Caddock film resistors or similar needed

Think Ive asked this before. Id really like to change the resistors on my x-over for something a wee bit more 'upmarket' than the standard white coffins. WHAudio sell them but does anyone know of other suppliers or a similar quality resistor??

 

What size do you need T-Bone, I have an account with Caddock
I stock about 20 sizes only though. MP930's 1% T0220 pacakges

 

Sorry I can't help but the cross overs in my IPL S3tlm ribbons is the next thing I'd like to upgrade

I currently use one of those MOX10 resistors from Audiocom in the Ribbon section, it seemed to be much better than those white coffin types, I'm thinking about the high wattage caddocks too if they will be better than the MOX10's

Any recommendations for nice capacitors in cross overs? the ones I have now are all 5uf red jacket polypropylenes supplied with the speakers

 

Thanks WM, could they be used with a heatsink for a higher ratings?

Regarding caps, Ive ordered some Mundorf Supreme's (couldnt quite bring myself too buy the Silver PIO's!). Audyn MKP plus are suppose to be decent, it depends on your budget I suppose.

 

Im sure TNT audio did a article on caps for crossovers, I'll see if I can hunt it down.

 

They are suitable for upto 30w without a sink, 50w with a heatsink.
Specs
The M caps supremes are very good, The Silvers are a fair bit better
These are good too. Nice caps
For bypass tuff one, I only use V-caps (not cheap LOL!!!)
What size resistors do you meed T-bone, as I'm not around at Xmas. Wm

 

Cheers guys,
Those Caddocks look ideal, the tolerances are good for a high powered resistor, non inductive too, how much are these Tone?
If they are half as good sonically as Caddocks lower wattage resistors then they are certainly worth a try

I've read some varied reviews regarding the Auricaps, I presume you'd bypass these with the V-caps?
I only tried Auricaps once as decoupling caps but I guess they would sound better in speakers with more voltage going through them

 

Leo,

The are £6.50 each for the MP930's
I actually use V-caps for ALL work and Bypass with V-caps too simply nothing better I've tried, in fact a chap today just picked up some amps, it had a few in
The very top spec Caddocks are streets ahead of the vishay 102's, But rather sodding expensive!!!!

 

Borbely seems to prefer vishay to caddocks. Havent tried caddocks myself.

 

Good for Borbely

 

Thanks Tone,
£6.50 each is not bad for a good power resistor, I thought they would be more than that and I'd only need two
The top spec Caddocks are expenisive, they are even gold legged but theres certain places that a resistor has so much effect on the sound it makes sense to go for the best if you can afford it
I never liked the Vishay 102, they sounded too washed out for me, its crazy that people say they can't hear a difference between resistor brands

I've not read a single bad report on V-caps, they always come out on top when compared against others
The 0.1ufs are not cheap and the 1uf's and over are bloody scary
I'm going to have to get some pennys saved and try some out, I've tried the Multicap RTX etc but it seems the V-caps blow them all away

 

Have you tried both WM? In which ways do the caddock sound better?

Leo - what exactly do you mean by washed out, you mean the sound is "monochrome" / colourless?

 

Leo,

Depends on circuit implimentations, the 134 is stunningly good, but so is the price tag, to build my dac cost £700 in just resistors alone The 102's sound like a washboard solo in comparision
The V's are stunning, nothing comes close. Worth the cash IMO
I have around 50 in stock so If you wish to try some just mail me Leo

 

I just looked at v-cap.com - and I thought my BGs were expensive!! Wow those had better be worth it.

 

I don't like overly bright sounds but the Vishay made things sound almost dead, its hard to explain but it was like the vocals sounded flat, instruments had no clarity
The Caddock TF020 was much better to my ears, the MK132 are also good and fairly cheap, The ones Tony like would be seriously good and are one of the most expensive resistors I have seen

 

Yes but look at the specs, no BG cap would come close to a well specced Teflon
The downsides are price,size and capacitance values

 

BG's IMO are pretty tame and SLOW

 

Thanks - how expensive are the top caddocks? I am trying out BG and vishay in my headamp - replacing nichicon and welwyn. I fear using caddock and vcaps would double the price! How much do you think changing caps and resistors can affect the overall sound quality - 5%, 50% or somewhere inbetween in your experience? Also I am considering going active - what crossovers are you using?

 

They also add a lot of colouration which people seem to like, some liked the BG N's better than the RTX's but I found the RTX's to be a lot more accurate and closer to the recording
I guess BG's are ok to tame any nastys in a system

I'll mail you regarding the Caddocks

 

If you use BG N types as coupling did you know even though they are non polar they do sound different depending which way around you fit them because of the internal foil?
Try having them so the signal goes in the lead at the side marked NONE POLAR and then compare against the other side