I’m not saying the 7136 is bad. It’s been attempted here a bit over the years. I think there’s been some struggle with it’s “soft start” feature as can be read about here: [retired] [WIP] 20mm single sided & 17mm double-sided ?-amp linear driver - surprisingly good!
What I’d really like to see is us come up with a good mid-power buck-boost similar to the Lume1 but at a lower cost and perhaps a bit more simplicity. Pipe dream, perhaps, but a guy can dream…