Kiwame

hawkfeather · 26th January 2006, 11:25 PM

If Kiwame is rated the best sounding resistors by some people, does that mean only as emitter resistors, or amp-wide? I noticed that they only go as low as 2.2 Ohm at the suppliers sites that I saw them available. I sthat a good value for an emitter resistor?

testlab · 28th January 2006, 02:56 AM

Emitter resistors are usually <1 ohm for outputs.

anatech · 28th January 2006, 03:12 AM

Hi hawkfeather,
Testlab is right about the values. Some Stassis amps use 1 ohm, and that's high for the average amp..

The most common values range 0.22, 0.33 and 0.47 ohms. The odd amplifier may use 0.1 ohm or nothing (gasp

). Using a low inductance part is very important. Too low a value and you may have trouble with current sharing or bias instability (read boom).

-Chris

analog_sa · 28th January 2006, 03:28 AM

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26th January 2006, 11:25 PM	#1
hawkfeather diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: PA	Kiwame If Kiwame is rated the best sounding resistors by some people, does that mean only as emitter resistors, or amp-wide? I noticed that they only go as low as 2.2 Ohm at the suppliers sites that I saw them available. I sthat a good value for an emitter resistor? __________________ Is it not better to burn out, than to fade away?

28th January 2006, 02:56 AM	#2
testlab diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Grand Rapids MI	Emitter resistors are usually <1 ohm for outputs. __________________ It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you lay the blame.

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28th January 2006, 03:12 AM	#3
anatech diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Georgetown, On	Hi hawkfeather, Testlab is right about the values. Some Stassis amps use 1 ohm, and that's high for the average amp.. The most common values range 0.22, 0.33 and 0.47 ohms. The odd amplifier may use 0.1 ohm or nothing (gasp ). Using a low inductance part is very important. Too low a value and you may have trouble with current sharing or bias instability (read boom). -Chris

28th January 2006, 03:28 AM	#4
analog_sa diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Sofia	Excessively coloured IME