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<style>.e_editor{font:14px/24px Roboto,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,'Microsoft YaHei','b8bf53';}.e_editor div,e_editor p,e_editor td,e_editor th,e_editor li{font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;}.e_editor ul{margin:-10px 0 20px;}.e_editor li{padding:5px 0;}.e_table{width:96%;border-collapse:collapse;empty-cells:show;}.e_table th,.e_table td{padding:5px;border:2px solid #eee;}.e_img{padding:10px 0;text-align:center;}.e_p{line-height:20px;padding:0 0 20px;text-indent:0em;}</style> <div class="e_editor"> <div class="e_p"> For those who truly believe that carbon comp resistors improve the sound of your tube amp, here's your chance: </div> <div class="e_p"> Electronic Goldmine - Giant Deluxe Box of Resistors </div> <div class="e_p"> Note: I have bought parts from these people for years. I have no interest in the company other than as a valid parts supplier. I will be placing another order for their rotary encoders, but not for these resistors. I only use carbon comps for grid stoppers and I already have a few thousand! </div> <div class="e_p"> Some, but not all, carbon comp resistors exhibit a slightly nonlinear resistance / voltage characteristic, and therefore can impart a unique distortion signature.....hence the belief that they are magical. </div> <div class="e_p"> They are also non inductive and therefore good stoppers on G1 in a tube, and the gate in a mosfet. The use as a stopper does not impart any voltage drop across the resistor, therefore does not create measurable distortion. </div> <div class="e_p"> Most film resistors use a spiral cut in the film to trim the resistance value, and therefore are slightly inductive. This is usually not an issue except with low value resistors on mosfets, and high Gm tubes with good RF characteristics.....In these cases a stopper can actually MAKE a part oscillate. </div> </div>