18 Jun
2009
18 Jun
'09
3:31 p.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
Actually, it seems as if NEW caps are just as bad if not worse.
Chinese capacitor disease seems to be a pandemic.
One of the few remaining local parts retailers just switched resistor brands
after many years. The new ones are visibly crap
(but apparently they 'sound cleaner' to the audioph**les who are some
significant portion of his market).
Just one retailer, or is this is the next step towards death of 'conventional'
home-brew electronics and repairs? With the market for wire-lead components
having been so reduced by SMD, what market remains is filled by low-quality
manufacturers.