[sdiy] Substantive difference between MAT?

[Grant Richter]

The most significant difference is the emitter-base resistance Rbe.

You will need to compensate for Rbe no matter what you use.

More expensive pairs will need less compensation then inexpensive ones.

Even inexpensive pairs can be compensated to within +/- 5 cents over  
8 octaves (Korg Poly 6 tuning spec for SSM VCO).

On Jan 19, 2006, at 1:00 AM, Aaron Lanterman wrote:

>
> I got some samples of the SSM transistor pairs and the LS  
> transistor pairs, and want some of my students to compare them to  
> the MAT pairs.
>
> I see digikey has MAT02-EH for $15 (eek!)
>
> and MAT02-FH for $8.60 (but not in stick)
>
> what are the relevant differences?
>
> Anywhere else have them cheaper?
>
> Similarly, MAT03EH for $16.82, MAT03FH for $9.45...
>
> (I'm also going to get the cheaper 2SCxxxx pairs, and some of the  
> CAxxxx arrays...)
>
> - Aaron
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