Draloric .1% resistors

[Ken Pachkowsky]

I bought 1100 of these in about 30 values from partsconnexion.com. Can anyone share personal experience using these in active crossover's or any other audio circuits etc? I hope they perform well? What is the sound characteristics of these? Any info or opinions would be appreciated.

I used some RN60 Dale 1% (brown ones) in my Westlake Crossover last week and hated the harshness of them in the upper freq.

Ken

[anatech]

Hi Ken,
Never had a problem with the Dale RN60's. Try the others, it may be the circuit.

-Chris

[Panelhead]

Most people who fault those brown bodied beauties comment on them being too warm.
I think they are very neutral. A softer option is a carbon comp.

George

[Ken Pachkowsky]

Originally posted by Panelhead
Most people who fault those brown bodied beauties comment on them being too warm.
I think they are very neutral. A softer option is a carbon comp.

George

Interesting, having had 2 of you say that makes me scratch the head for sure. I had only replaced about 5% of the resistors on the filter board when I stopped and tested. Both boards left and right were identical.

Perhaps the combination of the two types of resistors (original TAW 1% metal films and the Dale 1% metal films) mixed together created a bad sounding filter?

I find the above hard to accept but I was not imagining the poor high frequency results combined with a decrease in imaging and depth of sound stage.

One thing that would make this much easier would be a schematic so I could figure out what resistors are doing what but they won't supply a schematic. This crossover retails for well over 10,000.00 and schematics are not handed out.

As stated, you have me scratching my head.

Thanks