Resistors are metal thin-film (lowest thermal noise), and capaitors are polyethylene film, ceramic, or electrolytic depending on the capacity and the application. These are very high quality, high precision passives which are specced for use in measuring instruments. I do not have manufacturer's part info off the top of my head but could dig it up if you're really interested.
You can spot the polyethylene caps as they have a shiny fish-scale-like surface. There are used in the active filters among other places, and were found to yield marginally lower noise than than the traditional polystyrene through-hole parts used in high-end designs. This is probably mostly by virtue of them being smaller and surface-mounted. If you can believe that something as miniscule as the thermal energy in a resistor is a critical parameter in achieving Transporter's low noise levels, then it should be pretty obvious that lifting circuitry off the ground plane and hand-wiring around the chassis would be absolutely disastrous. -- seanadams ------------------------------------------------------------------------ seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29450 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
