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DIY Phono Loading Plugs Question

Are Radio Shack Resistors  appropriate for making loading plugs?  I've been running my cart  at 47k ohms with good results. However, for the fun of it last night,  I tried my 470 ohm plugs and the sound seemed to have more focus. It took the brightness out of Supertramp "Breakfast In America". which is what I was hoping for. Playing other records I noticed a pleasant sound. Don't know if it was better. But don't think it was worse either. That's when I found the Zyx recommended load of >1000. So I am going to make a plug with these resistors. They are 1/2 watt 5% tolerance. What say you? Get better resistors?
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boxer12
8,656 posts
 
Give it a try, but order better ones to hear the potential. FWIW, "Kiwame" sounds great & is my resistor of choice. 
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millercarbon
12,531 posts
 
If you bother to compare it will take all of like three seconds to realize what crap cheap resistors are doing to your music. All that measures is not all that matters. My first crossover was built with Radio Shack parts. When it sounded like absolute crap I called the designer who had given me the schematic to complain it sounds nowhere near as good as I heard in his shop. Second question he asked was what parts did I use? There's so many different choices, I haven't tried them all, but for sure the ones I have tried the more you spend the better they sound. Ten resistors for a buck from Radio Shack, and you really do get what you paid for, and it ain't much.
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artemus_5 OP
1,940 posts
 
@millercarbon, I pretty much knew the answer when I asked the question. But I had to ask just to make sure.
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