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Top resistors

Many threads with opinions on boutique coupling capacitors, but very little consolidated information on the sonics of resistors. Anyone care to share their thoughts on the attributes of their favorite brands & types for specific tube and SS applications? How much of a difference does a good resistor make?

My interest in the topic increased after recently installing the latest Texas Components nude Vishay TX2575 in several SS and tube phono & LS components. This was a proverbial "Ah-ha" moment-- a stray resistor dropped into signal path here or there, surprising with an improvement that equalled or surpassed the impact of a switch to a top coupling cap like V-Cap or Mundorf.
dgarretson
trelja
3,223 posts
 
Reb1208, thanks for your impressions!

What were your thoughts on the PRP?
reb1208
518 posts
 
PRP- Incoherent, unrefined, opaque with an emphasis on frequencies in the upper mids > lower treble.
magfan
1,583 posts
 
I've been waiting since this thread was revived for someone to suggest Abbie Hoffman as 'top resistor'.
trelja
3,223 posts
 
Reb1208, thanks very much for the follow up. My hat's off to you for the diligence you've put into the evaluation!
johnss
569 posts
 
I have used the Vishay bulk foil for years, in both tube and SS gear. They add no character of their own to the sound. If a user installs them and finds them bright, all the Vishays are doing is letting through the sonics of that circuitry or device. Using carbons is a band-aid for a different problem. You have never heard LP playback unless you have listened to a phono stage all done with vishays. see link below. best.

http://www.vishaypg.com/docs/49997/49997.pdf
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