Building the simplest, best sounding, yet most inefficient Audio Amp! || Class A Audio Amp Tutorial

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Useful sites which were partly shown in the video: https://www.electronics-lab.com/article/class-a-amplifiers/ https://learnabout-electronics.org/Amplifiers/amplifiers21.php https://learnabout-electronics.org/Amplifiers/amplifiers20.php https://www.tutorialspoint.com/amplifiers/class_a_power_amplifiers.htm https://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/amplifier/amplifier-classes.html https://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/amplifier/amp_5.html

In this project I will be showing you how to create a class A audio amp. The great thing about such amps is that they only require a few components and sound awesome. On the other hand though, their efficiency is not that great. But since I will be creating this amp for a smartphone with a USB Type-C port for powering the amp, it should be just fine. So let me show you how to calculate a design for such an amp and how to build it! Let's get started!

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0:00 Why I want to build a class A audio amp 1:02 Intro 1:39 General circuit design 3:03 Closer look at the Base Input side 4:24 Comparison of class A, B & AB amplifiers 5:30 Closer look at the Collector Output side 6:23 Selecting the complementary components 8:34 Extra Information about class A amps 9:05 Modifying a USB Type-C board to get 5V 9:53 Practical build & End ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pv-j_R3YP4