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In Reply to: Today's OP amps are not yesterday's OP amps. posted by Opus 33 1/3 on August 25, 2014 at 15:09:59:
I do not think the form-factor of an op-amp is any limitation to sound quality. In fact, they could potentially be outstanding because of low noise and short signal paths. But Design-wise, I doubt that any general-purpose op-amps are optimized for great sound (examples per the Michael Yee link).
IMHO the requirements for a business case for high volume production is the greatest limitation to op-amp quality for phono stages. Maybe this will change. Look what happened to Class D amps with ICE modules. Perhaps sooner than later we'll see really high-end designs with optimized components for phono stages?
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- Short signal paths, but not sound-optimized? - CometCKO 10:06:28 08/26/14 (4)
- RE: Short signal paths, but not sound-optimized? - rick_m 10:51:21 08/26/14 (3)
- You make a good point! - CometCKO 11:03:19 08/26/14 (2)
- RE: You make a good point! - flood2 17:44:31 08/26/14 (0)
- RE: You make a good point! - rick_m 12:59:14 08/26/14 (0)