Anyone ever make their own amp?

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

so your saying putting USAmps parts in a PPI board will make it sound same, better, or worse...

If the components are identical, go for it.

 

[Sythetic1 10+ year member]

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Do you know the shoddy levels of production of most "car audio amplifiers"? Better components and design certainly do yield a better amp, but I wouldn't go as far to say that they're "specially tuned devices" - anyone with a soldering iron and the know how could reproduce one. No voodoo required...

False. The engineering behind an audio amplifier is far greater than you know. A class or two in advanced operational amplifier applications would change your mind.

 

[Sythetic1 10+ year member]

Can you copy someone else's design with little more than a soldering iron and some schematics? YES !!! Do companies do this? NO. Patents are a mutha.

 

[Sythetic1 10+ year member]

so your saying putting USAmps parts in a PPI board will make it sound same, better, or worse... im getting mixed signals.

Depends on the individual component. Most are generic and similar among all devices. Theres no reason you cant open a fried amp and fix it with parts ordered out of any catalog. Just gotta know what needs to be replaced. My comments really had more to do with circuit design than anything else.

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

False. The engineering behind an audio amplifier is far greater than you know. A class or two in advanced operational amplifier applications would change your mind.

uhoh.... seems like jack frosts bein challenged..