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Interesting Audioman, maybe I need to run in my PathAudio resistors some more. I was not so pleased with their sound compared to Duelund CAST resistors, but I doubt that I had anything close to 100 hours before I removed them. My main complaints about the PathAudio were a recessed distant perspective and subdued dynamics relative to the CAST. I will break them in further and try them again.

The CAST resistors are excellent in my opinion. The regular Duelunds, on the other hand, have some fairly serious colorations that make them only suitable for specific applications where the colorations are complementary. Regular Duelunds are excessively warm in the lower mids and are rolled off in the highs. But they do have very good detail and dynamics. The CAST resistors are much more neutral.

I agree with you with the Cast resistors they are excellent. Email Hifi collective in the UK. 100 hrs min for runin and recommend using the ground to the Loudspeaker terminal as a RF screen.
The Path Audio resistors and Duelund resistors are both excellent
The both sound different in a given circuit. Duelund tolerance are 5% and
Path Audio a1% which will be a bit better in driver accuracy to a very
Small point.

this is from Path Audio ,and I confirmed this from other dealers in Europe send from Path engineer below.
Yes, Duelund resistors are good. In my opinion and our customers, PathAudio resistors have some advantages:
- dynamics
- smoothness
- more „body”
- better micro details
- much better resolution in high frequencies
- much better bass when it’s parallel (with capacitor) to woofer
- neutral in midrange

If you have find it better in 5 hours… then there are a lot of new experiences to go :)
You hear probably also the new soldering now. I think 2 weeks from the begining will give you about 75% of the overall performance. The total smoothness will appear in about 1-2 months, depending on the intensity of playing hours.

I need to supplement or correct my earlier post about PathAudio resistors. After a very lengthy breakin period (I wasn't keeping track but I have been using them for a couple of months), the PathAudios do sound really good. The issues I had with a recessed midrange and dark highs have faded away to insignificance. For my tastes they sound better than the Duelunds.

Salectric,

How do the PathAudio resistors sonics differ from the Duelund?

I find the Duelunds a bit bright on hasher recording, but sound sublime on well recorded.

I don't have external crossovers, so swapping is a bit of a PITA to try.

Specifically are they more neutral? (just worried they might sound detailed but too laid back or distant sounding.

Any more specifics on how is the mid bass and low bass, is it as reported above more solid and body in comparison.

I'm rather very happy with Duelunds now, except for the few recording which sound a tad sharper, could well be the silver end leads of the Duelund, but like the very lively and exceptionally clear sound.

Thanks