Eeyore wrote:
William Sommerwerck wrote:

And there are plenty of current designers who would not agree that ICs are
inherently superior to discrete.

In certain specific instances ICs are clearly inferior. Mic amps for example.

Depends. What is discrete and what is an IC?

Are large area transistor arrays discrete or ICs? They make great mike
preamp front ends.

Hybrids aren't monolithic... but they aren't discrete either....
--scott

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