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Title: Best source for Vishay Dale 1 percent metal film?
Post by: Downhome Upstate on July 15, 2014, 06:46:50 AM

And, assuming these are the gold standard for stepped attenuators, which series is optimum, in your experience?

Title: Re: Best source for Vishay Dale 1 percent metal film?
Post by: mcandmar on July 15, 2014, 07:11:39 AM

Not sure about Gold standard but i've always used them in the Signal path, and for my attenuators.  Some people swear by PRP Metal Film or Tantalum resistors.

I usually source mine from Mouser, RN55 or RN60 series.

Title: Re: Best source for Vishay Dale 1 percent metal film?
Post by: Grainger49 on July 15, 2014, 07:13:40 AM

Digi-Key has them and offer a first class mail delivery option.  That beats $17 for a box with next to nothing in it.

Title: Re: Best source for Vishay Dale 1 percent metal film?
Post by: Downhome Upstate on July 15, 2014, 04:35:25 PM

Thanks, guys. Well, it turns out that Mouser is the place, after all.  (I have gotten in the habit of buying from Digi-Key, but they had some pretty steep minimum order requirements for the values they offer.)  Anyway, I just completed an order to populate a GlassWare A3 hybrid series/ladder stepper for an Aikido linestage. The resistors were 10 cents each. Got a few extra of each for the parts bin. First class mail was available to a home address, but not to my office. Even so, priority mail for $6.99 wasn't all that bad.