SOIC to DIP adapter: does it make sense?

I bought these on ebay to convert a soic ad797 to dip for a phono stage but the more I look at it the less sense it makes.
These things are double sided to convert soic8 or sop8 to dip.
Am l missing something?
Can someone recommend me adapters that would work?
 

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Thanks! I thought I was going nuts!
I emailed the seller just for kicks, these are going to the garbage. Returning to china cannot be done obviously. They seem to be selling a sht-ton of these, if ebay stats are believable, which I don't think they are. I don't know what is happening here!
 
I don't know if Brown Dog Adapters makes these, but they are worth checking out. I have used their other adapters with good success. Come to think of it, I did use Brown Dog for AD797 and was pleased. I will admit that I had Brown Dog do the mount. That stuff is too small for a giant.
 
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I bought these on ebay to convert a soic ad797 to dip for a phono stage but the more I look at it the less sense it makes.
These things are double sided to convert soic8 or sop8 to dip.
Am l missing something?
These are 2 x single amp to dual amp adapters. They are correct for that application.

Presumably you need a single (SMD) to single (DIP) adapter? What opamp are you replacing?
 
I bought these on ebay to convert a soic ad797 to dip for a phono stage but the more I look at it the less sense it makes.
These things are double sided to convert soic8 or sop8 to dip.
Am l missing something?
Can someone recommend me adapters that would work?
Makes sense if you think of it as being an adapter to convert two single opamps in SOIC footprint to a dual opamp in DIP foorptint.
 
Such adapters are useful only for prototyping work. So I would suggest using them that way and then switch over to a proper PCB for the real thing.
I agree! I understand the PS caps positioning should be as close as possible to the chip and having an adapter puts them further away than I would like. Unfortunately, I am working with Sachu's riaa MC pcb. I don't quite understand why this was not designed to accommodate a soic chip directly but this is a discussion for another day.