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General Category => Technical topics => Topic started by: 4krow on April 16, 2015, 03:27:40 PM

Title: Resistors, What say you?
Post by: 4krow on April 16, 2015, 03:27:40 PM: Carbon composite, metal film, metal foil, wire wound, kryptonite, etc. In the signal path what would you choose?
Title: Re: Resistors, What say you?
Post by: Paully on April 16, 2015, 03:59:59 PM: You know, in the builds Grainger and I did we always chose carbon film. Now that I think about it I am not exactly sure why...
Title: Re: Resistors, What say you?
Post by: Paul Birkeland on April 16, 2015, 05:58:52 PM: Quote from: 4krow on April 16, 2015, 03:27:40 PM
Carbon composite, metal film, metal foil, wire wound, kryptonite, etc. In the signal path what would you choose?
You choose what you need for the particular application. "In the signal path" isn't specific enough.
Title: Re: Resistors, What say you?
Post by: Grainger49 on April 17, 2015, 05:22:03 AM: PJ on resistors, old forum:

http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/m.mpl?forum=bottlehead&n=119635
Title: Re: Resistors, What say you?
Post by: porcupunctis on April 18, 2015, 05:38:16 PM: "Resistance is useless", just ask Arthur Dent.
Title: Re: Resistors, What say you?
Post by: Grainger49 on April 19, 2015, 01:06:14 AM: Forgive me, a grammar correction here, "Resistance is futile." the Borg.
Title: Re: Resistors, What say you?
Post by: Deluk on April 19, 2015, 11:35:16 AM: "Resistance is fertile" (G20 March placard, London 2009) Perhaps it's the only way to make progress.
Title: Re: Resistors, What say you?
Post by: fullheadofnothing on April 19, 2015, 02:02:35 PM: Deciding that someone should quote a different quote than the one they want to is not a grammar issue.