Friday, May 13, 2011

Audio amplifier:inverting or non-inverting ?

Hello dear friends.
We know that op-amp can be used as inverting or non-inverting configuration. The basic configuration is shown in figure 1.The only difference between the two operation is change in phase between the input to output signal.

Figure 1:Op-Amp basic inverting and non-inverting configurations.

I have one question about these op-amp configurations:
If we give input audio signal (Example:in figure 2), with both are designed for same gain, what would be the quality impact on your ears? Which would be better configuration?

Figure :2 audio signal

Many people have given me very crazy answers. Some one told me that your words will be reversed?(impossible one!). Some one argued that signal will be delayed, and many more argued it is immaterial with respect effect on ears but design-wise we may have one configuration better than other.

Finally, conclusion not yet reached. Any one can post me if you have good answers. I will place the components on breadboard and test one day and result will be declared here.

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