lm386 lm741

[benfox]

hi folks !
lm741 is an equivalent of the lm386
thanx in advance
vive les grenouilles :roll:

[B Tremblay]

No.

[Steben]

Do not use 741 chips any more. Even a half of a 4558 is far more better.

[soggybag]

If the 741 is bad what would be a better quality replacement?

There are plenty of dual op-amps and from what I understand they all share the same pin out. I don't think this is true for single op-amps?

[Connoisseur of Distortion]

the 386 and 741 are both singke opamps, but they have different pinouts. The 386 has a pair of Gain pins ( 1 and 8 ), and i *believe* that the 741 has nothing at all on 1 and 8.

[The Tone God]

The 386 is a power opamp meant to drive speaker loads. The 741 is just plain old opamp. One cannot/should not be used for the other.

I wouldn't say not to use 741s as they are not horrible and do have their charm but you would probably be happier with something more modern. If you still have a hang up with using a single opamp, maybe for PCB layout reasons, you can go with a number of different single opamps like say a TL071 which I belive has the same pinouts otherwise go with standard opamps and make life easier.

Andrew

[petemoore]

Judgeing from the specs and the sound, just about any other opamp 'outdoes' the 741.
 Reports are the DIST+'s tone is dependant on having the 'low-er fi inconsistancies' of the 741 to be like 'original'. And I have an 'original clone' Dist+ in a box, that I really don't use because...Liquid Drive 'outdoes' it...less noise, higher output, different sound that 'I prefer.