On Wednesday 21 January 2004 15:57, J. Larry Hendry wrote:
> 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.
But wouldn't my synth module sound different if I would
replace all 5% resisters with 1% versions? I imagine the 5%
tolerance allows for more 'swing' in certain areas, but
this is electronics, and as usual, I don't know what I'm
talking about.
- Robert