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Pros & Cons
Pros
Great product. Very pleased with quality and performance. The lm386 ic chips are cheap but then you have to build a bunch of parts around it.
Cons
Extremely high distortion, regardless of gain adjustment. Horribly manufactured circuit. They provide no useful information on the layout, such as a circuit diagram.
Highlights
Quality
Looking at the application notes for the lm386 amplifier chip, i saw that most of the reference circuits had a small resistor i... Read More
If you are familiar with the lm386, that’s what you are getting .
Packaging/appearance
One out of the pack had a broken potentiometer, but that's easily replaceable if you're handy with a soldering iron.
Competitiveness
Using these with a 5watt small speaker.
Could easily go with a 10watt speaker.
Added an input jack and ran it off a 9v battery.
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
great, level, small, high and tried. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there may be deception involved.
- Our engine has determined that the review content quality is low.
- Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 73.9% of the reviews are reliable.
- This product had a total of 82 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 5 2024.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Theres no schematic diagram available for this item and it had some strange performance issues
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Looking at the application notes for the lm386 amplifier chip i saw that most of the reference circuits had a small resistor in parallel with the loudspeaker
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
One out of the pack had a broken potentiometer but thats easily replaceable if youre handy with a soldering iron
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Could easily go with a 10watt speaker
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I fried the first one i tried had the 9v posneg reversed like a dummy but thats on me and not reflected in the review
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If you are familiar with the lm386 that’s what you are getting
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The lm386 uses a single rail voltage rather than a dual rail of v and v
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The lm386 ic chips are cheap but then you have to build a bunch of parts around it
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