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Re: [motm] Re: Same old questions...

2004-01-21 by Robert van der Kamp

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

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