On 08/14/2014 05:06 PM, David Riley wrote:
But yes, my favorite aspect of carbon composition
resistors is
what happens to them when you try to dissipate too much power
through them. It's quite impressive. Beyond that, they're just
big, noisy and expensive.
I recently was offered to taste a cup of gourmet coffee. I sniffed it
and immediately, the odor of burning comp resistor pinged on my
olfactory radar.
I suspect that much of the gourmet coffee business shares a lot with
gourmet audio.
--Chuck