"Robert Morein" wrote in message
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It appears that Morien hopes that I'm a fellow member of his favorite
organization:

Now, what about the status of your NAMBLA membership. Would you care to
deny that you are, or have ever been, a member of NAMBLA?

I'm very happy to deny any connection with NAMBLA. It's just one of your
trashy debating trade tricks Morein, to bring such an irrelevant thing up at
this time.


Now, returning to audio, Arny provides the following link:
http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/ampins/webbop/5532.htm, the website of one
Douglas Self, who has a webpage on the 5532, with a nice drafting paper
background. Apparently, Mr. Self likes the 5532.

Actually, he merely presents conclusive objective evidence that the 5532 is
one of the cleaner op amp chips in the audio world.

However, regardless of Mr. Self's professional experience, there are many
people in the world who dislike the 5532, which is one of the reasons so
many equipment mods are offered to replace it.

Letsee, on the anti 5532 side there's that starship trooper Jon Risch,

http://www.geocities.com/jonrisch/catch-1.htm

Then there is that other lord of the flames Robert Morein.

OTOH, there are 100's of high end consumer and studio audio manufacturers
that proudly use the chip.



Now, it is possible that the 5532 is a good device when used in a limited
fashion. I do use it, in a limited fashion. Certainly, it is ubiquitous.
But I have noted on many occasions that 5532 outputs sound strained in
comparison to discrete outputs.

Mere hysterical rantings of someone who eschews bias controls in his
listening tests.

When I turn the gain up past approximately unity, on the numerous pieces I
have in my collection, there is a deterioration in sound quality. I have
found that, subjectively, this is completely avoidable by buffering with a
preamp that has a discrete output stage. The more gain an opamp is required
to provide, the lower the loop feedback, and the higher distortion. Another
consideration is the length of cable used between the preamp and the
amplifier.

See former comment about Morein's inability to test op amps in a believable
fashion.

I said that Arny lied. Perhaps what I should have said is that he used a
dirty debating tactic, which is simply a sophisticated form of lying. One
individual of significant reputation remarked to me that Arny is the most
intellectually dishonest person he has ever met. I concur in this.

What I did was very simple - I presented reliable facts from a recognized
independent authority.

Did I mention that 5532s are widely used in pro audio equipment including
Neve consoles? They are good enough for Dolby, Neve, Rane, and etc., but
not good enough for Morein.