Fuses

@MC, when you selected the Path resistors had you made any comparisons with the likes of Duelund or Mundorf?  I have tried some different ones and settled on Powertron by Vishay. Rated at 3W or 30W when mounted on a small heatsink. Clean, detailed and very dynamic but have not compared them to the 3 mentioned above.  It seems even experienced DIYers seldom bother with resistors which I find surprising.

https://www.hificollective.co.uk/catalog/powertron-resistors.html

The Powertron may also be causing an upper midrange glare. I have little time at the moment to experiment further not to mention the mess changing caps makes to a carefully constructed XO. 

Albert Einstein formulated the " cosmological constant "
and yet today we know that not only is it expanding but
it is also expanding at a faster rate rather than slowing down ,
something that defies physics as we know it !

So when one asks for help or an opinion about our hobby 
it is disappointing that the discussions seem to expand into 
back and forth childish behavior .

You either hear a difference or you don't period !
Say so and move on .

@lemonhaze 
Glad to help.

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• Use the drop down next to the Audiogon logo in the upper left corner
• You will see Forum, Blue Book, Virtual Systems, and Merch
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I am more of a Tesla guy.
Modern Astronomy.... Let’s not even go there :)
But yes, people that think all Fuses are the same, shouldn't insult others that have found that not to be the case.
Commander Locke: Damnit, Morpheus, not everyone believes what you believe.
Morpheus: My beliefs don’t require them to.
Matrix.

lemonhaze-

@MC, when you selected the Path resistors had you made any comparisons with the likes of Duelund or Mundorf? I have tried some different ones and settled on Powertron by Vishay. Rated at 3W or 30W when mounted on a small heatsink. Clean, detailed and very dynamic but have not compared them to the 3 mentioned above. It seems even experienced DIYers seldom bother with resistors which I find surprising. 

I looked at those but no direct comparison experience. My crossover components were selected the same as all my other components: search around and sift through reviews and user comments for the best values.    

I learned from experience a very long time ago the difference these things make. So I was kind of surprised when some people told me resistors and inductors aren't so important. For some reason virtually all audiophiles fixate on caps. Kind of like they fixate on tubes. So it was pretty easy for me to disregard anyone like that and give just as much attention to resistors and inductors as caps. 

While I went off reviews and didn't compare myself, just the other day a local audiobud Brandon doing a similar XO upgrade on his Tekton Pendragon XL did. He heard a huge difference between the standard coil inductor and foil. Just like I thought there would be based on reading.   

So yeah it is kind of surprising experienced audiophiles don't see the value. Then again considering the way some of them think about fuses maybe not so surprising after all. Oh well. This is how we get to have systems they can only dream of.