From: zekfrivo@zekfrivolous.com   
      
   In article <4bf30c60$0$2406$822641b3@news.adtechcomputers.com>, David   
   Nebenzahl  wrote:   
   >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.   
      
      
   I'm sure it can be measured, thus detected.   
      
   greg   
      
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