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Re: compromised by anything more than a simple resistor?

In my experience one single metal film resistor can make or break the sound of a preamp, speacially in the high impedance grid circuit.
IMS, any metal film resistor attenuator will sound much worse than my autoformer preamp. Metal film resistors bleach the midrange and suck the life out of music (in high impedance tube circuits and IMHO).

Riken carbon film sound tubey and very sweet, tantalum Rs sound slightly metallic but very transparent (all were tested as a series resistor in a series/shunt volume pot with a DACT 50 K as shunt element).

I have not tried Vishay or Caddock.
Anyway, my 2c worth, YMMV.


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  • Re: compromised by anything more than a simple resistor? - Carlos 02/23/0316:00:48 02/23/03 (0)


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