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From: mbedtom <tom@...>
A: <wordy response follows>

LH: Less wordy response, without repeating any of the fine technical stuff,
comes to similar conclusion:

I have just about quit using anything but the 1/4w 271-value 1% resistors
from Mouser. If you buy 10s of thousands like Paul does, you could justify
5% where that is good enough. But, I saw no reason to keep both kind. I do
admit that I started out with one of the small 5% assortment bags for less
than $10. I still get some mileage from those. But about 3 or 4 years ago,
anytime I needed a resistor, I just bought a bag of 200 1% 271-value from
Mouser. Why 200? Because that is the price break. Below that the price is
9 cents. Above 200 the price is 2 cents. So, that 200 bag is only $4. I
cheat when it is some really odd ball value close to what I already have and
buy just what I need and a few more. But after buying these common values
like this over time, I now rarely buy any resistors as I pretty much always
have what I need. I did need a single 1/2 watt resistor the other day. I
paralleled two 1/4 watts of twice the value. I think in non-tube synth
work, use of over 1/4 watt is rare.


Larry