I just got one of these to see how the TDA7294 chip it is based on performs and I have to say I'm really impressed by the quality of item you get for £28 delivered!
The case is aluminium extrusion with a thick solid aluminium face plate. Vol knob is metal too and it has binding posts on the back not cheap clips as one finds on the original 'T-amp'.
Whats-more the PSU is nicely overrated at 120watts! Since the amp IC is rated 50watts at 10% THD it is more realistically a 30watt amp for proper hi-fi use. So the PSU is rated double.
Inside the case there is extensive filtering for the power lines and a digitally controlled analog volume control IC (not a plain potentiometer). The amp IC is heatsinked with a plate of aluminium and faces to the bottom of the extruded case and it looks as though they are meant to touch but they didn't use a thick enough piece of metal. So I stuck a few craft-knife blades stacked together in the gap to flesh it out and get the whole case acting as heatsink.
The case is aluminium extrusion with a thick solid aluminium face plate. Vol knob is metal too and it has binding posts on the back not cheap clips as one finds on the original 'T-amp'.
Whats-more the PSU is nicely overrated at 120watts! Since the amp IC is rated 50watts at 10% THD it is more realistically a 30watt amp for proper hi-fi use. So the PSU is rated double.
Inside the case there is extensive filtering for the power lines and a digitally controlled analog volume control IC (not a plain potentiometer). The amp IC is heatsinked with a plate of aluminium and faces to the bottom of the extruded case and it looks as though they are meant to touch but they didn't use a thick enough piece of metal. So I stuck a few craft-knife blades stacked together in the gap to flesh it out and get the whole case acting as heatsink.
