I know you had the original one reworked but I didn’t know they had sent you a new one.

Can you provide a link back to the review as it’s really difficult to find stuff on this forum once the thread has hundreds of posts !!

James.
 
Hi, it seems that TDK PP 0.47uF and 0.68uF are in stock B32671P4684K000 EPCOS / TDK | Mouser Slovakia . I believe is exactly what goes with the inductors 15uH and 22uH for 8 Ohm with a cut-off at 40Khz, so i will add them to my shopping list 🙂. I assume that 1uF would be used in the case you have a lower cut-off frequency based on the simulator.

I am interested in this board as my next project. I will read your previous comments around it. Thank you.

Send me a private message. I have lots of TPA32XX amps.
This one sounds great BUT is not the best one trust me....
 
Hi Danny.

I know you had the original one reworked but I didn’t know they had sent you a new one.

Can you provide a link back to the review as it’s really difficult to find stuff on this forum once the thread has hundreds of posts !!

James.

Hi amigo,
In a few word, the amp sounds great, bass is sweeter and a bit more focused than other TPA32XX I have (probably related to the Linear PSU). But I still prefer the Aiyima 3251. I also switched the OP Amps on it (OPA1622)
I think that the Zero Zone amplifier is too expansive finally... At the same price, the BRZHIFI is far away better to my ears.
 
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Do you mean Wurth's inductor?
Meanwhile I measured THD @1kHz of WE7443630700 and its ferrocore counterpart. It can be seen that both 7uH inductors are quite similar and excellent, they will not degrade THD of TPA325x significantly. Max current excitation was in the ballpark of +-4Apeak. But the 10uH version shows significantly increased THD level. Measurements were carried out with EMU-PreTracker USB-soundcard, my personal reference latFET-class-AB amp and a low inductive dummy.
 

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Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I will start measuring the voltages.
At the first sight seems to be around the op-amps. Without the op-amps in the sockets its totally quiet.

The connections to the power supply look funny, have you paralleled two outputs? What is the cap connecting there? Check the voltage while the amp is running to see if it fluctuates
My assumption was that is only one rail but you are right, i should double check before assuming. I will check also the fluctuation.
I have two power-supply units, 24v 350w tuned at max ~29v and another one of 48v 350w.
The speakers are 150w 8-ohm.
 
so i am tempting to buy this amp:
SUQIYA 150W+150W digital power amplifier TPA3255 high power pure post stage amplifier supports XRL true balance input|Amplifier| - AliExpress

This amp is going to be used to feed my Dynaudio Emit M20 and as a pre-amp i will use the Yamaha RX-V663 which i have here right now.

Will this be a improvement is my burning question? Or should i look elsewhere, for a better T3255 kit?




This is just the Zero Zone board which sells for about £75 in a case with a transformer. Speak with Danny on this thread who has already played with this board. Not one of his better ones from memory !!

I love the fact that they charge more for the version with the Balanced Inputs !! Its basically just a jumper on the board and different sockets on the back panel !!!

Note that your Yamaha does not have Balanced outputs so you would need the RCA Input version.
 
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Madrox for better sound need use amp with PFFB.

If interested, write to me PM

Thanks drMordor ;-)
yes, i am very much interested. This seems to good to be true, is it?
TPA3250 TPA3255 Bluetooth 5.0 Met Dsp Verwerking Geintegreerde Voeding Alles In Een Hifi Versterker|Versterker| - AliExpress

Am i right to think you need more "power reserves" to give you that "oomph" in the lower regions and that this is just not enough? Ow, and does it have PFFB, i cant tell....?

ps: ty bushelli. So i pasted the wrong link i gues, they also have a RCA version if i am not mistasken.
 
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so i am tempting to buy this amp:
SUQIYA 150W+150W digital power amplifier TPA3255 high power pure post stage amplifier supports XRL true balance input|Amplifier| - AliExpress

This amp is going to be used to feed my Dynaudio Emit M20 and as a pre-amp i will use the Yamaha RX-V663 which i have here right now.

Will this be a improvement is my burning question? Or should i look elsewhere, for a better T3255 kit?


HI amigo,

You should take a look at my reviews. I tested almost all TPA32XX on the market included this one. This is a Zero Zone TPA3255 Board. It sounds great but you have a 50/50 chance of getting the right version... See previous pages on this thread and TPA3251 thread.
I won't take any risk If I were you my friend.... Go for the AIYIMA / BRZHIFI instead or a high end TPA32XX.

About PFFB : I also own the TPA3251 with PFFB and I do confirm what DrMordor said. I compared all my TPA32XX with the one based on 360 Customs design : verdict = at same volume on my DAC, I have about 25% / 30% more power.

I think that one must consider a choice of a TPA32XX in its overall composition. I realized that the choice of components absolutely influence everything with these chips 🙂


For those who might be interested : I will review soon a double Mono PASCAL amp vs double Mono Hypex Ncore 😀
 
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HI amigo,
I won't take any risk If I were you my friend.... Go for the AIYIMA / BRZHIFI instead or a high end TPA32XX.

I think that one must consider a choice of a TPA32XX in its overall composition. I realized that the choice of components absolutely influence everything with these chips 🙂

Hi Daniboun, you mean this one?
Amplificador Audio Bluetooth 5.0 QCC3003 TPA3255 Hifi Eindversterker 300Wx2 Home Theater Stereo Klasse D Sound Speaker Versterker|Versterker| - AliExpress

Does it have a PFFB circuit?