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Sean, I appreciate your backing me up on Zobels. In terms of my description of John Dunlavy, I want to state that I DO think he is an electrical genius! I just don't think he (or anybody for that matter) is an ABSOLUTE electrical genius. Is there anybody on this planet that knows everything?

It has been my experience that many highly respected designers of ultra high end loudspeakers, amplification and digital can miss something in their overall design execution, which although may be just minor oversights, are oversights none the less.

When we are talking about very expensive products such as $25k+ speakers, $10k+ amplifiers , or $5k+ digital that can be easily improved with inexpensive modifications, I feel that my "dropping the ball" description is very appropriate. A product at these price points should not be easy to improve with minor, inexpensive modifications.

I completely agree with the above post now that we understand where each other is coming from. For what some of these products cost, there should be NO cost cutting or "oversights" at all. Then again, MOST of the profit on these items is NOT made by the manufacturer but by the dealer. If things were slightly reversed, we would see better products and dealers that were more motivated to work with you. Sean
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I tried the zobels and in my opinion they worked very well.
first of all clarity and detail are extremely noticeable. before the zobel there was a slight smearing in the treble and the midrange that is virtualy gone now. also i was suprised how much better the bass got very tight and musical. We did one speaker at a time so we could AB there was no doubt the zobeled one was better. One thing to keep in mind if you want to try this. The parts cost very little about $30.00 and if they don't work for you you can just remove them. Once again thank's for all your input!

Out of curiosity, what wattage rating were used on the resistors for the various units ? Did you "zobel" all of the drivers, just the mids or woofers, etc ??? Sean
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Hi Sean,

Stan Warren said 3 Watts for the woofers, and 1-2 for the tweeters....

Lou