[sdiy] CA3046 vs CA3086? swapable?

[René Schmitz]

Hi John and all,

John Wieczorek wrote:
>  From what I can tell by perusing the datasheets they are identical, but 
> I really don't know enough about this stuff to  make a determination.
> I imagine there must be some difference though.  I know there's  lots of 
> EE wisdom  on this list  - Anyone care to explain the differences?

CA3046 has matching specifications in the datasheet (Vbe<=5mV), where 
the CA3086 datasheet doesn't. Now wether that makes a difference depends 
on the circuit. If this is just for audio (i.e. AC coupled), there is 
probably not a significant difference.

Cheers,
  René

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