Where Can I Find Dale Resistors?

[wolram]

Can anyone give me a source for these resistors please?

 

[anorlunda]

Google is your friend. I just tried a search for Dale resistors and found several sources.

 

[berkeman]

Can anyone give me a source for these resistors please?

I just did a quick search at Digikey and at Mouser, and it looks like Dale is now part of Vishay. Maybe that was confusing your searches.

 

[wolram]

Thanks for the replies guys, I have been searching for a supply in England with no luck, other suppliers will not sell in small numbers.

 

[berkeman]

What's special about Dale? What are the specs you are trying to match?

 

[wolram]

What's special about Dale? What are the specs you are trying to match?

I am told that Dale resistors have low noise and are the best for guitar amplifiers, I am not sure that is right but I would rather err on the on recommendations.

 

[berkeman]

I am told that Dale resistors have low noise and are the best for guitar amplifiers, I am not sure that is right but I would rather err on the on recommendations.

Sounds like an Urban Legend to me. AFAIK, all resistors give you the 4kTRB type of noise:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson–Nyquist_noise

Unless the resistors have built-in bandwidth (B) limiting <something> like high parasitic capacitance, I don't know where that idea came from.

 

[Asymptotic]

I don't know where that idea came from.

It goes back to the time when carbon composition resistors reigned supreme. A wirewound Dale (with mostly thermal noise) is noticeably quieter than a carbon comp which also has plenty of contact noise, and shot noise.

Thinking back, my 70's era Bassman 50 was built using mostly carbon comp. I don't know when manufacturers began changing to metal film, but they are nearly as quiet as wire wound (and not nearly so inductive), and would have obviated the need.

 

[jim hardy]

Metal film assortments aren't outrageously expensive. Something like this might be a lifetime supply of everyday lower ohm values.
https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/yageo/RS201/RS201-ND/19989

for some background on resistor noise see http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1272283

 

[dlgoff]

I am told that Dale resistors have low noise and are the best for guitar amplifiers, I am not sure that is right but I would rather err on the on recommendations.

Regardless of the noise thing. If you only need a few selected resistances, I have a some I'd be willing to give you.

 

[wolram]

Thank you for the offer Digoff, but I have found a source and ordered my resistors