Dreaming of a DIY 8W Class A amp designed by Nelson Pass?

lak,
One thing I should have mentioned, is, if you plan to build a kit then learn to tweak it, then this is probably not the best kit to do that with.


This is a very basic amplifier circuit. It has low distortion at very low power, but as soon as the power gets up to anywhere reasonable, like 1W, the distortion is very high. No matter what component tweaks you do, you can't make much difference in that, it needs a different circuit.

Thank you Erik!

Tomorrow I'll be receiving an inexpensive Amp Camp clone that appears to be very well made; however, it's only 5 wpc instead of 8.  If it weren't for this thread, I would have probably never considered one of these.  Many thanks!  Looking forward to hearing it.  

https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649568662-amp-camp-amp/images/2473892/

Have fun with it and let us know, @lou_setriodes

Erik,
Sorry, I see I never responded, sobered goes, better late than never.  I liked the Amp Camp Amp @ 5 wpc, but just didn’t have the right speakers for it at the time.  I’d didn’t stay around that long because at the time I didn’t want to build a system around it. Later, I got a beautiful matching custom Fleawatt 20 wpc amp (3118dt chip) and tube-based passive line stage preamp that was truly gorgeous & outstanding matched with Omega Super 3XRSs