Wanted WTB: Reticon SAD4096 BBD

[soapfoot]

This is a stab in the dark. I know how rare these are.

I had one fail in my favorite old delay pedal, and would love to find another without robbing from something else.

 

[Whoops]

Those SAD chips are very rare,
you can buy it in Reverb, it's expensive but to be honest I never saw it cheaper than this:

https://reverb.com/item/7225909-reticon-sad4096

 

[Tubetec]

I have a bunch of those 16 pin dil bbd's lying around somewhere ,1024's I think

 

[soapfoot]

Those SAD chips are very rare,
you can buy it in Reverb, it's expensive but to be honest I never saw it cheaper than this:

https://reverb.com/item/7225909-reticon-sad4096

Sadly, this is an old listing and the item is sold

 

[ubxf]

@Tubetec I would buy a 1024 if you have one for sale, i bought one recently and it was dead on arrival unfortunately.

 

[soapfoot]

…and if you happened to have a 4096 I’d make it worth your while

 

[Whoops]

Sadly, this is an old listing and the item is sold

Sorry mate.

I have a bunch of those 16 pin dil bbd's lying around somewhere ,1024's I think

I believe the 1024 is a completely different chip than the 4096 and not compatible at all.

 

[Tubetec]

I got a HH electronic delay/flanger module from the late 70's , I did look into fixing it up but ,apparently it had design flaws and more often than not simply stopped working after a while .
Theres an ex employee of HH in the UK , he's happy to take on most repairs of HH stuff ,but any mention of that BBD unit makes his blood boil and he gets really cranky . Theres a good handful of the BBD chips in this unit but I dont have any way of testing them for functionality .

I did see a few other BBD chips for sale locally recently , if I can find the listing I'll post it up here .

 

[JohnRoberts]

There are new versions of some old Panasonic (Matsushita) BBDs made in China.

I doubt they make plug compatible parts for old Reticon parts.

JR

 

[soapfoot]

Yes, sadly there are no modern compatible parts for the Reticon SAD4096

 

[Whoops]

Yes, sadly there are no modern compatible parts for the Reticon SAD4096

yes, and neither for the SAD1024 and the even rarest SAD512D

 

[soapfoot]

The unfortunate thing about the SAD4096 is that we’re also competing with pinball enthusiasts/collectors (it was used in a couple of Bally machines, I recently learned while searching for one…)

 

[scott2000]

recently learned while searching for one…)

Saw that too.... Looks like they're also using some new boards to replace the ones using those old chips..

this is kinda interesting.... or not

https://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=79785&start=30

 

[soapfoot]

If someone made and sold a drop-in replacement I’d try it. But it doesn’t look like such a solution has been brought to market in any kind of plug-and-play fashion.

At the moment I’d kinda rather throw money at a drop-in solution than to spend time adapting the pinball enthusiasts’ solution to a delay pedal.

But I may revisit that position

 

[Whoops]

Is this the one you're talking about?

https://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/FLIPPP-SAD4096

 

[soapfoot]

Yes, unfortunately that appears to be a more complex circuit with some extra features for the pinball machine (including speed and wet/dry trimmers); way too much stuff when you just need the BBD IC (and probably wouldn’t fit in the pedal)

 

[DarthFader]

OK, I want to know what pinball machine designer knows what a SAD4096 is! That must be one interesting dude.

 

[soapfoot]

Pinball machines have audio, too

 

[jabe]

I think I've got a SAD4096 lying around. I was going to maybe build a DOD 680 clone with it some day but the less projects I have the better. I'm about 90% sure it works if you're still on the hunt.

 

[soapfoot]

I am! I’ll send you a DM