No more Burr Brown Ic's in Sytek

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I talked with mike from sytek and he said they no longer put burr brown ic's on their custom units because they're no longer available. They did however replace them with a similar JFET. I've heard so much about the burr brown. I don't know all the technicalities, but i know alot of people around here do. He says the performance is the same, would that make sense? Is burr brown hailed for their quality, or are there similar subsitutes in terms of performance and sound quality?

Brandon
 
hey, atleast you got mike to tell you something.

i have a review at my site of the sytek four channel unit:

www.piemusic.com/mp/sytek.html

i'd like to update it to reflect the new info. i imagine the new ic is just fine but whenever anyone else switches parts it's usually to something crappy.

steve
www.piemusic.com
 
I had spoken with Mike Stoica about this a few months ago, but it was not something public yet. He says the new IC's are indistinguishable from the Burr Browns.

Believe me, he wouldn't do anything to the MPX-4aii that would taint its great reputation.


Bowisc
 
thanks bowisc, that's what i wanted to hear. just wanted to make sure. the burr brown ic's have been on a pedestal, so i just wanted to make sure they were comparable.

Thanks again,
Brandon
 
Strange. TI now owns Burr-Brown and all of their standard audio IC's are readily available as far as I can tell.... ???

Other manufacturers, like Analog Devices for example, make outstanding IC's for audio. The only major selling point for the use of Burr-Brown in high-end equipment in my opinion is that they offer several models that can run on 24V supply rails. These naturally have a +4dB headroom advantage over normal 15V circuits plus a few other minor performance enhancements.

barefoot
 
Analog Devices Burr Brown and Analog Systems ( if you got the $$$ ) all make good stuff that you wouldnt die if one were used instead of the other. AS used to make lots of 28 volt opamps too, I think the 832 or 532 model
 
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