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In Reply to: RE: SMD, 1/4 or 1/2 watt resistors - which are better posted by unclestu on August 18, 2014 at 12:57:55
Heck, I'm not soldering those bug size chips! My eyes and neck are the reason I gave up fixing old stereos. Sure I wasn't very good, or had any formal training, but I enjoyed toying around. And occasionally actually fixing one or two.
So basically these chips are nothing more than a fancy potentiometer shunt resistor. So what's the big deal? The signal can be sent through a better resistor. Like a Vishay or other metal film.
charles
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Are non inductive n of course eliminates a lot of lead length, comparatively. I like the nakedvishays but they are only slightly larger. Of course SMDs are cheap.
I've found regular resistors far better. I've replaced SMD's in many components and always helps a great deal. Its the first mod I do. The SMD guys push SMD as better, but in my experience its not close.
I used to use a lot of Vishays, but the ones they make nowadays just don't seem to sound as good. So I looked around for alternative and am very pleased with Neohm Ultra Precision Wirewound (UPW) series. They sound better than even old nude vishays imho. ymmv etc. I buy from RS Components, but they are made by TE Connectivity, which is not a small company..they are not cheap, maybe $10-20 a pop. Also they don't do a huge range of values. But great for critical resistors in dacs, feedback loops, and of course, attenuators.
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