[sdiy] CA3046 vs CA3086

[Peter Snow]

John,

Small Bear Electronics has them for $.75 ( http://www.smallbearelec.com ).  However I believe Steve
Daniels (owner) is away until Labor Day, so you will not get an order filled until after that date.

Regards,

Peter  

> John Speth wrote:
> 
> 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