[sdiy] SDIY-Burr Brown VCA610

[Tim Parkhurst]

Okay, now I'm REALLLY intrigued. Peter, I know you can't tell us what M&K's
new solution is, but can you tell us when it's coming out?

What I can't figure out is, it sounds like the VCA610 was a popular chip,
and very well suited as a high performance audio VCA... so what bean counter
decided it was time to kill it? And WHY? 

Tim Servo

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Grenader [mailto:petergrenader at mksound.com]


> These things are increadibly hard to find and are going out of manufacture
> this winter, for good.
> 
> Trust me on this - Miller & Kreisel (better known as M&K - please note my
> email address) uses them in almost all of their powered speakers and we've
> been spending the last year preparing for their planned extinction.
> 
> Worse news, many manufacturers of powered speakers use them and they, like
> us, have all been scrambling to find a replacement.
> 
> OK, so..while I can't tip my hand too far (read: not at all)  - we've come
> up with an altogether different technology which is going to kick the
> sheesh
> out of the days of ol' Burr Brown. Just wait and see.
> 
> Peter



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