Can It Power Micro Sized Subwoofers?
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0:00 Intro
0:55 Fits in Your Pocket?
1:21 Specs and Features
2:31 Amp Dyno Tests
4:45 Sound Tests with Bookshelf Speakers
5:22 Micro Sized Subwoofer Flex
6:52 What's Inside?
7:53 Pros and Cons
8:55 EXTRAS
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Purchase on Amazon (Affiliate Link): amzn.to/3PXVscx
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*VIDEO INDEX*
0:00 Intro
0:55 Fits in Your Pocket?
1:21 Specs and Features
2:31 Amp Dyno Tests
4:45 Sound Tests with Bookshelf Speakers
5:22 Micro Sized Subwoofer Flex
6:52 What's Inside?
7:53 Pros and Cons
8:55 EXTRAS
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Which subs you think to go with 2 10 g2 dynamics genesys or 2 x10v3 sundowns
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Please build a tiny vented or ported box for those 1.5" subs. After that's completed take it to the next audio competition and demand they score your setup to scale!
why do you call an RC speaker a sub ? u take us for dumbfucks bro ?
Brah... get those subs in a BOX!
I want to see the tiny subs in a box!!! Do it bump doe?!?! BOX THEM UP!!!
Tiny amp, tiny sub, giant bandpass box.
In a push-pull.
With a passive radiator.
In individual solid pvc tube t-lines.
With no flange on the frame how do you even mount those tiny speakers? Glue? There's nowhere for screws. But yeah an enclosure makes a bigger difference than you'd think with speakers. Any enclosure. Heck even just a board. The problem is the sound waves off the back of the cone cancel out the front ones. It's weird. You need to separate the front of the speaker from the back somehow.
@@1pcfred They're press-fit. The hole needs to be precision cut then you glue them in.
@@bozanimal5576 gluing speakers in is a somewhat crappy method especially in a DIY application. I'm more than capable of cutting precision holes with the tools I have. Generally I just use a router and a custom made circle cutting jig. I know how to do all of that. How to do the calculations so it works out. Although today I do happen to have a CNC machine too. It's repeatable to within a thousandth of an inch. Still, I view having to glue speakers in as lousy. What do I do if I ever want to take the speaker out? Hammer and chisel? Yeah I don't think so.
I'd be impressed if the tiny subs were in a boxed enclosure with a bandpass port.
My Harmon Kardon bluetooth (Onyx studio 4) speaker has two 3" subs and 15 watts per channel and it does thump.
get 25 of those long throw bad boys and slap 'em together on a box
Nobody's tryna impress you bro
what if instead u made them into open back headphones, that'd be nuts but also mad fun to listen to
I used to do this with head phone speakers in my model cars as well as "hydraulics" too back in the late 90s🤣
A big horn enclosure as it's more even in its boost than a bandpass.
Looks like it was fun making this video with those mini subs. Definitely made me smile watching the mini subs bump and flex.
The fact that you can get 90 Watts out of something this small when 20 years ago the thing would have been The weight of an Escobar shipment is ludicrous. 😎
Yup, the magic of class D digital amps and neodymium speaker magnets 👌
SCIENCE!
Escobar shipment. Lol, love it
Except for the fact that this actually will NOT give you anything glose to 90 real watts...
There is a difference between messuring weak watts and real watts with actual current/amps behind them. I have seen many 50-100w amps eat 200-300 wannabe watt amps for lunch.
It's basicly the same as with horsepower and newtons on a engine... 100 HP with i.e just 10 NM would be pretty worthless...
Here in brazil, we use it to power the compression drivers. The guys here use woofers to play from 30hz to 1000hz and compression drivers with exponential horns for the rest.
Since they have an insanely high sensitivity with only 40w, you can get 110db at 6m.
And yeah, they only do it to be loud.
They have 0 sound stage, 0 imaging, and the dsp isn't even calibrated. They just look up a generic video on youtube on how to set it up, just to protect the compression drivers😂.
This is cool. Thanks for commenting
BTW…. We need people like you running across the border… not shitbags!!!!
Nice! um BR! Thanks for sharing
This would be amazing in a kid's power wheels. The Bluey soundtrack would be perfect for this.
I replaced my Toyota Tacoma's original speakers with more powerful ones and used this tiny amp to power the rear speakers. The Amp installation was a piece of cake.
Now I have a much better sound in my truck to enjoy. So far, so good!
Big D, I've got the inside scoop on that amp and subs. They were developed in collaboration with the Geico Gecko. He's branching out into car audio. 15 minutes could give you 10 watts or more.
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hahaha
Nice. lol
Haaa😂
Does he insure it if it burns to the ground? Lol
This really reminds me of my first stereo system ever. It was in my first car, a 1990 Ford Festiva with a Sony Xplod tape deck, a Blaupunkt 12" in a truck box, with a bass booster. It hit OK for not being powered well, but it didn't slam until I bought a Sony four channel amp with a sub channel and MB Quart split sets.
I've love if you could 3D print a sub box for those mini-subs to really give them a proper demo.
Excellent test D, I remember a similar amp to this shown to me by a distributor in the 90's,
It was TINY!
It was supposed to be used at each door, effectively giving multi channel, passively split amplification. I always thought they were cool.
This amp with simple wiring and auto turn on would work really well biamping a mid and high through a bi ampable crossover..
Imagine having 4 of these, one on each corner.
It would sound great!
Wasll are
I brought something similar from wish. I was about twice the size and claimed to be 500w. It would be nice to have a tester to see what it really is. Its It's probably the same, but sold as a 500w because it has 500 in the name. Great video. Very informative.
Should have a 3.5mm high-level input…
It makes as much power as a head unit, so it should be ready to use with other portable audio sources.
The only problem is it has now low-level input.
These are really noisy amps if they aren't filtered correctly. You really need a good charger that doesn't introduce charging noise. I have a few of these TPA based chips in various amplifier boards, that I used to build a distributed audio system for my house. I use a head unit to power the 4 speakers in the dining room ceiling, a cheap class d based mono block to power a 12" older sony xplod sub and the tpa amps power the bathroom speakers and porch speakers. The cheap 20 dollar walmart head unit has good enough filtering but the TPA amps don't and they have terrible hiss and "data" noise in them. It's ok when you're cranking on them but they won't be silent with nothing playing.
there is only network of resistors and capacitors to adapt speaker high level input before attacking the TPA's balanced inputs (i suppose the LM393 is there for the signal detection for the power on; not for input stage of the TPA's).
So for a 3.5mm input, this is absolutely possible and easy to add low level/highZ input, just picking up the inputs on the correct place. Also keep in mind that the frequency response is limited by the input network filter, because TPA's can indeed go as low as 20hz
@@ats9682 if you have hiss and that "data noise" thing, it is probably related to decoupling and grounding, on the pcb side.
Also, if there is more than one TPA chip on the same system, it's highly recomended to sync their PWM (pin16, SYNC pin)
Nosso valente amplificador brasileiro. Taramps figurando bem no mercado mundial.
I've got those mini subs in an RC Vietnam Swifty boat and that amp looks perfect for what I need to boost the volume from the mobile phone I use for the mp3 files 👍cheers
This perfect for adding bass to my motorcycle helmet audio system!
Fun project idea. 10 of those mini subs in an enclosure!
I have something like this being powered by a milwaukee m18 battery on tool cart. Sounds stunning.
We use in the 2000 and up small amps like that for mopeds and some speakers.beuld in a hardtop top koffer on the back .
Speakers are shelf one.
Easy to make and use
Those mini subs are awesome! I wanna hear them in a box!
should make a tuned box for those little subs hehe, make em slap!
good vid, love the mini amps
Awesome content BigD!
I usually watch these on my home theater system so I can see what they sound like when they. This one I watched on my phone. I felt it was fitting.
haha love it! I used a little 1" sub from an old Dell laptop with a diy bluetooth amp board and put it in a 1:18 scale Supra that had a fake audio setup in the back. Coolest bluetooth speaker ever! 😄
I have one of those those AMPs lol. I got one to mess around with.
It actually powered an 8" sub and also an older 200 watt 10" sub perfectly fine.
But the low pass filter was at like 50hz or something like that.
It'll power small speakers well :D
These would be good with passives. I built a tube out of 2" pvc pipe I had laying around, Peerless by Tymphany 2 1/2" long throw line array drivers, with 2 1/2" dayton passives. I bought a DSP based TP3116d2 amp board by dayton and programmed the DSP with enhanced bass response with volume compensation so the louder you turn it up, the less bass it puts out. You have to hear this thing to believe it. It can hit lows so low that you'd think there was a subwoofer attached. I can hear all of the subwoofer tests you have on here with 2 1/2" drivers. I don't think you can find the drivers anymore. They have double magnets on them and hold like 30 watts. They are louder than the JBL flip tubes and other blue tooth speakers you can find at a store and sound clearer with tweaking the DSP and don't need tweeters being so small. Crazy little subwoofers though.
I ran a taramps ds160.2 on my motorcycle for quite some time
Recently went to a Stetsom Iron Line 400.1
Is this the future hobby? Build RC cars with micro systems that bump?
*Will IASCA start a new class for them?*
Pull up to the lane with it😂 hilarious
I bet a couple of these would do good in my stock chevy sonic. They've gotta push more power than my oem head unit.
The dayton audio boards are legit, i Built my daughter a homemade portable speaker out of an old cherry wood cigar box and put two 2.5 inch dayton audio speakers and a passive rad and that damn thing is loud.
Wanted to see that quad box flex on that beast!😮💨
Now that is my dream truck! the truck bed full of speaker. lol
dude best commit right here put it in a rc truck
pure conteint right there
Put that inside a small boombox from the 80s/ 90s, upgrade the speakers appropriately, and suddenly that lil boombox is thumping like a JVC M90 or Conion C100 at full blast.
I had a little Sony CFS210 when I was growing up and that would be *perfect* for surprising people if modded in such a way.
That would be perfect to wake up a bluetooth speaker with a buck converter power supply addition. Thanks for sharing this little gem. ✌️✌️💯💯
I was eyeing one of those little amps for my dash tweeters but heard mixed things on their high en performance so went another direction.
Most head units do this power but if your car is newer and has a stupid infotainment system then this works great because you can get two and wire it into the speaker wires and run better speakers without using , my favorite, audio control component or buying a 2,000 dollar stinger head unit that may or may not work with the lin system in some cars.
Nice it would make a good amp for a portable stereo with speakers you can put in your pockets.
Be a great headphone amp powered by any cordless tool brand battery in a backpack or fanny pack. Solder up the ¼" or 3.5mm jacks and you're golden. Great test D.
I've been looking at this amp for years
Seeing something like this just 20 years ago would have blown my mind and I would have called BS on it lol.
Impressive how much more efficient class D amps are.
This definitely is meant for a Tri-amp system powering tweeters.
What happenes if you feed it 40hz? Is it input filtered so nothing happens or does it chooch?
Love this channel
I have seen this amp and other similar tiny amps used on big cruiser motorcycles, boats, four-wheelers, side by sides and other off-road or similar vehicles.
What is the 2nd song you played on the bookshelf speakers?
I know that TH-cam compresses the audio in the videos, but based on previous videos you've made that amplifier seems to break up the highs a little bit and mid bass is really strong. Other than that, who can complain about a solid 80 Watts for $35?
The sub flex is crazy .. you forget off and on that they are 1.5 inch.. lol Great vid
I have a couple of tpa3118 mono boards. (24V5A) powering my aiwa shelf boxes 8" subwoofer, Twitter and super Twitter each.
So powerful.
SmartTV no need my Yamaha amplifier.
Back in the day would use for center channel setup.
Wonder if you could wire up a 1/4" jack input to it and use it as a small portable bass guitar amp?
Cool amp although I do wish it had Bluetooth, anyways i think i know the perfect use for these, that being a boombox, i have one that allegedly runs at 50W and i would love to bump it up with one (or maybe two) of these suckers, its a pretty small boombox (store bought) so size matters more, simple wiring + easy power = more fun listening and less time building, now to find some better speakers for it
A lot of installers use these to supply more power to door speakers without the whole amp in the back. You can hide them within the door.
Do you think that it would work if you wire rca's to the high level inputs??
awesome video again can u do like verses? ive always wanted to know is any of your amps on your page can go against the BOSS MCBK420B, MCBK470B , MC420B , they promise 600 to 1000 watts
If you mounted the tiny subs in a Pringles can facing each other, would they cancel each other out?
I wonder how it would do on a 20v drill battery. Looks like the chips and caps would take it 🤔
The purpose of this is easy, side by sides and motorcycles. I have an MTX "stereo" that fits in a rocker switch spot, this and a couple of 2ohm 5.25 speaker pods would be a good enough stereo for it...
hey i'm henrique from brazil.
the porpouse of this amp is for hook in those chinese heads with like 1 or 2 watts,
so door speakers sound good.
lol, love the "We track serial numbers" on the Amazon page.
Maybe it's good improvement for old car cassette radios. They usually have 4x10 or 4x15 watts max.!
But a thing I don't figured out a 100% is the following:
When car radio have 4x 20 watts so can every speaker use up to 20 watt - in total (math: 4x20=80) 80 watts or are the 20 watts the "common shared maximum"?
So the chip is outputting a 20 watts maximum and one speaker on one terminal could use up to 20 watts when the ohms are low enough
or all 4 connected speakers can use up to 20 watts in total
(so the effective power to one speaker would drop to 5 watts)?
Big D, your looking good bro!
I’ve got this amp in my garage on a skar 8” wired to 1ohm and it actually bumps harder than expected.
I want to pick up one of those micro speakers and see if I can make a 3d printed enclosure...
Not sure I need more projects.
class D switching amplifiers are very efficient and used in most of new devices from phones and smartwatches to bluetooth speakers, the 200w rms amplifier in my AIWA Exos 9 bluetooth speaker from 2015 contains two class D chips the size of a dime without any heatsinks on them - each having 100w rms when bridged or 50w rms in stereo mode, one of the class D chips is used to drive each channel 3'' mid's and 1'' high's while second class D chip is driving dual coil 6.5'' subwoofer in a 7kilo boombox sized package on a battery power for 6 hours max volume and 10 hours with high capacity battery, I'm sure JBL came out with something better these days since Aiwa is from 2015
In Brazil, they use a small amplifiers to make handmade Bluetooth speaker boxes.
I would like a SPL meter on those mini Subs!
Nice.. can we built a Bluetooth speaker setup with this?
Big D, I understand it would be just another thing for you to do, but would you be able to calculate the Db gain or Db loss when showing the output power of the amps? Some of us don’t understand what is negligible when comparing actual power vs rated power. Thanks as always for what you do!
It's very simple. Plus or minus about 10% is pretty normal for all amps. It's negligible.
Doubling the power is about 3dB. So a 100w amp that does 90w is about 0.6db down.
It's the big deviations that are abnormal. A 100w amp that only does 60w is down 40%. That's about 2.4dB.
Can it be bridged to mono? And can it take 24v in? Awesome video!
I think the high frequencies sounded pretty damn good on the Elacs
Maybe perfect for those kids battery motorized vehicles?
What voltage do those usually run?
you could make a little home made boom box with this, thats pretty cool
Very cool 👍🏻
these are absurdly practical for seeming like a novelty product
Taramps is a brand from Brazil. My country. Here the car audio culture is something very very big. Lots of good quality equipment. And they are references worldwide
I can’t wait to see you test out those mini subs from DOHM AUDIO. Make a tiny box wanna hear them bump 😂
Possible use case would be to convert a passive bookshelf into an active desktop speaker. It's form factor seems ideal for that.
Could you guys check out the Rockford Fosgate Prime r200 * 2 they seem to be at really good prices but I haven't seen anybody Dyno one
My MSI gaming laptop has a down firing subwoofer in the bottom of it. I have never opened up the lap top to look at it but always kinda wondered what it looks like in there lol.
So where can I get the 454 SS miniature tho!?
I've run speaker drivers not in enclosures and they are are very lackluster compared to putting them into anything. The difference is surprising. I didn't expect it. Although how you mount those small speakers I don't know, They had no flanges to mount them. So there's that.
Can you take a look at the Timpano TPT-500.4? Its a tiny amp too and its claim to power rated at 125 watts per channel with 10 gauge power input seems fishy.
Pretty cool if you ever get up with the guy with the mini subwoofers, make a video of them and how to get your hands on them. Thanks man.
Looks likr the smo dyno is on the fritz. I noticed that yhe dyno tempature is flickering. It needs service. And recalibration and restoration and new buttons and poeer wire and caps and so on.
You need to make a box for those little subs they would sound amazing
What tracks do you use
You're awesome Big D!
Lots of people are getting into building custom bluetooth speaker systems. This would be perfect for one of those.
awesome amp but mine stopped working after a year & 1/2. it'll power up and work but power light goes out after 5 min or so.
I want to see you test it at one ohm.
For the last couple years I've been buying similar $30 & $40 mini amps on Amazon. Same situation they claim to be 100 w 2 channel but my ear says 20 watts. Yes peaking input Voltage does sound better and clearer.
I have one 3 channel micro amplifier that powers a nice set of Polk Audio bookshelf speakers. The third channel the sub-channel makes it bump I'm impressed with it.
I'm thinking somebody is JBL and other small mini expensive Bluetooth amplifiers basically have the same circuitry but they have a micro fourth and sixth order subwoofer arrangement given that that Dynamic boom with you here. I'm a hardcore hobbyist and I think I'm going to try to replicate something like that on my own out of wood or maybe 3D printed.
I see that amp and tiny speakers being perfect for custom rc cars and trucks.
Power it with a 3s lipo
Can you test XY P15W audio amp too?
I vote that a little sub box be built for the mini subs lol, that would be awesome 😅
What would that Amp be good for? Tweeters?
would u review a corzus amp ??? like to see that in 1 of your episodes
I know that this is not a car amplifier but can you please make a review on a Sakura AV-9000 amplifier, it was a power amplifier and an integrated karaoke Amplifier
I love how we all put out playful videos this week.
Need to make a mini 4th order box for those mini subs