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Replacing metal oxide with Vishay/Dale metal film

I'm thinking of replacing the metal oxide resistors in my Primaluna prologue 1 with Vishay/Dale metal film resistors from Wellborne Labs.

Does anyone have positive results to report?

My only experience is with building and tweaking guitar amps (completely different beasts). I tried the Vishays in place of carbon film and found them to be smoother, quieter, darker, and clearer. I verified this by what I physically heard in the room and by making before and after recordings. Ultimately, they didn't work out because 100 watt Marshall amps seem to like more grunt and low fi grit :)

It's actually amazing how components react when you crank an amp up to 10. You can really hear the noise introduced by carbon comp.
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gnugear OP
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Luckily I've got some FREDs laying around from other projects, along with a HUGE stash of Vishays. I'll definitely replace all of them if they're an improvement. I'll most likely try out the Mundorfs as well, but at a later date since I don't have to pay for the resistors or FREDs.

I did some filter cap swapping in my guitar amps and prefered the JJs over F&Ts.
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