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In Reply to: RE: Need help with KT-88 that tests good but plays bad posted by Al Noakes on February 8, 2016 at 03:42:05:
If you do your own soldering, make certain to use a eutectic alloy. You will encounter far, far, fewer "cold" joints. The least "esoteric" eutectic alloy is 63/37 Sn/Pb.
BTW, don't even think of using near eutectic 60/40 Sn/Pb on PCBs. Where the solder is part of the wiring, as is the case with PCBs, the superior crystal structure obtained from eutectic solder is quite important. The somewhat lower melting temp. helps too.
Eli D.
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