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(Ryan) wrote:

(Ryan) wrote:

Unfortunately I bought this amp before I found this newsgroup.

What do you think?
http://myweb.cableone.net/zirconx/amp1-low.jpg

-Ryan

Exactly four active components. It must be straight from the sample
schematic that come with those amp chips.

So why does this amp exist? It's clearly 18W RMS per channel, the same
as any headunit costing more than $49.

It says it's a 50W amp, 25W per channel. It don't think it said the
RMS value anywhere. It's an Optimus (Radio Shack) XL-50. I paid $8
for it on Ebay. I will know better next time.

When I do get my next amp (which will probably be a Profile Clarus or
a US Acoustics) I will open it up and post pictures of it.

-Ryan

$8 isn't bad. Mount it in a hard drive bay of your computer so it can
drive bookshelf speakers.