Wery little dissipation on those, I personally would love to use the Takman capless melf. But that is not the scope of this project...
Are we now into trade secrets ? I do not know. Virtually everything is on line anyway.
what was a secret 10 years ago is now an open secret. The only limit is what to chose.
So many opinions and so little prove. The best sounding resistor is the Dale RN65E. The only resistor that simon7000 found that produces only 2nd harmonic. Why ? It is big in size ( distortion in resistors comes from energy transferred into heat, that is obvious, win the nobel price if you find out the correct mechanism, you have my blessing ), has a low tempco and low excess noise. It is a 0.5W milspec but it looks more like a 2 W, so it is huge, spoiling the layout. Other then that is use Yageos from Schuro or Reichelt. They are made by Vitrohm. Similar to old Röderstein or Beyschlag. When the circuit sounds poor with this resistors in position you have build a grandiose miss construction.
what was a secret 10 years ago is now an open secret. The only limit is what to chose.
So many opinions and so little prove. The best sounding resistor is the Dale RN65E. The only resistor that simon7000 found that produces only 2nd harmonic. Why ? It is big in size ( distortion in resistors comes from energy transferred into heat, that is obvious, win the nobel price if you find out the correct mechanism, you have my blessing ), has a low tempco and low excess noise. It is a 0.5W milspec but it looks more like a 2 W, so it is huge, spoiling the layout. Other then that is use Yageos from Schuro or Reichelt. They are made by Vitrohm. Similar to old Röderstein or Beyschlag. When the circuit sounds poor with this resistors in position you have build a grandiose miss construction.
Again I agree with Joachim
You just forgot to mention the Vishay's . Are my favorite beside the DALE of course 😉
Audiofanatic 🙂
You just forgot to mention the Vishay's . Are my favorite beside the DALE of course 😉
Audiofanatic 🙂
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Use those if you want more transparency and speed. Comes at a price though.
The soundstage in this is not that high compared to the RN65E. Yes, that is what i found. Some resistors give the illusion of more height.
The soundstage in this is not that high compared to the RN65E. Yes, that is what i found. Some resistors give the illusion of more height.
I have a big file with posts from you and I already knew your preference for RN65E but I never found where to buy those.
I will use Takmans but not MELF because I need the leads to complete p2p.
As bigger sound better, I will use 0.5w where 1w is not needed. 🙂
I will use Takmans but not MELF because I need the leads to complete p2p.
As bigger sound better, I will use 0.5w where 1w is not needed. 🙂
Yes, use bigger wattage ones or use several low wattage resistors in parallel for the same effect.
RN65E at Mouser. =.65€ a shot.
RN65E at Mouser. =.65€ a shot.
Looking at the pdf from Vishay/dale I see RN65E has the lower ppm but can not figure how to choose power rating.
Edit: mouser enables me to choose 🙂
Edit: mouser enables me to choose 🙂
Are RN65 non-magnetic?
I've read reports that those milspec Vishays (RN60/RN65) are non-magnetic.
I have some on order and will try them out.
For power ratings, a 1/8W milspec is usually equivalent to an 1/4W "normal" one.
If you're buying from Shuro you can try the non magnetic CMF55-143 (or something like that).
As for caps, has anyone tried Panasonic FR yet? They're supposed to be an improved version of FM.
I've read reports that those milspec Vishays (RN60/RN65) are non-magnetic.
I have some on order and will try them out.
For power ratings, a 1/8W milspec is usually equivalent to an 1/4W "normal" one.
If you're buying from Shuro you can try the non magnetic CMF55-143 (or something like that).
As for caps, has anyone tried Panasonic FR yet? They're supposed to be an improved version of FM.
For my RIAA preamp I did use 66-RC55LF... from IRC, a bit expensive (around 1 euro) but very nice. Anyway, as said earlier, larger is better, avoid carbon, use metal, metal film (if you are poor (like me)), metal bulk if you are rich.
Conclusion is that we make the PCB suitable for 1/2w resistors...then it can be cost and performace vise optimized to what people belive is cost beneficial
A lot of companies make RC type resistors. I tried Welwyn and they are good too.
Anyway, we make place for 1/2W resistors.
Anyway, we make place for 1/2W resistors.
Btw,
talking about non-magnetic.
Is it still fact for Gold plated PCB,
is there still a Ni layer between Cu and Au ?
If so, like in the old times, we'd rather not....
talking about non-magnetic.
Is it still fact for Gold plated PCB,
is there still a Ni layer between Cu and Au ?
If so, like in the old times, we'd rather not....
Ok, lets go red with tin plated copper. Wow, i feel like i am at the controls of a big ocean steamer.