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   David Nebenzahl to All   
   Re: B&W 801 series 2 crossover   
   18 May 10 15:01:21   
   
   From: nobody@but.us.chickens   
      
   On 5/18/2010 2:02 PM geoff spake thus:   
      
   > Dick Pierce wrote:   
   >   
   >> Just buy the damned 10 watt resistors and be done   
   >> with it.   
   >   
   > If it's anything like my KEF Reference speakers (and it should be) , it is   
   > not JUST a 10W resistor.   
   > It is likely to be of a specifically selected value from within the normal   
   > tolerance band, to enable the speaker to comply to it's specifications. KEF   
   > tested and matched up Rs Cs and drivers  into bins to make sets that gave   
   > the correct crossover frequencies and attenuations.   
   >   
   > I'd be inclined to test the actual value of it's buddy in the adjacent   
   > speaker, and match the resistance to within 1% or so.   
      
   Do you really think even a 10% deviation from stated value would make   
   any real difference in the sound, practically speaking?   
      
      
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