AN Niobium versus Tantalum resistors?

Where, knock on wood, the haters have yet to arrive. To speak, and share, without receiving undue abuse.

Even the word tantalum suggests one may reach for something but never grasp it.

If we combine Nobium and Tantalum, maybe we get straight to a product called Humerus?
(Which would be a great name for a tonearm.)

Is this supposed to be the modern rewriting of an odyssey, from the perspective of the audiophile?

Just not with a pen

combo of Takman Rey, Rex and Z foils

I too have found that a very pleasing blend can be made from a combination of these, and at a pretty reasonable cost..

Just not with a pen

ahh… a book on tape?

I recently tried the Audio Note Niobium 1W resistors in my preamp. I put them in the signal path inputs, in place of TX 2575 (naked Vishay Z-foils). I'm a fan of the Z-foils, but using too many is too much of a good thing. Over time, I noticed the result was a little lean and hard sounding on some recordings.

The Niobiums have better tone color, maybe just a tad more depth, and cured the problem. In terms of transparency/presence and low noise, they didn't give up much, if anything, to the Z-foils. It was a worthwhile trade-off. I still have Vishays on the outputs. They pair well together.

Lots of good information in this thread - THANKS!