I recently built a dual-mono LM3886 chip-amp / gainclone amplifier from a kit sold by Brian Bell, at chipamp.com. In this article, I discuss the history of the gainclone and how I built my first chip-amp!

The LM3886 is one of National Semiconductor’s single-chip monolithic amplifier integrated circuits. It’s almost an entire  amplifier-on-a-chip, with only a few extra parts required to build a fully functional, high-performance amplifier.… Read more