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RE: Tantalum vs. Roederstein resista (MK) resistor

I liked the Roederstein's "back in the day" and still have several hundreds of them left over from various projects. I would describe them as slightly on the warm side of neutral. I would not call them "rolled off in the upper midrange" but they are not the last word in absolute best high frequency extension. I never considered them as "slightly grungy", at the time, but compared with the Vishay TX2575s (VARs), they are and so is everything else. Rick and I might be saying the same thing.

The TX2575s are the most neutral and transparent I've heard. My favorites. Just ordered a 100 of them for a project, but at about $9-11 a piece in bulk they could be a budget issue!

The Shinkoh tantalums are beautiful,slightly liquid with silky sounding highs, in a romantic, beguiling way. They are similar to, but a little less lush sounding, than the Riken carbons. I really like these but wouldn't use more than a very few in any circuit although you could probably get a way with a few more in SS design. They are problem solvers.



Edits: 03/09/15 03/09/15
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