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

[Scott Gravenhorst]

SMD is a pain to stripboard, something I do a lot of because everything I
do is one-off.  Thru hole on prefab stripboard is a cakewalk.

<philgallo at attglobal.net> wrote:
>
>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
>______________________
>The Electronic Peasant
>
>www.electronicpeasant.com
>

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