That dreaded SMT sound

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Not really.
To us "celebrity Techs" , famous Customers are just that, "customers".
Let Fans live in their own, "larger than life" world.
We do talk about hardware and Mod tricks instead 😉
Or tools, cool new Lab Instruments, clever useful Software, that kind of stuff.
A much preferred subject: rant about how litle do Manufacturers pays to Service Techs on Warranty work. 😱

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Since then ive taken a closer look at the said melf resistors, stripped its shell and and noticed the inner tube is less diameter than the TH resistor of the same claimed rating. Coincidence? Ill let you experts decide
Where did you buy these MELFs? As with most parts I would shy away from cheap noname stuff. As the LIGO resistor test showed there are differences in resistors. The best performing MELFs in that test can be found from e.g. Mouser and Digikey.
 
Good morning, I think I start a thread "Those dreaded SMT haters". These guys literally know only negative things about SMT or they invent them themselves. Or they compare ultra cheap parts by unknown Chinese brands with A branded TH parts.

Anything is allowed against SMT as the premise is that these are all garbage. A religion really so facts are only a nuisance.
 
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Lol you do realize youre trying to twist my arm for writing a meger thread post, right? I never stated my finding as an absolute, didnt try to turn it into an article or something serious like that, and even said i wanted to revise the thread title at which request the mod first demanded an apology. You thought what i did was silly (and i admit it was), i find your overreaction just as laughable
 
Theyre from jlcpcb smt assembly line and of chinese brand. Since then Ive noticed jlcpcb mislabels their tht resistor ratings so im not surprised if the ones i bought are underrated.
Now you are changing the thread subject from resistor SOUND to resistor RATING.

Unless they explode in use and (measurably) change or stop sound, that is completely irrelevant.
 
As has already been stated several times in this thread there is no guarantee that resistors are the only difference between those preamps. So what exactly is the purpose of that A/B test?
For some people it would be another chance to go on about how ABX tests are all stupid and misleading and depending on the outcome that every participants' gear is bad and not resolving enough. For others it might be a step forward in figuring out what's going on by making an attempt to answer if there really is a subjective difference. Next step would be to compare measurements and see what we can learn from that.
 
a slightly related sidenote: I find SMD parts awesome! They make soldering boards much faster
PCB layouts are more compact as well.

You have to question the mentality of hobbists and Diy'ers who have contempt for smd resistors and yet they use products everyday that contain dozens if not hundreds of smd resistors, capacitors and IC's.

Think about how many smd resistors does an electrical signal pass through travelling from your keyboard to this forum via the internet.
 
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