I am not an electronics geek. I have been in search of a dumbed down version of an amp build. After many clicks on google search I found this. I think even I can figure it out from this link with lots of pictures.
http://www.beavisaudio.com/Projects/NoisyCricket/MarkII/NoisyCricke...
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Michael;
I chased after these things for a while, then ended up buying something like this:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Value-Choice-TDA2030A-Amplifier-Amp-board-DI...
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/PK1-TDA2030A-Audio-Amplifier-Amp-Board-DIY-K...
In the end it was easy and cost about right, however if you are bound and determined to learn about electronics this will not do it, basically a hook it up to a speaker, add a box and some knobs and you are done like dinner.
Cheers Ron.
Thanks Ron. I really like that idea too for a starter. I have to build confindence from the wife before she allows me to invest in to much. When she sees how everyone enjoys what I make and will even pay for it. Then I can invest. Thank you very much for the links.
Mike
No those look like that have audio video connectors. Do you have to change them out?
Well it took a while but i found it, $8.00 free shipping:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/NJM386D-LM386-Low-Voltage-Audio-Amplifier-Mo...
Cheers Ron
Yeah, I just finished my CB gitty amp kit. I had wired it wrong and burned up the board by grounding the speaker to the main ground. So I ordered another board. I must be honest, I wish I had my money back. It is NOT loud like they advertise. I would not recommend these to my worst enemy, sorry. Other parts from CB gitty are great no problems. I wish I would have read something like I'm writing before wasting that money. Hands down total pos.
I spent about as much as a used micro cube! OG
Dan Sleep said:
CBGitty advertises this amp as a 2.5W amp. Can you direct me to the part where it says how loud it is?
You wired the first one wrong, hardly the fault of the seller.
OGGER said:
Yeah, I just finished my CB gitty amp kit. I had wired it wrong and burned up the board by grounding the speaker to the main ground. So I ordered another board. I must be honest, I wish I had my money back. It is NOT loud like they advertise. I would not recommend these to my worst enemy, sorry. Other parts from CB gitty are great no problems. I wish I would have read something like I'm writing before wasting that money. Hands down total pos.
I spent about as much as a used micro cube! OG
Dan Sleep said:
Yes, and I quote-
''We hope that this amp board works great for whatever usage you have in store for it! In our own Cigar Box Amplifier building,we have found this little amp circuit and speaker combo to produce a surprising amount of great sound! And if you include an output jack and plug it into a larger amp or powered speaker cabinet, then the possibilities are much broader.''
So I took"surprising amount of great sound" and took that for being loud I guess. Which it is not.
This quote can be found on the "wiring example diagram" for the 2.5 watt amp circuit board instructions.
Yes I wired the first one wrong, I wrote that there too. I am just being as honest as I can about this, even when wired correctly it is hardly even a kids toy!
Now I understand people like to build stuff and like seeing good end results, that is why I am here. But had I read an honest review like mine I may have not spent the money on it. Trust me I have spent hundreds of dollars with CB Gitty and I will continue to do so.
Also I did not blame the seller for me wiring it wrong, Yes that is the first mistake I have ever made.LOL
If I have to put an output jack on the build, so I can plug it into a real amp or powered speaker what do I need a 2.5 watt amp for?
Hey, just trying to be honest here, not trying to run down CB gitty. I will mark it off as a lesson learned and continue to rock on. Have a nice day. OG
Turkish said:
CBGitty advertises this amp as a 2.5W amp. Can you direct me to the part where it says how loud it is?
You wired the first one wrong, hardly the fault of the seller.
OGGER said:Yeah, I just finished my CB gitty amp kit. I had wired it wrong and burned up the board by grounding the speaker to the main ground. So I ordered another board. I must be honest, I wish I had my money back. It is NOT loud like they advertise. I would not recommend these to my worst enemy, sorry. Other parts from CB gitty are great no problems. I wish I would have read something like I'm writing before wasting that money. Hands down total pos.
I spent about as much as a used micro cube! OG
Dan Sleep said:
You are not going to get much power from anything running off a 9V battery. Using a wall powered power supply you can give the amp more current but even then a 9v supply will get you less than a watt into an 8 ohm speaker. Theoretically you could get just over 2W into a 4 ohm speaker. A efficient guitar speaker will put out 'a surprising amount of sound' I guess but run of the mill speakers will barely get warmed up. Somebody using one on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUtW5uHI9Hk
At best it is a bedroom practice amp or if you really want to go sit out in the woods and pluck away. I have a IC amp that runs on 12V, it does put out a decent amount of sound on 12V. But playing beside an acoustic it will just keep up in volume if you do not mind a bit of distortion.
On the other hand I have a car stereo omp in a cabinet with a 8" speaker. It will put out enough sound in a bedroom where you would be hard pressed belting out a tune (no mic) and keeping up with it. Apples to oranges though, both run off 12V, one puts out less than a watt while the other might do 10W.
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