Module resid::external_filter
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The audio output stage in a Commodore 64 consists of two STC networks, a low-pass filter with 3-dB frequency 16kHz followed by a high-pass filter with 3-dB frequency 16Hz (the latter provided an audio equipment input impedance of 1kOhm). The STC networks are connected with a BJT supposedly meant to act as a unity gain buffer, which is not really how it works. A more elaborate model would include the BJT, however DC circuit analysis yields BJT base-emitter and emitter-base impedances sufficiently low to produce additional low-pass and high-pass 3dB-frequencies in the order of hundreds of kHz. This calls for a sampling frequency of several MHz, which is far too high for practical use.