The ne5532 is not an awesome part by any means. It is a decent part, and an extremely popular one found in loads of designs. There's the saying anything you h

The ne5532 is not an awesome part by any means. It is a decent part, and an extremely popular one found in loads of designs. There's the saying anything you hear has passed through a pack of those before reaching your ears. This is why it is so bad for TI to change the specs without changing the part number.