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   David Nebenzahl to All   
   Re: B&W 801 series 2 crossover   
   18 May 10 14:59:43   
   
   From: nobody@but.us.chickens   
      
   On 5/18/2010 1:55 PM geoff spake thus:   
      
   > David Nebenzahl wrote:   
    >   
   >> On 5/17/2010 8:46 PM guy25 spake thus:   
   >>   
   >>> I talk to digikey on the phone but they do not carried 7W only 10W in   
   >>> stock. Don't you think it works? there also some on ebay but I'm not   
   >>> so sure about quality. Please give me your opinion. Thanks again,   
   >>> Jimmy   
   >>   
   >> 1. Yes, it will work. Power dissipation has nothing to do with it   
   >> "working" or not; it just indicates how much power you can run through   
   >> it without damaging it. A 10W resistor resists just like a 7W   
   >> resistor.   
   >> 2. Quality, schmality. It's a goddamn *resistor*, for chrissakes.   
   >> (Unless you're one of those audiophool suckers who falls for   
   >> gold-plated connectors, monster cables and such.) Makes no difference.   
   >   
   > Well actually it is likely to also be an inductor.  But probably   
   > insignificantly so.   
      
   So it makes no *detectable* difference. Glad we settled that.   
      
      
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