[Test-Equipment] Q and filters

[David]

From what I remember, the tradeoff is high Q versus higher order.  For a given
bandwidth the two can be traded off and the later will yield a lower Q per
section and cleaner phase response.

On Sun, 22 Jun 2014 08:34:46 -0700, you wrote:

>Hello Carl,
>
>~ Ive built several of his passive filters to get rid of high frequency
>hiss, they work great compared to noisy and distorted active filters.
>
>What I can't quite believe is that it's possible to build a narrow passband
>filter (high Q?) without ringing. Am I missing something here? 
>
>Cheers,
>
>Brian