Vintage Synth Repair

> Oh, and I've recently seen someone put a IC-type opamp where a metal can one should have been.  

Without wanting to interrupt this thread of entertaining repair stories 
(more please!) too much, does this can<->DIP substitution make any 
difference in a functional sense or is it more of a "look thing"?

I'm wondering because when repairing my whiteface Arp Odyssey, I had to 
go for a DIP CA3080s. Just a matter of what was at hand really and given 
their in-circuit use (S&H / VCA) I couldn't think of a reason why it'd 
make a difference. For these, I attached a DIP socket to the PCB as 
close as possible to the original part and connected it to the board 
with a piece of flat cable. This is f.ex. what it looks like on board C:

http://kewlers.scene.org/bitchard/diy/Odyssey/17.jpg

I'm working to port the build log from the above url to my blog, but 
it'll take some time. ;)

.Arto.
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