Quote Originally Posted by The Master View Post
This suddenly seems a lot easier. Everything i found while searching google looked like that huge schematic and used a lot of transistors that Rapid doesnt stock.

I just read in the datasheet for the one you suggested that its "Voltage gain"

The one i was looking at before said you have to use a heatsink because it can overheat without even doing anything. I dont see any mention of heatsinks for this one at all though. Are they needed?
You'll find that these cheaper op-amp's aren't really brain surgery. You can beat them up quite a bit. They'll take it.
Don't worry too much about the gain. That's what the volume knob is for! When the speaker distorts, better back off.
And yes, heatsinks...Don't run without at least something on there. If I remember right, the chip has a thermal overload shutdown, but don't count on that saving the chip.