<p dir="ltr">Every load of bullshit starts as truth that gets twisted and facsimiled. So let's pick out what might be true.</p>
<p dir="ltr">He says that the single transistors in a monolithic IC op amp can dissipate much less, so their gain is lower, and therefore there must be many more stages. Can this be true?</p>
<p dir="ltr">My guess is also that control (feedback) topology ends up being much more complicated, resulting in less pleasant edge cases (ie what happens when the op amp reaches an unusual or extreme state). Is feedback topology a large issue in op amps like it is in amplifier circuits? Does using more stages make this problem bigger?</p>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 20:47 Mike HEQX, <<a href="mailto:mike@heqx.com">mike@heqx.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    <p>And this is the other character that Orange has teamed up with to
      market their products.<br>
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    <div class="m_5123951077483508474moz-cite-prefix">On 4/20/2017 11:32 AM, Justin Herrmann
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      <div class="m_5123951077483508474mail_android_message" style="line-height:1;padding:0.5em">"Top notch, you know..."<br>
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        That's all the convincing I need!<br>
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        Seems legit.<br>
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      <div class="m_5123951077483508474mail_android_quote" style="line-height:1;padding:0.3em">On 04/20/2017, 10:16 AM Quincas Moreira
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          <div>oops, wrong link! i meant thisĀ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKanR1aM16I" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKanR1aM16I</a><br>
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            On Apr 20, 2017, at 9:21 AM, Elain Klopke <<a href="mailto:functionofform@gmail.com" target="_blank">functionofform@gmail.com</a>>
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              <div>So... Quincas... you're selling the Tsunami module
                for $43 a pop? ;P</div>
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                <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 9:07
                  AM, Quincas Moreira <span><<a href="mailto:quincas@gmail.com" target="_blank">quincas@gmail.com</a>></span>
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                      <div>this showed up on youtube today... Orange
                        amps guy selling snakeoil for 43 bucks a pop...</div>
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                            On Apr 13, 2017, at 8:56 AM, Phillip
                            Harbison <<a href="mailto:alvitar@xavax.com" target="_blank">alvitar@xavax.com</a>>
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                            <div><span>Quincas Moreira wrote:</span><br>
                              <blockquote><span>I like them, I cannot
                                  lie</span><br>
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                              <blockquote><span>> There's a big BUT
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                              <span>I can't deny. ;)</span><br>
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                              <span>-- </span><br>
                              <span>Phil Harbison</span><br>
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