gonna build my own amp

[big_mofo 10+ year member]

or...maybe he should get some pyramid super tweets...put them in a box....put that box onto his sub box(with no screws) and put it all behind him......sound like a weiner?

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[maldecido33 10+ year member]

alright thanks neon that's what i was thinking around 50to70 watt's. but like i said this isn't a couple day job going to take me a while to buy piece by piece might be able to get some free part's from my class maybe so i will have to see.

What exactly do you do in this project?

And I doubt your teacher(professor?) could build any sort of amp with a respectable efficiency.

And when we say expensive, we mean in the rang of several thousands, if not tens of thousands, of dollars, depending on what route you choose. Especially if you actually use quality parts.

If you insist on undertaking something waaaaay beyond your level, I would suggest getting a copy of Orcad or Pspice (same thing, really) to simulate your circuitry and digital logic. Otherwise, you're gonna end up destroying soooooo many components unnecessarily. Trust me, I know from experience.

Also, your 70 watts is weak

I outputted 57kV of DC voltage off of 330kW (650VDC) of input power today... with 93% efficiency.

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

I built my own amps //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

that is a little different jim.

he is talking about solid state amps.

putting one together and designing them are different mang.

from what i understand about tubes, there arent much to make them work. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[audiobahnuser18 5,000+ posts]

so your telling me part's for a little small amp to just power my front stage will cost me thousand's of dollars?

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

that is a little different jim.
he is talking about solid state amps.

putting one together and designing them are different mang.

from what i understand about tubes, there arent much to make them work. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

I know, I'm busting his balls //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

And to everyone that's talking about efficiency...wusses //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif

Audiobahnuser: No, it won't cost thousands to build a respectable solid state amp like you're imagining, but it is more work than you think. The only way I see you getting that kind of power and having a chance to do it yourself is by stacking Gainclones or other chip-based amps together, I've seen a couple projects that are around 100W per channel based on chip designs, and since it's just an IC instead of discrete components, the circuits are manageable. That way, you use pre-fabbed PCB's, documentation is easy to come by, and most importantly, you have a network of builders that can help you in case you go wrong somewhere.

Go here: http://www.diyaudio.com and read the solid state section. Many times. Find out what people are talking about, read links...sleep with schematics next to your bed.

Nelson Pass (passdiy.com) has done some great work with JFETs running Class A, but 10-15W won't be enough for in-car use. I hear they're amazing on horns though...

 

[audiobahnuser18 5,000+ posts]

Thank you for the support JimJ and don't worry before i do this im going to do alot of reasearch from people here on the forums, sites, books , other forms etc....

 

[JohnBlayz142 10+ year member]

Whats with the OMG's

People that are too inept to say anything useful but would rather have their post count go up 1.

I say build it man, what's the worst that could happen? Let us know how it goes.

 

[PatFitz9 10+ year member]

meh, probably more work than it's worth. try to get your teacher involved, and make it some sort of project for a grade. also, no offense, but i'm sure your teacher knows more than you.

 

[Imshirazy 10+ year member]

Go ahead and build it

I attempted building one from pieces of my old broken autoteks, it worked for a bit before it smoked up

but for crying out loud, use commas X.X

What do you plan to do for this anyway...

choice of capacitors, mosfets etc

if you use mosfets

I doubt you will tho

but if you do I have a few lying around