New Texas Instruments 5532 chips are not the 5532's we've used for decades

Saw this today on Wayne Kirkwood's site: EDIT! Ian came up with a workaround to get to Wayne's site: https://tinyurl.com/5epdzbxv One link he posted is really interesting....first post showing major differences. https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/a-new-ne5532-by-december-2025.437381/ The new 5532 is a turd! Wayne posted info on the still available...and much more expensive...NJM version. "Oh Brian! The 5532 is SO old and obsolete! New SMT parts are so much better." Fine, but what about all the billions of 5532s already in service in equipment, especially analog consoles? Chips do fail. "Oh Brian! All that ancient analog equipment should be thrown in the landfill and replaced the latest digital gear." Tell that to my clients. Shrug...glad I'm old enough I won't have to worry about it too much longer. Bri EDIT! Ian came up with a workaround to get to Wayne's site: https://tinyurl.com/5epdzbxv One link he posted is really interesting....first post showing major differences. https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/a-new-ne5532-by-december-2025.437381/ The new 5532 is a turd! Wayne posted info on the still available...and much more expensive...NJM version. "Oh Brian! The 5532 is SO old and obsolete! New SMT parts are so much better." Fine, but what about all the billions of 5532s already in service in equipment, especially analog consoles? Chips do fail. "Oh Brian! All that ancient analog equipment should be thrown in the landfill and replaced the latest digital gear." Tell that to my clients. Shrug...glad I'm old enough I won't have to worry about it too much longer. Bri Last edited: