Build an Amplifier

>relatively simple amplifier
I got a 2N3904 right here bro

>>930341
How did you build it?

>>930349
A 2N3904 is a single transistor, and isn't useful as an amplifier by itself. Most amps use a lot of transistors. It's not a simple subject. This is a website I have been gleaning information from about amplifiers for over a year now.

http://sound.westhost.com/articles.htm

>>930352
>http://sound.westhost.com/articles.htm
Thanks! Will check it out.

>>930339
Musicpcb.com has a board called the tiny big amp I believe. It runs of a laptop power supply, but I suppose you could make a battery pack for it if you want portable. Hell, find an old scrappy laptop with a broken screen or something and steal the battery, charger, and charge controller for it.

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Here's a nice little amp that uses a FET buffer and a LM386.

>>930543
Forgot to link the website: http://www.runoffgroove.com/ruby.html

Would this ever be worth it price wise/soundwise?

>>930564
for super high end audio equipment, building it yourself is usually a great deal cheaper than blowing $1k on an amp. The most expensive individual components are power transistors and heatsinks. Resistors are less than pennies a piece in bulk.

>>930339
OP just go get a practice amp or one that you plug headphones into they're not expensive you'll spend less money that way than fooling around building a piece of crap amp from scratch.
>inb4 buyfag

>>930564
Possibly. Time wise? Probably not. If you were experienced and had a working shop tailored to it then maybe, but a first timer doing this out of a bedroom would devote a tone of time to it, especially with a steep learning curve.