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I would like to replace the 4amp fast blow fuses on the inputs of my loudspeakers with a high quality resistor such as the caddock. I know Wilson and others use this approach and claim better sonics as one of the benefits. Can a fellow tweaker tell me how to select a wattage and or value to accomplish this? I suppose a major concern will have to be signal attenuation.
I agree with Allen. My speakers don't have a fuse. Did I ever blow a driver? Yes but it was a woofer and I think age had a lot to do with it too. FWIW: I have never blown a tweeter. This includes the tweeters on my previous speakers DQ10's (I removed the fuse to the tweeter) and I drove them hard.
I agree that the best solution is no fuse, but the loudspeakers are 1980's Sequerra 2 plus 2W and each driver has been customized ( modified ). Sequerera is back in business, but doesn't offer anything like these. Most of the drivers are no longer available. I have blown the fuse before so prefer to stay with some form of safeguard.
good idea. I have a friend who still uses his DQ10's. If you remember way back, Sequerra made a replacement for the piezo super tweeter on the DQ10. It's peformance has become legendary. Well, my friend heard Sequerra was back in business and called to see if he would sell one of the supertweeters from his new speaker. Sure, replied Dick(?) Sequerra, it costs $3000!I don't blame you - take care of those drivers.
If you are going to replace the fuse why bother with a resistor? I personally would bypass the fuse and forget about the resistor. What kind of loudspeakers are these anyway? The resistance of the fuse is probably very small to begin with. If you add any additional resistance you will alter or change the character of the sound, lower amplifier damping, reduce output, hurt dynamics.
Alan Ersen
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