Is this a real TDA1541A?

[tone arm]

Hi gabdx....your giving away those TDA1541? Im keen.

[gabdx]

i dont know... I bought 2 tda R1 for my projects but i have no idea if they work or not...

i paid 25 $ each if i remember. I dont know what do to with the one in my cd player... I liked it very much... its miles better than any pcm56k but the sound of only one doenst satisfy me.

[Amauta]

This one has the S1 and the crown too big, FAKE?

Link to Ebay

[Joris]

Hi Amauta,

I can't really tell you whether it's real or not, there are some things that are right and some that aren't or are a bit.

- Production date and location match
- Batch seems pretty ok

- The crown and S1 mark are too bright white, can be NOS though

You have a good chance of buying an original one, so not fake.

[poynton]

This is now on Ebay.

HSH for Holland manufacture ... or .... Taiwan


Maybe it's a fake ?


Andy


EDIT :- The seller is Tzeng-Albert .... a well-known scam artist

[jean-paul]

Some of my TDA were sent to such a scammer, PS Audio. We traded now and then for other parts or kits. After some succesful deals I finally sent him a large lot which was never paid for. Apparently I was not the only one, there are other posts on this subject. Those were original N2. I will check if these look like my TDA. The guy you wrote about seemed to be the same person as PS Audio but this is not sure. I stopped finding out what is what as it took too much time. I do know that I lost a large quantity of TDA Taiwan N2 1998 chips. It is not hard to remove N2 marking IMO.The chips I had were absolutely original and I had them in their original packaging with labels etc. I will check if they are labelled HSH/RSH this evening.

For those that still want the originals: I want to sell my last tube of TDA1541A/N2. Sent me a PM if you want those. I prefer trading for kits, Tripath amps etc.

[jean-paul]

The TDA I have are marked Taiwan HSH.

[poynton]

They could be yours then !

He has relisted the item.

Andy

[Andypairo]

I bought one because of that photo but I got a different (and fake) chip, that overloaded the -15V supply.
I complained about it and he told me he would send a "Taiwan" chip like the one in the photo.
This was a month ago, I'm still waiting for the replacement part (but shipping is pretty slow to Italy..)

Ciao

Andrea

[Andypairo]

Finally got the replacement chip from Tzeng-Albert, ant this time it looks like the real deal.

In this photo the first I got from him was the second in the left column, marked HSH0123. This was a fake that overloaded the -15V supply.

The second I got is the one in the right-bottom corner. This one works well and if you compare the markings with the double crown they are identical so the chip is really a '98 Taiwan chip.

Ciao

Andrea