[sdiy] Resistor types

[M.A. Koot]

I'm sorry, it was obviously not a very smart question.
I was only wondering what others may think of it. My apologies again, I
might have asked too quickly. I'll try to look deeper into it.

- Michiel
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "R. D. Davis" <rdd at rddavis.org>
To: "M.A. Koot" <makoot at gmx.net>
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 10:18 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Resistor types


> Quothe M.A. Koot, from writings of Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 08:13:28PM +0200:
> > This might be a bit nit-picking, but I'm quite curious what resistor
> > type I should select when building VCO's or actually any kind of
> > synth-modules.  I've heard several stories metal film should be
> > better in tolerance and less noisy, but others claim carbon
>
> Sensible electronic circuit design involves understanding how
> components and circuits work, not deciding which "story" to believe.
> It's one thing to take a walk through the woods and allow your mind to
> believe that some of the berms alingside a path are faerie mounds and
> that the wee folk are watching, and quite another to allow yourself to
> imagine that a bus bar carrying a lethal amount of current can be
> something for people to play fantasy games of "touch the shiny object
> and pretend your dead" with.
>
> There's a reason that various electronic devices have certain ratings
> and characteristics, etc.  Learn to understand those and things will
> make much more sense to you.
>
> > resistors are better and warmer, and honestly it's quite
> > confusing. Does it actually matter what type you can select best for
> > this purpose?
>
> Yes.  Of course, if you still don't believe me, I've got a large
> quantity of very special "audiophile synthesis grade" resistors,
> unlike any that can be found elsewhere, and even some very rare
> "audiophile synthesis grade" power (mains) cords, which I'll gladly
> sell to you for a reasonably outrageous price, which are guaranteed to
> improve your synth's sound to whatever degree your imagination can
> imagine.
>
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