[sdiy] Relative merits of various BBD's

[anthony]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Arnold" <xyzzy at sysabend.org>


> On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 03:05:46PM -0500, anthony wrote:
>> I was wondering  if there's been a comparison or if there's a consensus 
>> on
>> how all (or most) of the various BBD devices stack up to one another.
>
> SNR - *snicker*
> Insertion loss - ( see SNR )

The specs for the MN3006 and MN3007 don't look too shabby to me. As far as 
insertion loss anyway.


> What I've found as a difference between the flavors of BBDs ( and misused
> CCDs ) is usually "just" clock speed. The Reticon chips could handle much
> faster clock rates then comparable Panasonics.  This makes a HUGE 
> difference
> when you want extremely short delay times.

Yeah that's the thing, I do want short times, but I calculated that at their 
max clock speeds the 06 and 07 will do what I want.


> ( see JH's website :
> http://home.debitel.net/user/jhaible/jh_storm_tide_flanger.html )

Yes I like his page a lot.

The really big advantage with Panasonic chips is even though they are out of 
production, I could bet money that I could come up with at least 4 without 
trying hard. I know a lot of the underrated (and therefore cheap on eBay) 
pieces of equipment that use these.

I really don't expect hi-fi quality anyway. I have tinnitis, so anything 
that makes white, pink, brown or grey noise sounds great to me. (Especially 
if it's phalanged)

I wasn't after a shoppers guide but I was curious about BBD's other than the 
Panasonics which are the ones that I read about. I really would like to have 
some of the weirder ones like the 3008. And the 3005 has a nice l  o    o 
ooo ng delay.