ml>> linear is much harder to manufacture...

 JB> I can't think why that would be so, and that's is not
 JB> reflected in the pricing i've seen. they have been the same
 JB> price as log pots wherever I've looked. (try R2225 vs R2233 at
 JB> www.altronics.com)

things must have gotten easier to manufacture in the last 12+ years...
maybe they've been able to achieve finer and more uniform carbon particles
in much the same way that hard drive media can hold more and more data...

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