THAT Balanced Line Driver IC Comparison

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OutSmarts® Balanced Line Driver Comparison

For a printable version of this chart follow this link: Line Driver Comparison PDF
For graphs showing the clipping behavior of OutSmarts versus the competition see Line Driver Clipping Behavior.

		THAT 1646 OutSmarts	THAT 1606 OutSmarts	ADI SSM2142	TI DRV134	TI DRV135	Units
Output Noise	600 W Bal. load	-101	-101	-93.4	-97*	-97*	dBu
Tames clipping into single-ended loads		Yes	Yes	No	No	No	---
THD+N Balanced 1 kHz, Typ 20 kHz, Typ 20 kHz, Max Single-ended 20 kHz, Typ 20 kHz, Max	10 VRMS 600 W	0.0007 0.002 0.005 0.003 0.006	0.0007 0.002 0.005 0.003 0.006	0.0008 0.004 No Spec 0.008** No Spec	0.0005 0.0014 No Spec 0.01** No Spec	0.0005 0.0014 No Spec 0.01** No Spec	%
Slew Rate		15	15	15	15	15	V/µs
Gain	RL=100kW RL=600W	+ 6.0 + 5.3	+ 6.0 + 5.3	+ 6.7 + 6.0	+ 6.7 + 6.0	+ 6.7 + 6.0	dB
Packaging Options	DIP-8 SO-16 wide SO-8 Low OJA QSOP-16	Yes Yes Yes No	No No No Yes	Yes Yes No No	Yes Yes No No	No No Yes No	---
Datasheet link		1600-Series Datasheet	1600-Series Datasheet	---	---	---	---

*Datasheet says -98 dBu; **Not specified by TI or ADI, figures based on THAT measurements.