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15 watts stereo class T amplifier TA2024 sound test and review

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TA 2024 is low cost15 watts class T amplifier (I got it from eBay for 4.94$ free shipping). The amplifier board uses MKP film as input capacitor that hard to find in cheap board amplifier from eBay. The amplifier sound very clean and details and loud with high sensitivity loudspeaker (89 dB or better), bass not big but control well. However, high frequencies tend to roll off a little bit but still good. The TAta2024 amp is good with Jazz, pop, guitar solo, saxophone, and smooth jazz in my opinion. If you use switching power supply you need to add at least 2200 uf capacitor parallel to the power supply for best performance. TA 2024 specification: Class-T architecture  Single Supply Operation  “Audiophile” Quality Sound  0.04% THD+N @ 9W, 4Ω  0.18% IHF-IM @ 1W, 4Ω  11W @ 4Ω, 0.1% THD+N  6W @ 8Ω, 0.1% THD+N  15W @ 4Ω, 10% THD+N  10W @ 8Ω, 10% THD+N  High Efficiency  81% @ 15W, 4Ω  88% @ 10W, 8Ω  D...

10 watts 8 ohms class d amplifier pam8610 sound test

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Pam8610 IC is 10 watts @ 8 ohms (15 watts @ 4 ohms small heat sink require) stereo class d amplifier with very high efficiency over 90% and the amplifier works well without any heat sink at full power!!! . The amplifier board is very low cost ( around 1 $) but deliver 10 watts @ 8 ohms power from 13 volts power supply. As you can see in my video that the amp board require only one 100 uf electrolytic capacitor for supply decoupling to eliminate hum from switching power supply(some ic amplifier require 1000 uf to eliminate hum from the power supply). Sound testing: The amplifier sound good with good bass respond  good bass impact and well control (kick bass very good). High frequency clean, impact well and flat but lack transparent. Singer vocal is clean but not transparent. The sound stage is wide but space between instrument not precise. pam 8610 amp board is the quiet amp with very less hiss noise (5 cm away from tweeter to my ear :) which is not a big problem at all and ...

Low frequency bass test sine wave

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Let's test your subwoofer low-frequency respond. Each frequency duration is 3 second long so you can here different clearly. Frequencies start from 1Hz to 300Hz. You may not hear 1 -10 Hz sine wave frequencies because human hearing limitation but modern amplifier can amplify this low-frequency band, sometimes if you play these low-frequencies loud enough your body can feel it. You also can not hear 11 - 19 Hz (some golden ears human may hear 18 - 19 Hz) but your room will be shaking if you play these frequencies band loud enough. 20 - 30 Hz frequencies range are audible if you have a big speaker, good headphone or subwoofer, a small speaker may not produce these low frequencies or sound decrease so much but you can feel it when you touch the speaker. A good desktop external speaker low-frequency cut-off around 80 - 100 Hz but a normal laptop built-in loudspeakers low-frequency cut-off around 150 Hz. Below video will come in handy when you work out side but for...

Modified lepy LP-A6fm amp

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When I brought lepy LP-A6fm from my local store(Thailand) for under 10 $.  I though it's a good low-cost amp and I've found that this amp not bad at all. The bad thing I hate LP-A6fm is the amp have big pop noise when connecting to the power supply to the amplifier and the amplifier doesn't have any on/off switch. I thought the problem may come from JRC 4558 op-amp that doesn't have soft on/off function so I decided to change JRC 4558 to ne5532 op amp for low pop noise and change some capacitors for sound quality improvement. Yeah! Let's start. List of component: 1 x ne5532 opamp and 8 pins ic socket (for JRC 4558 op amp replacement, sound improve much). 3 x capacitor 100 uf muse FW(FG are better) for op amp power supply replacement and for main amp replacement 4 x 10 uf Elna Ccerafine or Silmic II electrolytic capacitors for the mellower sound. 1 mks 0.1 uf Wima capacitor(not see in the video because it attaches to preamp power supply under PCB board. 2 x...

2.5 watts lm 380n amplifier with stable wiring diagram.

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Advantage: 1 Wide supply voltage from 10 to 22 volts so you can use battery power. 2 Use only 8 parts to make jobs done. 3 High bandwidth 100khz 4 Low distortion no more than 3% at 2 watts (not 10% thd at full power like commercial amplifier spec ) Lm380n is old but still good sounding ic if you can eliminate oscillation and power supply ripple. The ic is very easy to build and you don't have to attach heatsink for normal operation. 2.5 watts power is enough to drive small 8 ohms loudspeaker for your little amplifier project. This wiring diagram is very stable and low oscillate noise even your hand near volume control. The cost of lm380n around 1$ R1 is 2 kilo-ohms resistor ( See how to read resistor color code here ) Beware!!!! Capacitor C1,C3,C4,C5 is electrolytic capacitor so you must check polarity or the capacitor especially C3 will explode,that may cause severe injured,so you must know what you do. See this ic sound test video.

tda 7052B full wiring diagram, easy to understand

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I accidentally bought IC TDA 7052b from local electronic store (it should be TDA 7052) . I have been finding circuit diagram in google but seem the circuits not working so I decided to test it in my own way. Finally, I found the best wiring diagram that works, so I think I must share it to help DIY lover like me. TDA 7052B is bridge-tie load amplifier ic, so no need output capacitor coupling (Better bass respond and bass quality) 1.2 w@ 8 ohms load amplifier ic. The chip sound better compare to class d amplifier(pam8403) but less output power. The image below shows how to wiring proper volume control for TDA 7052B In real life, the IC can connect to 4 ohms loudspeaker without any problem. List of component: 1 TDA7052 B 2 100 uf 16 volts electrolytic capacitor(C2) 3 10 uf 16 volts electrolytic capacitor (C3) 4 0.1 uf mks capacitor(C1) potentiometer(volume control) 6 8 ohms 2 watts speaker( I use 4 ohms without problem). 7 DC source 3-18 volts (5 -9 volts r...

How to repair lcd display problem without paying any money.

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My multimeter LCD had the annoying big black spot on it. That made me hard to read numbers, so I decided to fix it without paying money because the multimeter cost not high. This method is not cost you at all because the material I used was in my bin. All you need: Time a piece of paper See before and after picture below. Why old LCD display always have black spots? Because when LCD display exposes to sunlight, the moisture is slowly degrading glue that attaches to mirror foil. If you do not keep the multimeter away from moisture or the sunlight the multimeter's LCD display will be worst until you cannot see anything. Below is the video that shows you how to repair the problem completely.

DIY Super bright light reading lamp usb power.

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Hello everyone today I'm going to show you how to make super bright light usb power      reading lamp from low cost 12 volts led made in china light bulb. Now you can use your  power bank to supply super bright reading lamp even if power outage. The bulb compatible  with computer usb supply too. Let's get start!!! List of component:   Low cost made in china 12 volts led bulb    IC regulator 7833  First open led bulb case Then find led cathode that print circuit is connect to negative pole directly as show in dark bule  line in picture below and connect  positive wire(pale blue) to led anode.    Solder wire to IC 7833 and bulb as picture below. White wire negative,pale bule positive. Now assemble everything in the bulb and see full demonstration in my video below. Have a good diy time. Bye bye.

How to fix mouse wheel scrolling problem.

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My 3 years old mouse had scrolling problem now it's time to fixed it. The mouse wheel is the part that usually has a problem but you can fix it without spending any money and your mouse will be good again. If you love DIY or hobby you can make your mouse wheel smooth by remove mouse case and clean mouse wheel and clean led pointer from hair,dust when you use it six months more. All you need to fix it. 1 screwdriver 2 plier That's it. Below is the video that shows the method. A mouse scroll wheel uses a rotary encoder to read movement and convert it to data that process and send to a computer. When you scrolling a mouse wheel for a long time the electronic component slowly wearing out and has a little gap when the gap large enough your mouse wheel will start jumping and you need to change your mouse to a new one.  However, you can fix it without paying any money as show on above video and the method works for every mouse model if the rotary encoder not so mu...

Low volts simple circuit water detector.

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Hello everybody, today I'm going to show you how to make simple circuit water detector. The circuit is very easy to build and use minimal component and works very well. How the circuit works. This circuit use transistor to amplifies small current that pass through water to enough current to drive led light without using complex ic. List of component. The circuit is very simple and easy to build. 2 transistor bd 139 2 resistor 10kohms, 100 ohms 1 led 2.4 to 6 volts batteries(usb power compatible). conductive tape. The video below show test circuit and how it's working and circuit diagram Water detector schematic diagram. Water detector wiring diagram.

usb power automatic night light.

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Hello, today I'm going to show you how to build easy usb power automatic night light with easy to understand wiring diagram in this video. The circuit consume just .24 mah per hour and can add up to 5 or more leds (five leds are recommend or just change some resistor value and attach heatsink to output transistor). As you can see in this video that I used 4  rechargeable battery and got 4.8 volts, so you can use usb charger as power source too. List of component 2 BD 139 transistors or equivalent transistor 1 100 ohms resistor 1 1000 ohm resistor 1 20,000 ohm resistor 1 photo resistor 1-5 LEDs (the more led the more power consume if you use batteries power souce) wiring diagram: Hope you like it.