TL072 / OPA2134 in 2 way crossover

Hi, I have got a oem printcard from the Norwegian "Embla" crossover designed by Tom Helgesen. He is an ex Tandberg designer, made there cd player and moore.

He used the TL072CP for the filter, I have spoken to him and he say I may try the OPA2134 as they are also FET.

Im gone use only the lowpass unit on the filter but build it as a complete filter.

For high freq the OPA2134 is suppose to beat the TL072 in performance, I have read ( :

Go for TL072 or OPA2134?

Frank
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I’d probably use the TL072. The (much) improved specs on the 2134 probably won’t show up in a low pass and you can save $$ for using the better opamp where it will make more difference.

This is probably not a decision to lose sleep over 😊.

Just for fun I swapped a tl072 for a 5532 in a baffle step filter to see if I could hear a difference. Even with sighted testing I’m not sure there was an audible difference at normal listening levels although there are reports on this forum that replacing a long chain of opamps does alter the sound signature sufficiently for the opamp to be identifiable.
 
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