Hi,
I just bought this weird and kindof cool little one-off console made by a company called Decibelab (mostly homebrew i think -- though i understand the guy who built this was an engineer at Aengus). I'm planning on doing a recap, and decided i should investigate other component upgrades.
The console was built in 1976, which I understand was the heyday of the 741 opamp -- this thing has lots of 'em.
I've attached the schematic, and a photo of the populated module that points out where the 741s are (not sure if thisd is useful). On the actual module there are 741s where the schematic shows a 536 opamp. I'm not knowledgeable enough to understand how or why the 536 is replaced with the 741.
The EQ has the 741 in each point of the array, and the mic pre has the 741 where the 536 shoulc be (as mentioned). Is there a better sounding opamp that i can substitute for the 741?
I realize the topic of 741 replacements has been covered a bit on here, so sorry in advance if this is a redundant post.
I am a serious noob with this stuff, so feel free to castrate me. ;D
Any help or advice or flaming would be most appreciated.
I just bought this weird and kindof cool little one-off console made by a company called Decibelab (mostly homebrew i think -- though i understand the guy who built this was an engineer at Aengus). I'm planning on doing a recap, and decided i should investigate other component upgrades.
The console was built in 1976, which I understand was the heyday of the 741 opamp -- this thing has lots of 'em.
I've attached the schematic, and a photo of the populated module that points out where the 741s are (not sure if thisd is useful). On the actual module there are 741s where the schematic shows a 536 opamp. I'm not knowledgeable enough to understand how or why the 536 is replaced with the 741.
The EQ has the 741 in each point of the array, and the mic pre has the 741 where the 536 shoulc be (as mentioned). Is there a better sounding opamp that i can substitute for the 741?
I realize the topic of 741 replacements has been covered a bit on here, so sorry in advance if this is a redundant post.
I am a serious noob with this stuff, so feel free to castrate me. ;D
Any help or advice or flaming would be most appreciated.