tangent
Top Mall-Fi poster. The T in META42.
Formerly with Tangentsoft Parts Store
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Rolling op-amps isn't hard at all. You just have to make sure you get dual DIP-8 op-amps with standard pin-outs. (That's what your 2134 is now.)
Many very good op-amps are available only in single-channel varieties or in surface-mount packages, so check first. If you just gotta have one of these chips to plug into your amp, there are adapters available. Do a search here -- they've all been mentioned recently. All of the adapters take up more space than a bare chip, some more than others, so make sure you've got the spare space.
I've reviewed a lot of op-amps in recent months. Those reviews link to other good reviews I've found here at Head-fi and at Headwize, so you don't have to take my word alone about these chips. Remember, this is all subjective, so take my reviews with a grain of salt. Also, don't overlook the fact that I'm deliberately torturing these chips: I use low-impedance headphones, a portable CD player, difficult music, and then (after all that!) start ramping the voltage down! If I say a chip sucks when given less than 10V, that doesn't mean you can't drive it from a 9V battery under some conditions. It just means that in my torture test, that's where it started failing.
Many very good op-amps are available only in single-channel varieties or in surface-mount packages, so check first. If you just gotta have one of these chips to plug into your amp, there are adapters available. Do a search here -- they've all been mentioned recently. All of the adapters take up more space than a bare chip, some more than others, so make sure you've got the spare space.
I've reviewed a lot of op-amps in recent months. Those reviews link to other good reviews I've found here at Head-fi and at Headwize, so you don't have to take my word alone about these chips. Remember, this is all subjective, so take my reviews with a grain of salt. Also, don't overlook the fact that I'm deliberately torturing these chips: I use low-impedance headphones, a portable CD player, difficult music, and then (after all that!) start ramping the voltage down! If I say a chip sucks when given less than 10V, that doesn't mean you can't drive it from a 9V battery under some conditions. It just means that in my torture test, that's where it started failing.