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RE: Oh ye of little faith...

> > you might be underestimating your audience. I'm sure some of us would love to hear your thoughts on the matter. < <

I've said it before many times over the decades. Arguing about which op-amp sounds better is no different than arguing which cake sounds better - Duncan-Heinz or Betty Crocker.

Just like all ICs, they are all designed to meet a certain measured performance standard at the lowest possible cost.

A discrete circuit can be made the same way, or it can also be made with any circuit topology imaginable, with only the highest quality (best sounding) resistors and capacitors, with each stage tuned for the absolute best sound quality by adjusting bias levels and resistor values at every single location.

Just as a master French pastry maker can make a transcendentally better cake by specifying the best, freshest organic ingredients, prepared in the most elaborate ways possible, and adjusted by taste to yield the best possible result.

The only difference is that with the cake, there is no "reference" cake, while with the audio circuit, there is the reference of reproducing a live acoustic performance of real musicians playing in real space. Interestingly enough, something that passes that test will also sound superb with all kinds of music, from processed "girl + guitar" folksingers all the way to completely synthesized modern pop "music"

Do you really think that any IC op-amp has been designed by ear to give the best sonic result?

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