6ohm speakers and DVD player

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I have a pair of 6ohm speakers (from an old stereo) which I would like
to incoprorate into a home audio system. My DVD player has a set of
5.1 output ports and I would like to connect the speakers to "front
left" and "front right". The manual for the DVD player says that the
audio output has an impedance of 10k ohm.

I would like to build my own amplifier to achieve this but in the past
have only built amplifiers from small kits, can someone please point
me to where I can find info on how to do this for a larger amplifier?

 

[Jasen Betts]

I have a pair of 6ohm speakers (from an old stereo) which I would like
to incoprorate into a home audio system. My DVD player has a set of
5.1 output ports and I would like to connect the speakers to "front
left" and "front right". The manual for the DVD player says that the
audio output has an impedance of 10k ohm.

I would like to build my own amplifier to achieve this but in the past
have only built amplifiers from small kits, can someone please point
me to where I can find info on how to do this for a larger amplifier?

buy a kit for a larger amplifier?

kits upto several hundered watts are available, anything that can
handle "8 or 4 ohm" speakers should be fine with 6 ohm speakers.

don't want to buy a kit?
try the datasheet for an amplifier module (pick one...)

bye

 

[Greegor]

I have a pair of 6ohm speakers (from an old stereo) which I would like
to incoprorate into a home audio system. My DVD player has a set of
5.1 output ports and I would like to connect the speakers to "front
left" and "front right". The manual for the DVD player says that the
audio output has an impedance of 10k ohm.

I would like to build my own amplifier to achieve this but in the past
have only built amplifiers from small kits, can someone please point
me to where I can find info on how to do this for a larger amplifier?

You're starting with crappy old car speakers and a $30 DVD player
right?

How much are you planning to spend on building your own amp
to be the center of your home audio system?

What level of electronics experience do you think it would take?

Would an audio amplifier kit be good enough quality for you?

You thought that building your own would be cheaper right?

Why are you starting with the 5.1 audio outputs with
the intention of really only using 2 channels?

Why not run two RCA cables from the 1 V p-p outputs
on the DVD player to the aux inputs on a stereo amp?

Also, This is not the best usenet newsgroup for that project.

 

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I wanted to build it myself for the challenge. I will take your
suggestion and look at kits.

Thankyou both.

 

[Eeyore]

I have a pair of 6ohm speakers (from an old stereo) which I would like
to incoprorate into a home audio system. My DVD player has a set of
5.1 output ports and I would like to connect the speakers to "front
left" and "front right". The manual for the DVD player says that the
audio output has an impedance of 10k ohm.

I would like to build my own amplifier to achieve this but in the past
have only built amplifiers from small kits, can someone please point
me to where I can find info on how to do this for a larger amplifier?

How large do you want ?

Suggest you google 'gainclone' for starters. A simple yet well-performing
design based around a National IC which has had superb reviews and several
companies make kits ready to go.

Graham

 

[Eeyore]

I wanted to build it myself for the challenge. I will take your
suggestion and look at kits.

rec.audio.tech ( a bit quiet) and uk.rec.audio are good groups for
advice. Do NOT go to rec.audio.opinion under ANY circumstances.

Graham

 

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rec.audio.tech ( a bit quiet) and uk.rec.audio are good groups for
advice. Do NOT go to rec.audio.opinion under ANY circumstances.

Graham

I will look at the first two groups, thankyou.

 

[Jimw]

I wanted to build it myself for the challenge. I will take your
suggestion and look at kits.

Thankyou both.

Building it yourself or from a kit can be fun and educational. so if
thats what you want to do, go for it. But if money is an issue, you
can probably get a used stereo amp at Goodwill, a garage sale, or on
an online auction for little money and all you need to do is connect
the speakers and run some input cables. I used to build a lot of
stuff, and most of them worked, but it was costly and time consuming.
These days it dont make much sense when there are so many cheap
working used items for something like this.

I have my DVD player connected to my stereo aux inputs and it sounds
great. The stereo is a receiver and amp combo from the 70's that I
paid $10 for (speakers were bought separately).

Jim

 

[GregS]

Building it yourself or from a kit can be fun and educational. so if
thats what you want to do, go for it. But if money is an issue, you
can probably get a used stereo amp at Goodwill, a garage sale, or on
an online auction for little money and all you need to do is connect
the speakers and run some input cables. I used to build a lot of
stuff, and most of them worked, but it was costly and time consuming.
These days it dont make much sense when there are so many cheap
working used items for something like this.

I have my DVD player connected to my stereo aux inputs and it sounds
great. The stereo is a receiver and amp combo from the 70's that I
paid $10 for (speakers were bought separately).

A lot of used equipment is a challenge in itself. Its rare to have
everything tunned up and working perfectly. Some things often go unoticed,
and takes equipment to really test it out. Simple things like oscillocopes and
signal generators are a must. You can use a computer. All my first audio
stuff was a kit. Amplifier, tuner, speakers from scratch. 9th grade stuff.

greg