OT Audiophiles, was:[sdiy] Digital filtering (Oversampling and downsampling)

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There's a reason why hand-made is often said to be better than machine-made

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 5:22 PM, Graham Atkins<gatkins at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> Ingo,
>
> I've seen similar caps also having "hand soldered leads".......Again, why
> would that make them
> superior ? The only thing I can think of is that being "hand made" means
> they are watched at every
> stage of the process, but what percentage of machine produced caps fail ?.
>
> Graham
>
> On 5 Aug 2009, at 16:57, Ingo Debus wrote:
>
>>
>> Am 04.08.2009 um 19:26 schrieb Rainer Buchty:
>>
>>> I got the impression that the traditional audiophile (i.e. the one who
>>> was obsessed with amps and speakers, not those whackos who spray their
>>> machinery with C37 lacquer or buy "oxygen-free" copper wires woven by virgin
>>> elves during full moon before being "burned-in" in "direction of flow") long
>>> died out...
>>
>>
>> <http://uk.farnell.com/ampohm-wound-products/pf-xal-al-10-0-5-630/audio-capacitor-10uf-630v/dp/1636718>
>>
>> Someone has to buy that stuff, otherwise Farnell wouldn't sell it.
>>
>> Who in their right mind believes that capacitors are superior because they
>> are "hand wound"??
>>
>> Ingo
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