<div dir="auto">Fwiw, Alfa at least makes their AS2180 VCA which seems to be a drop-in replacement for THAT 2180/2181 in the surface-mount form factor.<div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.alfatriode.lv/eng/sc/AS2180.php">https://www.alfatriode.lv/eng/sc/AS2180.php</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Can't remember seeing any reports on how they compare, are there any?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">/mr</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Den fre 4 sep. 2026 20:53Mike Bryant <<a href="mailto:mbryant@futurehorizons.com">mbryant@futurehorizons.com</a>> skrev:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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As far as I can work out, the Alfa process is 2 micron BiFETs on 3" wafers. So probably not suitable for the devices THAT are obsoleting, but they may be able to produce something compatible. However their fab is kept going by space work, and the audio chips
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<div style="direction:ltr">On Fri 4 Sep 2026 at 11:30 a.m. Sawtooth Glitch via Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" id="m_7288879453304785023OWAe184d6c7-052c-047a-93a4-e488af6b2a27" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> wrote:</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 4, 2026 7:07 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [sdiy] CoolAudio?</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em">Cool audio is part of music tribe and they populate most of Behringer crap.. doubt they will shut up shop but most likely won’t be selling to small timers like us</p>
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<p style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em">On Fri, 4 Sep 2026 at 15:05, Neil Johnson via Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" id="m_7288879453304785023OWAbadd884f-c2ef-7310-a2bc-1e7096b06da1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>>
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<p style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em">Has anyone checked the CoolAudio website recently?</p>
<p style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em">Have they shut up shop as well?</p>
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