MC1458 makes the best distortion?
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jessenator
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Guess that's why it's in the GasPedals Dumbell?
Love the methodology of that test, though: no names, no faces, no ego (mostly), just sonic subjectivity.
Love the methodology of that test, though: no names, no faces, no ego (mostly), just sonic subjectivity.
Fama
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Arguably the MC1458 makes the best... clean? What's the opposite of distortion?
It's one thing to compare op amps with slightly different THD values in a design meant to reproduce audio as accurately and cleanly as possible, to guitar pedals where the whole point is to add distortion. I doubt the second order harmonic caused by the op amp is very loud compared to what clipping produces?
Not to mention all the limitations the article mentions, and how unreliable audiophiles can be in general (not necessarily in this instance, but look up the audiophile rocks for example).
It's one thing to compare op amps with slightly different THD values in a design meant to reproduce audio as accurately and cleanly as possible, to guitar pedals where the whole point is to add distortion. I doubt the second order harmonic caused by the op amp is very loud compared to what clipping produces?
Not to mention all the limitations the article mentions, and how unreliable audiophiles can be in general (not necessarily in this instance, but look up the audiophile rocks for example).
jessenator
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Going back to this. Looking around the net I never realized just how much hate there is for the 741 based on spec alone. If it works it works As one of the reviewers in that blind test said, "it's entertainment, not dialysis."
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