You folks who know electronics, please advise me! I am wanting to design some buffer circuitry for a homebrew fancy guitar selector gadget. I know that op-amps will give me more flexibility in circuit design over JFETs, but some people have observed that op-amp buffers sound "colder and more sterile".
Do you have any opinions? Would a JFET circuit really preserve the guitar's tone better? If there is a difference that could be noticed, I think I'd be willing to do the more involved JFET design, though I'll need to know how to boost the gain (I'll want to boost the signal be a few db), which of course op-amps can do more easily.
Also, seems to me a JFET circuit might consume less power than using op-amps -- Agree? Disagree?
I know this is a rather ethereal question, but if any of you know about this, please advise.
/Mark
Do you have any opinions? Would a JFET circuit really preserve the guitar's tone better? If there is a difference that could be noticed, I think I'd be willing to do the more involved JFET design, though I'll need to know how to boost the gain (I'll want to boost the signal be a few db), which of course op-amps can do more easily.
Also, seems to me a JFET circuit might consume less power than using op-amps -- Agree? Disagree?
I know this is a rather ethereal question, but if any of you know about this, please advise.
/Mark