"Trevor Wilson" wrote in message

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
I need to knock up some stereo (domestic) line level
amps with a gain of 0-10dB.
Using a +/-15 volt supply. Anything better than the ol'
NE 5543 for this these days?

**The 5534/5532 were fabulous OP amps back in '82. MUCH
better than the OP that preceded them. It takes a
seriously decent product to be any better and, at that,
there's only marginal audio differences in the newer
ones. Personally, I like the AD825. Technically, it is
nicer than the 5532 and slightly nicer sound-wise.

Here we see Trevor perpetuating the myth that you can taste test the
"flavor" of different very good op amps in a general sort of way.

It turns out that in the application being discussed, namely a unity gain
buffer with output of 2 volts into a 10k load, even a 741 would probably
sound good.

There are some impressive new op amps that have recently come onto the
marketplace, but they are mostly a study in impressive numbers, and of use
for instrumentation.