Posted by Al Sekela on January 16, 2003 at 07:43:14:
In Reply to: Overkill? posted by Lew on January 16, 2003 at 06:59:25:
Lew,
Just as a guess on my part, the issue is not the total power capacity of the resistors, but rather the ability to sound good. Resistors change value with temperature, and a large array of high capacity power resistors will not heat up as much during a music transient as a more compact array of lesser capacity devices.
-Al