Resistor Sound Quality?

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The description of the sound of each cap is hilarious. Is this collection of nonsense really your trusted source of information?

More nonsense

But technology of the 21st century has brought us new measuring techniques and insights and there seems to be more to it. We can now measure things that were not possible a few years ago.

He then immediately quotes an article from 1985, these folks are so sloppy it's a joke.
 
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I inform you that the tittle of is thread is Resistor Sound Quality? and if you read the fist post you will find that I'm 100% in topic

That's not the issue that I'm raising.

Of course the existence or non-existence of influences due to component parts quality on audio gear sound quality is a valid issue.

The issue being discusssed is whether or not undending repetitions of obvious (to many) trolls such as "If you can't hear difference between resistors then skip Hifi." has a place.

Since this is your tag line, I can see why you want to deflect the discussion away from it.
 
The description of the sound of each cap is hilarious. Is this collection of nonsense really your trusted source of information?

Maybe not totally hilarious. I've done DBTs of resistors and capacitors, and while I have not been able to confirm extreme claims and even the hobby horses of some forum participants. I can confirm that issues that newbies can stumble over such as

parts tolerance
parts temperature coefficient
parts nonlinear distortion when defective or misapplied

can all be discerned in DBTs.

I also have to admit I find that the claims about audibility by people who put their hearts and shoulders into the questionable issues related to ppm (or less) component spurious effects cannot be confirmed by what I consider to be reasonable listening tests. Nevertheless, I have in the past benefited from their passion for the issue indirectly: I use their work for performance confirmation of gear (existing and new designs) with mainstream performance specifications.

Good engineering often supports overkilling the minimal requirement by an order of magnitude or more.
 
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I have new more in topic.... I hope you are happy now

I say ignore all those postings that presume the differences are only in your head.

I agree with you. The differences are not all in the head. There are sound quality differences among audio systems: Virtually every audio system sounds different because they are in different rooms, and even in the same room, there are audible differences as one walks around.

If one actually studies the matter, one finds that it is often quite difficult to reposition one's head after it has been moved, so that the sound quality is the same within the sensitivity of a DBT.

And that is why I started building good switchboxes over 30 years ago.
 
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