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Originally Posted by P-hack
I don't see all those SMD's being particularly DIY though.
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Why?
Through-hole is done, it's over. Nice components with good characteristics are SMD only now.
If you buy a $5 syringe of soldering paste SMD soldering is pretty doable. 1206 and SOIC is trivial, 0805 and MSOP is doable. 0603 is not an option for DIY.