[sdiy] Another new hard to find part....

[phillip m gallo]

You can get into SMD slowly.  Resistor/Caps can be fairly easy to hand
solder and do save space.  Mixed TH/SMD is still fairly common in
industry, as well.

regards,
p

 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
[mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of The Peasant
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 12:31 PM
To: jbv
Cc: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Another new hard to find part....



Quoting jbv <jbv.silences at club-internet.fr>:

> Is nostalgia of analog sound really necessary ? ...
> I've the feeling it's just nostalgia for the pleasure of it... 
> Nostalgia of the thrill and difficulty to find parts & schemos in the 
> 70's, when today everything is only
> a
> mouseclick away on the net... and 5 to 10 times cheaper...

Well, for me, thru-hole or point-to-point analogue electronics have
always been 
my hobby, not digital or SMD. It's not nostalgia, it's what I LIKE TO
DO. I 
have all the tools and equipment that I need that I have slowly gathered
up 
over the years at minimal cost. I would much prefer that all parts stay 
available forever, I get no thrill from trying to source a rare or
obsolete 
part.

For digital or surface mount work I would have to almost start over
again, new 
test gear and totally new construction tools/techniques and parts. And I
don't 
enjoy writing code, I'd rather be building something that I can actually
see 
and feel.

So for me, it's a matter of longstanding preference. I do try and adapt
to new 
techniques like SMD and digital stuff as well, but as a grumpy old fart,
I 
still prefer tubes and discrete parts.

Take care,
Doug
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