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- From: ifversen@fnalo.fnal.gov (King Under the Mountain)
- Subject: Re: Need help to build an Audio Amplifier
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- Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 17:30:17 GMT
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- In article <BuG1zz.FzJ.1@cs.cmu.edu>,
- pandey+@cs.cmu.edu (Manish Pandey) writes:
- >
- > I am interested in constructing an audio amplifier and I need some
- > help from fellow-netters who may have some experience building one.
- >
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- specs deleted to save bandwidth...
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- >
- > Also I have power supplies which give me +-27 Volts at 10Amps.
- >
- > Among the options I am exploring are the following
- >
- > 1. Using LM12, the power OP AMP manufactured by National Semiconductor.
- > It can deliver upto 150 W of power ( of course limited by pwr
- > supplies)
- >
- > Advantage: Excellent performance, extremely simple
- > Disadvantages: It seems a little bit pricey at $35 for each
- > chip and I will probably need 6-8 of these.
- >
-
- ....
-
- > Q1 Has anyone used LM12 / TDA1514 to build audio amps ?
- > what has been their experience ?
- >
-
- I have built several audio amps using the LM12, and have gotten excellent
- results. They are very simple to use, and very forgiving when it comes to
- PC board layout. I used the circuit provided in the data sheets for the
- device. Your power supplies are certainly in the right range, but I think
- that you might need a bit more current to get full performance from these
- devices (although, it has been a while since I last used the LM12, and my
- memory could be a bit fuzzy on this point). They will work using smaller
- supplies, but the power output and overall performance will suffer
- proportionally. If you use the LM12, you may want to consider fan-cooling
- the heatsinks. In the event of an overtemp condition, the chips will shut
- down to save themselves -- this will cut out the audio until the temperature
- drops back into safe operating range. Fan cooling will keep the chips running
- cool enough so the amp will not cut out. (I set the system up with klixons
- to turn the fan on a little before chip overtemp -- that way the fan is not
- on continuously, it just cycles every so often, depending on how hard I drive
- the amps...)
-
- I scrounged my LM12's as engineering samples, so I have no idea how
- difficult they are to buy retail.
-
- I have never used the TDA1514, so I can be of no help there (sorry :-( ).
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