[sdiy] returning to the chronic disappointment of the 1496...

[alfred.pear at gmail.com]

Has anyone found any workarounds for the signal bleed-through problems
with 1496s used as 4Q-Multipliers?
I've read and re-read mailing list archives, message boards, and tried
almost all the schematics I could find...I cannot seem to get the two
signals to actually *balance* with real precision.

With the 633s and 1495s off the market, there has to be a cheap,
effective solution to ring modulation, right? Have OTA approaches
yielded worthwhile results?
-AP