I finally got the cheap AMP I ordered after about a week long delay. I came close to tearing one out of one of my other projects just to get Zero talking. I've used these little 4 dollar AMPs in other projects and they aren't terrible. I have yet to fry one. Since we're talking 2-10 second sound clips I am not worried about overheating issues either. At the most Zero will be playing "This is Halloween" or any one of the other songs from Nightmare Before Christmas every once in awhile. As someone that drives other robots around the constant songs and talking can be very irritating.

Now to figure out where I am going to mount this and the speakers. They're going to be on the skeleton so Zero can be a self contained "cover" for the chassis. It makes swapping between K-9 and Zero less of a hassle.