[sdiy] The sound of various Op-Amps

[jhaible]

> The 741 is a much maligned opamp. It does have several very good points...
> it does not have a very fast slew rate (so it will not OSCILLATE like a
TL07x
> series does into a capacitive load - ask me cause it burned me again,
> professionally...
> just today :^).   It is very rugged and short circuit protected.  It will
NOT
> phase
> reverse so you can safely clip it just by overdriving the input.
>
> Sometimes these are exactly the characteristics you want

Agreed.

And note that the infamous slew rate limit will only strike when you try
to process large signals. With smaller signals, the noise will come up
(relative) of course.

JH.