[sdiy] CA3046 vs CA3086

[John Speth]

Hi group-

I'm looking over JH's Quadra Phaser clone and considering building it.  It
uses a large  network of CA3086 transistor arrays.  This part is kinda hard
to find and varies greatly in price (Mouser @ $5 each (NTE912?), Jameco @
$0.50 each).  The CA3046 seems like a likely sub.  Looking over the data
sheets of both parts, they look identical.  Further digging I learned that
the CA3046 is basically a CA3086 sorted out for a matching spec.  So bottom
line, CA3086 is a poorly matched array and CA3046 is a better matched array
(right?).

Does anyone know the Quadra Phaser requires CA3086's to achieve its' sound
or will the better matching of the CA3046 yield a better result?

John Speth
mailto:johns at molectron.com 
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