[sdiy] SSM2164 VCA

[Joe Grisso]

     Actually, there's a few applications where a discrete op-amp is
preferred to an IC op-amp. The main one I can think of is when a
higher supply voltage is needed - primarily in analogue mixing
consoles and legacy applications. IC op-amps output drive stages
usually don't have the ability to push the current to certain loads as
well. I remember a gent at SSL talking about an op-amp he designed
that had +/- 80V rails on it. For some reason, that scared me. Heh.

Synthesizers? Not so much, unless you want to toss a MCI-style mic
preamp on the auxiliary input. ;-)

Best,

-- 
Joe Grisso
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On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Neil Johnson
<neil.johnson97 at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> cheater cheater wrote:
>
>> what about the john hardy op amps? Ever tried those?
>
> No thanks, I prefer Snickers.  Anyway, aside from the audiophile snakeoil
> what's so special about them, other than being overpriced discrete blocks?
>  (nice business if you can get into it, by the way :)
> Is it a "group think" thing?
>
> Neil
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