Another peek inside a favorite amp

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The ART SLA1 I use this to drive my horns in minirig V6

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Had this amp for around 4 years now and I am still amazed by how nice it sounds, think it might be getting better with age.

Well here is the guts of a TX105 model RCA stereo input switcher from Jaycar.. minimal “audiophile” pre-amp goodness (and shag pile carpet) at it’s cheapest:

Though not on the Jaycar web site any more they still appear to be in stock in the shops – the manufucturer Parada Company of Hong Kong also has a page on them.

Well, in a previous blog post on the ZOG blog I noted the Behringer UCA-202 USB sound card works fine with Linux and has quite good sound for the price point. After using it for a while quite happily, I got curious and opened it up to see what is inside. Essentially, not a lot but you can see the guts of the system is pretty much the Burr Brown PCM2902E chip.

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