I've recently found an old speaker lying about, and have it hooked up to my laptop at work. The laptop's speakers are, well, poor. This speaker sounds great (even made a little box for it) only problem is that it's a little low on the volume.
I've gone through all the windows options and have all volumes maxed out, still just a tad bit quiet from the speaker. So it seems I'd need some type of small amp to get what I want out of it. Problem is, I don't know much at all about audio.
I'd like to build the amp myself, in part to test out the new "PCB fab in a box" I have. I've measured the resistance of the speaker w/ an LCR, it reads ~7 Ohms, so this would be an 8 Ohm speaker? What kind of power would I be looking for? 10W? Just need a 'little' more boost, and maybe some bass/treble adjustments. I've found plenty of reference designs on the net for all different kinds of amps, just don't know what I need. lol.
I've gone through all the windows options and have all volumes maxed out, still just a tad bit quiet from the speaker. So it seems I'd need some type of small amp to get what I want out of it. Problem is, I don't know much at all about audio.
I'd like to build the amp myself, in part to test out the new "PCB fab in a box" I have. I've measured the resistance of the speaker w/ an LCR, it reads ~7 Ohms, so this would be an 8 Ohm speaker? What kind of power would I be looking for? 10W? Just need a 'little' more boost, and maybe some bass/treble adjustments. I've found plenty of reference designs on the net for all different kinds of amps, just don't know what I need. lol.