The opamps could be any reasonable FET types: even a TLO71 or similar should work. U1: LF356 is better, LT1056 should be even better (no, it oscillates, LF is the best) U2: less demanding: TL071, TL081, LF411 Q7/Q8 should be in thermal contact with drivers or main heatsink. Not a must, but good to have. The input should have the standard DC blocking cap + the HF filter, like the circlophone, or any normal amp. 1k R3 - 6 should be 1W R28 - 29 (zener resistors) 0.5W - 1W R24 (zobel) 1W Also 5k1 resistors could be 0.5W in the next build supply transistors: 2N5551/2N5401 shifting transistors: BC237/337 drivers: NTE373/374 (or KSC2690/KSA1220, or TTC/TTA004, or MJE340/350) output: MJ21194/21193 L1: 3u3: 22 turns of wire 1mm (18 AWG), on 14mm AA battery All small caps ( <= 1uF) can be ceramic X7R Zeners can be 250mW =================== To mitigate the issue, guarding can (and should) be used: it would connect to Vee or Vcc of the opamp. The auxiliary inputs can be disabled, but in a non-intrusive manner. The exact method depends on the opamp type. Balance pins could be shorted with a cap (to avoid disturbing the DC), and this will eliminate most of the differential perturbations in an "agnostic" way: a LF411, LF356, LT1056, TLO71 can be treated in the same way. 10nF or 22nF LF356: + Vcc (pins 1 and 5) LT1056: + Vcc LF411: - Vee TLO71: - Vee (pins 1 and 5) TL081: - Vee (pins 1 and 5) ===================