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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.

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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.

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  • 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.

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    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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