Wilson Audio MAXX resistors

Bj,

Did you read the entire thread? , I'd recommend starting with the first
post, please do, and then let us know your position on this subject.

And who is the Elk anyway ?

Good Listening

Peter

As an outside observer I find Peter's decorum admirable and he's been very respective of the Wilson product. He has noted an unusual application for a resistor in a speaker and clearly explained he opinion{hardly "chump" behavior}.Yes, there are many ways to skin a cat. There's no reason to aim an insult toward peter{Montana comment} for offering a well reasoned viewpoint.
Bjcab, in terms of "chump" do you have a mirror nearby?
Charles,

Good design approach or not, it's hard to argue with success. No one speaker or component is for everybody.

05-18-14: Bjbcab
Sorry but I have to laugh at some of you guys. Looks to me like the resistor plays a multifaceted role for the Wilson speaker. Read the last sentence in my post ["Additionally, these resistors can be used to tailor the output of the corresponding driver to overcome tonal balance issues that result from room acoustics."]. Also, there is a speaker review of the new Alexia where the reviewer found the speaker too laid back, I believe, and changed the resister (through Wilson I'd course).

That could be easily accomplished, without running the resistors near their limit and using them as fuses, simply by using resistors having the same resistance values but higher power ratings.

That's standard practice when incorporating a resistor (or any other circuit element that dissipates power) into a design. The maximum amount of power it is rated to dissipate (i.e., to be able to handle without getting too hot) is considerably "derated" relative to the maximum amount of power the design is expected to require it to handle.

Regards,
-- Al

First, my apologies to PBNaudio. I was fairly grumpy yesterday and was out of line with my comments towards you.
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So here is my question..... Why have this poor design as some suggest not in one speaker but in the whole line? Also, not just this years model but prior series as well.

I am not an engineer so I am not about to attempt to discuss technical issues but I really doubt Dave just got stupid or careless in this element of his speaker design. I am sure that it has everything to do with sound, flexibility, and technical issues related to the overall speaker design.