[sdiy] LM3900 Sub

[William Berzinskas]

was just wondering if i had anything suitable in the bin.. i've got a few
schems i was thinking about, but really just trying to use up some parts..
and kill some time..  :-)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Arnold" <xyzzy at sysabend.org>
To: "William Berzinskas" <WBERZINSKAS at nc.rr.com>
Cc: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] LM3900 Sub


> On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 05:56:17PM -0500, William Berzinskas wrote:
> >    looking for a sub for lm3900..  can i just use a standard opamp for
> >    this?
>
> Gonna quote an old sdiy email :
> --- start ---
> Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2002 14:34:26 +0100
> From: mark verbos <a0284520 at addcom.de>
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Equiv of LM3900?
>
> You can't really replace a 3900 with a regular opamp. It is a morton
> amplifier, that is something different. They shouldn't be THAT hard to
find.
> --- end ---
>
> That being said, why not just use another LM3900?  If you dig through the
> archives you'll find lots of LM3900 discussion on why its both loved and
> hated too...
>
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