Stayhome NE5532 Dual Low-Noise High-Speed Audio Operational Amplifier DIP8 1 Piece

this replaces one of these they both do basically the same thing they are pre-amp chips this one costs 10 times that one and they both do basically the same thing reputedly this one does it better so let's have a look and see if that's true this is the seller that i purchased this from as you can see it's 25 and a bit new zealand dollars which i thought was actually a little bit expensive this item is actually available for many different suppliers at an amazingly varied price as you can see the this i don't know what to call it really this amplifier preamplifier is based on two identical boards and a motherboard if you like to interface that into the standard chip socket now this is the top side of the board or one of the boards the other one obviously is identical and you can see the numerous transistors in fact this side of the board only has transistors two diodes and appreciate pre