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[woodelf]

William Donzelli wrote:

>>One, carbon composition vs. film resistors. It's not
>>unreasonable, it turns out, to be able to hear the difference
>>between them (in early stages). Voltage rating. Carbon Comps
>>(CC) handle HV (600 VDC) well, films not so well. Likely near
>>max V all sorts of microvolt-level wierdness begins in the
>>film jobs, plus micro-arc-overs, leakage paths, etc.
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>Seem to me that these are just crummy, underrated film types.
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I like kiwame carbon film resistors myself. At $1.10 each they seem to 
be better
quality than the 2 cent resistors.  1000 volt DV rating - 2 watts