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

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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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Music:
2011 Lookalike by Bartlebeats

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