Tda2822 preamp / levels / hp out / power amp


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This is not all specificly about axoloti but also other hardware but I feel this is still a good place to ask some questiones :wink:
I'm doing a little guitar travel amp project, with axoloti embedde into a little speaker box.

as preamp I'm using only the amp part of this cheap thing:

It's based on a TDA2822 chip

TDA2822 Stereo Audio Amplifier Circuit

I tested going from the HP out of it straight to axoloti with -12db input gain setting, it worked well.

Then I go into this little poweramp:

My question now is:

  1. The tda amp as some capacitors after the chip and a resistor before the headphone. Could I also grab the signal directly from the chip? In the spec sheet it seems as like the capacitors are for driving speakers, but I want to go into axoloti and then use a different power amp.

  2. I tried going to the amp from the Headphone out. It gave me a lot more output volume, axoloti's line out was a little bit too quiet for the amp. Is this a good Idea?