Re: Vishay vt52-55 resistors in a tube amp

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In Reply to: Vishay vt52-55 resistors in a tube amp posted by jarthel on April 28, 2007 at 01:53:51:

Back in the '70s, when Vishay made only ultra-precision resistors and had not yet bought other component vendors, they issued an interesting application note. They used a Sound Technology THD meter to measure linearity of their resistors, compared with other types, and got spectacularly low distortion. They found this to be a good QA method, specifically to look for bad lead welds that increased the distortion dramatically. This question of interface between lead wires and resistor element can be critical to resistor linearity.

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Topic - Vishay vt52-55 resistors in a tube amp - jarthel 01:53:51 04/28/07 (5)

Re: Vishay vt52-55 resistors in a tube amp - Goneill 17:41:33 04/28/07 (0)

Re: Vishay vt52-55 resistors in a tube amp - TimFox 06:20:25 04/28/07 (0)

Nothing better! If you can afford them... (nt) - Allen Wright 04:27:10 04/28/07 (2)

Or find them, for that matter (nt) - arend-jan 05:08:55 04/28/07 (1)

pcx sells them. not cheap of course :) (nt) - jarthel 16:37:20 04/29/07 (0)

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Re: Vishay vt52-55 resistors in a tube amp - TimFox 06:20:25 04/28/07 (0)

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