LM741 vs LM741?

[jonathan perez]

are the new ones as good as the old? or are the old ones better due to rise in mojo?

i misplaced my old one, so ill just get some new ones.

will it work? or dig through the junk pile?

[Pushtone]

Only cheese is good old.

For electronics components, newer the better.

I've switched out all the TL072 opamps in several old
Soundcraft 400B consoles and it made a big difference.

Not to mention caps have a relatively short life span.

And even though it may be a pain for some manufacturers RoHS IS a good thing.

[markm]

I think in one of RG's posts, he mentioned that the 741 of today was probably much better than the 741 of the past do to
improved production methods and quality control.
These are not his *exact* words but, merely a summary.

[jonathan perez]

good, cause i know i wont find it. thanx guys!

[StephenGiles]

....and at line level they won't sound any different from a 5532!!!

[Eb7+9]

here's a little known fact about op-amps ... when such-and-such a company decides to put out a "known" op-amp design they (the designers) have the leasure of scaling the size of the output devices - everything else has to stay according to a design guide or else it can't be labelled by the standardized chip number // output device scaling is not restricted ...

it's clear that the scaling of these devices can change in the history of a company's making of their versions of a chip - in particular, as feature sizes shrink non critical devices can be made smaller freeing up real-estate on the die to make larger output devices ... so when you're buying op-amps keep in mind different issues of the chip may have varying "drive" specs - esp across different chip makers - this spec doesn't appear in the data-sheet and is "liable to change without mention" ... it's for this very reason some specific issues of the 5532 are known as kick-ass op-amps for audio - esp. for line drivers running high swing  ...