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"386 pins would be this." Paul Craig replied Mar 15, 2016 to Combo Amp Build	113	May 26, 2016 Reply by Paul Craig
"The only way is knowing the pin designations of the chip(Google Search), and followi…" Paul Craig replied Mar 15, 2016 to Combo Amp Build	113	May 26, 2016 Reply by Paul Craig
"Correct, the 386 chip pin 2 is (input -) and pin 3 is (input +). One chip has (in…" Paul Craig replied Mar 14, 2016 to Combo Amp Build	113	May 26, 2016 Reply by Paul Craig
"The first version of this amp that I built got smoked from the walwart polarity bein…" Paul Craig replied Mar 14, 2016 to Combo Amp Build	113	May 26, 2016 Reply by Paul Craig
"I noticed the Little Gem MK2 doesn't use buffer caps in the output circuits either.…" Paul Craig replied Mar 14, 2016 to Combo Amp Build	113	May 26, 2016 Reply by Paul Craig
"I've listened to the Jensen Mod speakers and the WGS speakers sound bites/videos on…" Paul Craig replied Mar 14, 2016 to Combo Amp Build	113	May 26, 2016 Reply by Paul Craig
"Thanks for that Scott. The watt ratting for a speaker is the suggested limit of outp…" Paul Craig replied Mar 14, 2016 to Combo Amp Build	113	May 26, 2016 Reply by Paul Craig
"WGS also has a 8" for 31 dollars so I may go that route and check it with the 220uf…" Paul Craig replied Mar 14, 2016 to Combo Amp Build	113	May 26, 2016 Reply by Paul Craig
"https://wgs4.com/vet10 Thinking this will do nicely." Paul Craig replied Mar 13, 2016 to Combo Amp Build	113	May 26, 2016 Reply by Paul Craig
"The little things can be a real pain. Checked all the solder joints and they're good…" Paul Craig replied Mar 13, 2016 to Combo Amp Build	113	May 26, 2016 Reply by Paul Craig

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Paul Craig's Discussions (3,491)

"386 pins would be this."

"The only way is knowing the pin designations of the chip(Google Search), and followi…"

"Correct, the 386 chip pin 2 is (input -) and pin 3 is (input +). One chip has (in…"

"The first version of this amp that I built got smoked from the walwart polarity bein…"

"I noticed the Little Gem MK2 doesn't use buffer caps in the output circuits either.…"

"I've listened to the Jensen Mod speakers and the WGS speakers sound bites/videos on…"

"Thanks for that Scott. The watt ratting for a speaker is the suggested limit of outp…"

"WGS also has a 8" for 31 dollars so I may go that route and check it with the 220uf…"

"https://wgs4.com/vet10 Thinking this will do nicely."

"The little things can be a real pain. Checked all the solder joints and they're good…"

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