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#31

Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 9:38 am
by Paul Barker
Dam. I did get one in the post, suppose I will have to try it.

Question, do you need a heatsink and if so attached to what? Don't have a clue what is doing what on this thing.

#32

Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 11:19 am
by pre65
There is a small heat sink on the chip, on my amp it does not get even warm.

But using it as you will be doing I don't know if it will get hotter. :?

#33

Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 12:59 pm
by Paul Barker
oh yes, see that right in the middle between two capacitors.

So that is the power amplifier right there. Just a little more efficient than a 833. Expect the government to legislate on this matter soon.

#34

Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2014 5:58 pm
by steve s
I ordered a couple of these amps to have a play with.
i have been using a tda7297 in my living room system that i demo'd at owston. Its really quite good enough for background listening, by all accounts these 3116 amps are better,
So i thought I would see how they may work on the hifi i have ordered a couple last week so i can keep one stock and mod the other...
I did have a wild thought of possibly bridging them as a 100 watt pa or vocals amp, last night i found a twin versionwith 2x 50w and 1x100w,
for the minuscule outlay i thought i would give that a go too, so that has just been ordered
Will report back on my findings...

#35

Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2014 10:34 pm
by Ali Tait
Some of these amps you can't bridge as they are already bridged in the chip.

#36

Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2014 10:37 pm
by pre65
It'l be interesting to read your thoughts on the sound quality Steve.

I've been using mine for a while now. :)

#37

Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 12:51 am
by Ali Tait
Likewise. The 7297 sounded pretty good at a previous Owston.

#38

Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 8:26 am
by steve s
Yes it did Ali i was impressed.. there is alot of crosstalk though.
last night I arranged a duel mono version just using one board and a seperate power supply per channel i added a much bigger cap on each input
It sounded cleaner than using one board as stereo and the extra cap seemed to smooth the sound.
The main difference between the these and the 3116 board apart from the chip is the duel power caps and the decoupling arrangement, which is not present on my 7297 board, and could make quite a difference in my view
Cant wait for the new boards to come

#39

Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 8:33 am
by steve s
pre65 wrote:It'l be interesting to read your thoughts on the sound quality Steve.

I've been using mine for a while now. :)
I dont think for one minute it will oust my px25 amps, but its nice to have
Lesley has wanted christmas songs on all day... They are ideal for that sort of misuse of the stereo?

#40

Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 9:51 am
by Ali Tait
That was my initial thoughts when I first trued thesekind of amps, low power consumption for AV use and the like, no problem leaving them on for long periods of time.

#41

Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 9:51 am
by Ali Tait
That was my initial thoughts when I first trued thesekind of amps, low power consumption for AV use and the like, no problem leaving them on for long periods of time.

#42

Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 8:12 pm
by steve s
The first of these came on saturday, did a little work mounting and connecting up a lap top power supply,
Bit more hum than i would like, and a pop when its turned on, left it running for three hours last night to warm itself up

So, had another listen tonight and im not really impressed, there is a roughness to the sound, leading edges are muffled the bass sounds full but there again there is a quite a hint of thickening
Im finding it quite irritating to listen too.
I have added extra caps as per the diy audio mods

Believe it or not the mono'd tda7297 boards sound cleaner if a less full in the bass. It may require more time to run in .. I will give it a good run.... see if that helps things ?

Im going to try on battery power to see if that make a difference too, as the power supply im using has a little ripple on it anyway...
I have another coming in the next few days. A different version with a seperate sub amp, il'll try it for audio but the plan is to put it inside the daughters bass guitar speaker.

#43

Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2015 6:05 am
by jack
Interesting thread. Just looking at the photos on eBay, some patently have insufficient output and supply filtering in order to keep the price down.

Which boards are people testing?

#44

Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 11:49 pm
by steve s
I connected it to a 12 vt battery and am please to report it sounds much better than the laptop supply, much smoother and qute a pleasent listen. The bass is cleaner too

There is still a little hum but i think that self inflicted by the way i connected it up and fitted the extra caps.. I think it whats technically known as a bodge job


Another came today with a seperate 100 watt sub amp.. All on a 4"square board

#45

Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 12:08 am
by steve s
nickds1 wrote:Interesting thread. Just looking at the photos on eBay, some patently have insufficient output and supply filtering in order to keep the price down.

Which boards are people testing?
Both types i have are on the yuan jing audio site
I dont think they are the best but for the price they are a good base to upgrade from
Cheers..