> The discussion really wasn't meant as a criticism or anything: just an
> observation (or a question) about the difference in sound between SMT
> and thru-hole components. If thru-holes components have differences
> between themselves, then surely thru-hole vs SMT will sound different.
OK, everybody, I've been gritting my teeth up until now, but
PLEASE STOP. Statements like this have ABSOLUTELY NO FOUNDATION
and in fact, can cause a 'snowball' effect like, "Gee, MOTM sounded so great,
then Paul switched to SMT and now...pffttt!" or "Well, I ∗was∗ going to buy
MOTM but now I heard they are SMT and don't sound as good." and then everyone
wonders "what happened" when I go the way of Oakley :(
Also, does anyone ∗really think∗ I would have a MOTM-440 SMT version that didn't
sound ∗EXACTLY∗ the same as a thru-hole one? Come on......
What everyone has to realize this that "just idle speculation" turns into
"absolute fact"
on the freakin' Internet. So, unless you have a EE degree, ∗DON''T SPECULATE∗.
Crap, next I'll hear about changing wire color effects VCF resonance or some BS.
Paul S.
I told you I was having a bad day