[sdiy] SSM2164 Questions

[Tim Parkhurst]

On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 9:50 AM, David G. Dixon
<dixon at interchange.ubc.ca> wrote:
> I don't know whether they are clones, or actual SSM2164s which have been
> dismantled, de-leaded to comply with RoHS, and repackaged.  The Coolaudio
> website is not clear on this point.  They do offer a de-leading service for
> ICs, but I'm not sure if they are applying it in this case, or building the
> chips from scratch.
>
> In any case, mine have all worked exactly as advertised, and the datasheet
> specs are identical.
>

A few years ago, I did a group buy of a few thousand V2164s with
Blacet, Plan B, and Modcan. Before we bought the parts, we got a
handful of samples and everybody tested them. So far as anyone can
tell, the CoolAudio parts behave exactly like the SSM versions. These
have been in products in the market for at least three years now, and
I've never heard of a failure. Long story short, I don't know if these
are originals or repackaged SSM parts, but they work great and the
price is right. :)


Tim (still have them for sale at Magic Smoke) Servo
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