Hello, I recently discovered this forum on my search for a diy amplifier and it looks very interesting.
I have got a little bit of amplifier building experience from building the Noisy Cricket, but now I'm planning on making a more powerful amplifier. It will be driving an 8 Ohm speaker.
Now for the questions:
1) For the power amp I have ordered a mono LM3886-kit from www.chipamp.com. For the transformer I have found toroidals with 2*22V or 2*25V secondaries (2*22V:http://www.banzaieffects.com/Talema-TRT120222-pr-23395.html and 2*25V:http://be02.rs-online.com/web/search/searchBrowseAction.html?method=getProduct&R=2238049).
They are rated at 120 VA, I think this should be enough, but I just want to make sure. Could lower VA transformers be used? Also, which one is preferable, the 2*22V or 2*25V?
2) What thickness of wires is adviced for the power section ? How big should the fuse be? I was thinking 2A should be more than enough when the amp is working properly. And what is adviced for the wire thickness in the power amp itself?
3) Does anyone have some suggestions for a not-too-complicated preamp? I would have liked one which could do a cleanish amplification, but also has an overdrive option and has a tonestack I have found some posts referring to the Fender Blackface FET-version on http://www.redcircuits.com/Page120.htm, is this ok for clean and some overdrive? I am also open for other preamp suggestions.
Greets,
Arnaut
I have got a little bit of amplifier building experience from building the Noisy Cricket, but now I'm planning on making a more powerful amplifier. It will be driving an 8 Ohm speaker.
Now for the questions:
1) For the power amp I have ordered a mono LM3886-kit from www.chipamp.com. For the transformer I have found toroidals with 2*22V or 2*25V secondaries (2*22V:http://www.banzaieffects.com/Talema-TRT120222-pr-23395.html and 2*25V:http://be02.rs-online.com/web/search/searchBrowseAction.html?method=getProduct&R=2238049).
They are rated at 120 VA, I think this should be enough, but I just want to make sure. Could lower VA transformers be used? Also, which one is preferable, the 2*22V or 2*25V?
2) What thickness of wires is adviced for the power section ? How big should the fuse be? I was thinking 2A should be more than enough when the amp is working properly. And what is adviced for the wire thickness in the power amp itself?
3) Does anyone have some suggestions for a not-too-complicated preamp? I would have liked one which could do a cleanish amplification, but also has an overdrive option and has a tonestack I have found some posts referring to the Fender Blackface FET-version on http://www.redcircuits.com/Page120.htm, is this ok for clean and some overdrive? I am also open for other preamp suggestions.
Greets,
Arnaut