[sdiy] CA3046 vs CA3086

[phillip m gallo]

The '3046 can be found in NTE packs at a lot of electronic supply stores.

regards,
p


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From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
[mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of Peter Snow
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 2:56 PM
To: John Speth
Cc: 'synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl'
Subject: Re: [sdiy] CA3046 vs CA3086


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
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