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| FrizzleFried:
I picked up a tiny little 12v AMP from ebay for the purpose of driving a pair of car speakers in my upcoming Capcom fighter cabinet. I won the auction a couple weeks ago and it was taking a bit of time to get here so I broke down and went with a Logitec solution for the fighter cabinet (CPSII running through the 2.1 system sounds kickass BTW)... I figured that I'd use this amp, if it had enough power, to drive my Yamaha house speakers that I am using with my cocktail jukebox giving me the ability to finally rid myself of the large house amp tucked under the cabinet. Well, when it arrived, immediately my hopes were dashed. The damn thing is tiny...about the size I figured... but not only was it tiny... it was light... ultra light. I mean, less than a pound kind of light. ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---... most "decent" amps have a bit of a weight to them. I figured this thing would have some serious issues pushing my 8 ohm Yamaha house speakers. So I find a 12v transformer and hook the bad boy up. BOY WAS I SURPRISED! This little bugger can put out some pretty decent sounds at a pretty decent level! Surely not audiophile kind of quality and surely not "insane" kind of levels, but easily enough to power the juke... and it's 12vdc so I can wire it to a 12vdc line on the PS...and it's compact so I can get rid of that huge ass Yamaha amp under the cocktail so I can finally lower the damn thing all the way! W00T! I paid less than $30 shipped for this thing... http://myworld.ebay.com/export-genie/ Note that they also sell a version with AM/FM... I got the AMP ONLY model. |
| 2600:
I believe I have this one although not necessarily from this seller T-AMP Nice amp. Class D or T and is why they don't need to be heavy. This one gets some good reviews with the HiFi guys. I think they both are about the same power rating. Yours must be a bit newer though as I didn't see it when I picked mine up a few months ago and don't know much about yours. Pretty good amps though. |
| Nacimroc:
Just bought one! Saved me the hassle of looking for one! Ideal for what I need! Thanks |
| orion:
Just for the sake of product review, allow me my 2 cents. This company Lepai, makes some powerful little amps. They seem to only ship directly from Hong Kong or Taiwan for some reason, so it took a while for mine to arrive. I was also surprised as to how flimsy they are... they look as cheap as they actually are, but they do pack a punch for such a little amp. They are also easy to get into to hack, as I needed to relocate the volume pot on a jukebox project that I'm just wrapping up (which this was perfect for) They are about as simple an amp as you can get, which like. I was considering getting the T amp version as I heard it was audiophile quality, but I wound up getting one with Bose componets as it was the only version that would drive both 4 ohm and 2ohm speakers. For the size and price you pay these things really deliver. http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260433724099 |
| Ummon:
I think the PC speakers I have get pretty loud with good audio, and they powered sub the pushes the whole thing is maybe the weight of a 500-page hard cover book. In your case, it's just finding something similar in component that's DC. That stuff's out there, like you found. |
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