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Wilson Audio MAXX resistors

I am about to replace resistors on my MAXX-1 which is in use for the last 10 years. There is no information in the instruction manual and i have absolutely no idea which resistors are to be used for mid/hi freq.. Does anybody have any information on the effect and procedure for resistor replacement/selection.
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polk432
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Yes, resistors do wear. My midrange drivers did not work. I replaced the resistors, and they are like new.
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pbnaudio
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Polk,

If they do, they are seriously wrongly implemented in the crossover as far as power handling goes. In a properly designed crossover network the resistors should not heat up causing their value to change.

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Peter
polk432
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Peter, I was told by Ron Kinear of MusicSystems that they do. New ones fixed mine. As far as them being wrongly implemented, I'm not going to second guess Dave Wilson. I'm just happy that mine work like new.
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roxy54
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I'm not going to second guess Peter. He knows a thing or two about speaker and crossover design, and I have not heard of resistor burn out either.
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grannyring
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Peter is right. No way that should happen unless a poor design.
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