3 ohm resistors (4x) upgrade

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Offline greg788

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on: October 09, 2022, 04:19:51 PM
Is it worth upgrading the four 3-ohm 2 watt resistors feeding power to the 6V6 plates? If so, should I go with wirewound, carbon film, metal film, etc.?



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Reply #1 on: October 09, 2022, 04:43:36 PM
Those resistors drop the heater voltage down to about 6V from the higher voltage winding on the power transformer.  They are 100% completely out of the audio signal path, so upgrading them would be purely for cosmetic purposes.

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