the Powersupply is a switcher, based on my calculations is running at 60% of it's rating which is 5 amps on the +-17v rails.
I DO like the 5532, however I was looking for something with a slight drop in noise and some coloration, along with the *slight* gain in headroom.
in all I liked the sound of the 2604 in the channel strips, very open with slightly less high end fuzz. in the busses i liked the 2134s for their coloration, which is even less of this high end fuzzy hiss which is much more apparent when summing many channels together. I just HAD to get rid of the tl084s in the audio chain, they are OK usually but if i had already changed everything else out and I have some samples to try i might as well right? :green: so i stuck some of TI's very expensive opa404s in their places. I DO notice a much better image quality to the audio all together.
so that said, I'm glad i did change the 5532s out but not because i was looking for something *better*, just something more suited to the sound of the circuit and console as a whole.
just stick sockets where the ICs were so you change them back.
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