Disastrous but profitable. seanadams;158224 Wrote: > 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.
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