In this article, I discuss the history of the gainclone and building my own dual-mono LM3886 chip-amp/gainclone amplifier.

The LM3886 is one of Texas Instrument’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.

The LM3886 features low distortion (less than 0.1%) and respectable power output into easy loads.… Read more