We go through the build quality and performance of the ~$ 30 Breeze Audio TPA3116 mini amplifier, which seems to offer the best bang for your buck among current Chinese amplifiers.
It seems to also be sold as a “Nobsound Mini” on Amazon.
The amplifier can be purchased here (NO AFFILIATION):
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/HIFI-class-2-0-stereo-digital-amplifier-TPA3116-high-end-version-50WX2-material-washed-zero-profit/1988580406.html
Full performance report with 19 V laptop power adapter (PDF, 249 kB):
https://ffseb.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/breezeaudio_19v3.pdf
Full performance report with 24 V laboratory power supply (PDF, 248 kB):
https://ffseb.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/breezeaudio_24v3.pdf
Amplifier performance report template (XLSX, 25 kB):
https://ffseb.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/ffcossag-amplifier-report.xlsx
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could u use a 24volts 20 AMPS power supply with this? haw dose the amps affect it?
Excellent comment, technically sound, still not “techie-driven”, but “listener- and user-centered”. I ordered one of those Breezes from AliExpress a week ago and can’t wait to try it myself. Of course I had to subscribe to your channel … 🙂
Thanks Beaker!
After all of these reviews, did you ever actually find a small amp you’d recommend? (I’m looking for something to drive a pair of existing bookshelf speakers, and it seems like all the mini-amps I’ve looked at aren’t terribly good.)
You seem to know your stuff. I’ve been looking at this dac https://m.aliexpress.com/item/32733084800.html#autostay
or should I go with a Schiit modi 2 instead.
also this one http://m.ebay.ca/itm?itemId=282223156371
Dude Ian learning so much from you. Thank you
There’s a dual chip version of this now. Please do a video on it as well. http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Digital-Power-Amplifier-HiFi-TPA3116-Stereo-2-0-Channel-Audio-Amp-100W-100W/272790101299?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
Such a quality review. Thanks and congrats!
Awesome video – would be pretty easy to couple the back of the board to the case with some thermal pads – should help at least a tiny bit
hey FFcossag this amp will play good with a pair of dayton’s b652’s?
Hi, could you by chance do the same review of the tas5613 chipset? It’s a very intriguing audio chip..
excellent review
Hi . Would you consider replacing the chip with a genuine item and comparing the test results ?
I wish every reviewer could be this knowledgeable
found some interesting stuff, would be interesting to see if its worth the fuzz on a TPA3116:
https://hifiduino.wordpress.com/2013/03/05/dual-mono-tpa3122d2-amp/
“Shielded inductors will also help reduce distortion and EMI, minimizing crosstalk in the process.”
“Put high quality film caps on LIN, RIN, and BYPASS (C1, C2, C14). This will be the biggest factor in improving sound quality.”
“For more bass, replace the C7/C8 and C10/C11 pairs with a 2200 uF (8 ohm speaker) or 4700 uF (4 ohm speaker)”
Hello, first of all thank you for so detailed review, i’m really impressed of your work, so i bought this amp recently and 24v 4A adapter for it. and i have two questions: 1. is it possible to connect 6Om speaker in it? 2. Is it possible to improve its performance over 10kHz somehow? Thank you in advance
I have 2 Sony Speakers 100W peak max each, do you think a 12V5A will be enough? Also, you refer to 19v and 24v, but you never said anything about the current. How much of A should a 19v or 24v have for this kind of amplifier? Thanks in advance.
Another reviewer has noted that those “Sanyo” caps are prone to failure, his went “pop” during filming a test almost right out of the box, you might say at the front end of the bath curve. He did his test with one channel hooked up to a speaker and the other output open circuit, using a 24V supply, blamed 25V rated capacitors and their “knock off” design/construction. One thought I had was would running the amp with one channel under no load that have any effect on these capacitors, given there is an LC filter in output side of this amp?
could i run this amp with 4 ohm speakers if i drill a hole on the top of the case and put a 80 or 60mm pc fan?
I wonder if it would be worth it to change the capacitors to better ones and then improving the cooling?
FFcossag thanks for that
I am considering buying a small amplifier for Camping purposes i have 2 very quality speakers and this is the spec (os-10 niles speakers)
Recommended Amplifier Power:
Five to one hundred watts per channel
Nominal Impedance:
8 Ohms
Frequency Response:
65 Hz to 21kHz, plus or minus 3 dB (on axis)
Sensitivity:
89 decibels for 1.83 volts of Pink Noise, measured at 1 meter on axis
Is this amp good for me?
if you recommend something else ??
( portable ) let me know
appreciate your help!
I know this video is over a year old, but I just wanted to thank you, and thank you a TON.
*ahem*
Thanks a TON for this video, dude. Super helpful for me. Your thoroughness, attention to detail, and overall review quality are off the charts. You rock. Ily and have a nice life <3
Привет, очень интересно, посмотрите и мою версию обзора на этот усилитель. И как он раскачивает акустику Dynacord MX15: https://youtu.be/5P0f7miGs14
Hello see also my subjective Russian-language review of the same amp. And performance testing with Dynacord MX15 loudspeakers: https://youtu.be/5P0f7miGs14
The value that i hate the most, is the 10% distorsion, that mean it is not high fidelity.
11:45 – power increases with square of the supply voltage, not linearly.
Could the small Panasonic copies be moved to the front of the amp (extended leads) and away from the heat sink? That would make a 4ohm load more doable right?
hi, would you do a similar test with the successor of 3116, the TDA7498 ? I just bought one because I thought my 3116 was awesome and the TDA7498 is meant to have double the power. 29 usd for the TDA7498 2.1 on aliexpress
Check my sweet sounding TPA3116 here}}} https://youtu.be/IxdYmNDha6s
Ermahgerd SPERKERS!
It’s nearly impossible for it to be a clone IC. The world simply doesn’t need THAT many no-name almost-high-quality amplifier boards to justify the immense effort of copying this modern and nontrivial IC, when much cheaper 12V and even 24V ICs are available like PAM8100, which is sufficient for nearly all non-HiFi use-cases. Reject? Possible. More likely though: you’re supposed to actually cool the IC! A tiny heatsink in stale air, no provision for bottom side cooling, now how much good is that doing you?
did the dual TPA3116 also had such high distortion >10khz ?
TPA3116 good.
TPA3116 -2.1 no good,bad hiss noise?
Im going to buy one, mod the case with a fan and use it! Thank you for the GREAT CONTENT! I love that you use terms that an engineer like myself can understand!
performance pdf can’t access
can i use a 90 wat 8 ohm bass speaker and a max 60 wat twitter on this amp to its full power… i am very lost when it comes to this kind of a thing so please help …
Hi, I’m considering using this to drive Dayton B652’s, and they’re rated at 4 ohms I think. Would you say the amp would get damaged due to overheating, or would the speakers be affected adversely in any way? Thanks..