[sdiy] CA3046 vs CA3086

[Colin Fraser]

3046's will do fine.

The Quadra clone is great.
I built two. Still to rack them up - they're due to go into a 2U rack
case with a salvaged Polysix ensemble board.
Hmmm..

Colin f


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl 
> [mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of John Speth
> Sent: 14 August 2002 4:56
> To: 'synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl'
> Subject: [sdiy] CA3046 vs CA3086
> 
> 
> Hi group- 
> I'm looking over JH's Quadra Phaser clone and considering 
> building it.  It uses a large  network of CA3086 transistor 
> arrays.  This part is kinda hard to find and varies greatly 
> in price (Mouser @ $5 each (NTE912?), Jameco @ $0.50 each).  
> The CA3046 seems like a likely sub.  Looking over the data 
> sheets of both parts, they look identical.  Further digging I 
> learned that the CA3046 is basically a CA3086 sorted out for 
> a matching spec.  So bottom line, CA3086 is a poorly matched 
> array and CA3046 is a better matched array (right?).
> Does anyone know the Quadra Phaser requires CA3086's to 
> achieve its' sound or will the better matching of the CA3046 
> yield a better result?
> John Speth 
> mailto:johns at molectron.com 
>