{"product_id":"nb-audio-audio-grade-wire-wound-resistors-2-tolerance","title":"NB Audio - Audio Grade Wire Wound Resistors - 2% Tolerance","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eResistors are the least glamorous component in the crossover, and the one people are most willing to buy badly. There's a thriving trade in \"audio grade\" resistors sold at ten times the price of an identical part, on the promise of a warmth and openness that no measurement has ever found.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eHere's the reality: a resistor's job is to drop a known amount of voltage, predictably, without changing value when it gets hot. That's it. What actually matters is that the value is accurate, the power rating is honest, and the part doesn't add inductance where you don't want it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy non-inductive winding matters\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA wire wound resistor is exactly what it sounds like, resistance wire wound around a ceramic former. Wind it as a simple coil and you've built a small inductor by accident, which starts lifting impedance in the top octaves. Our winding reverses direction partway through so the magnetic fields largely cancel, leaving residual inductance low enough to ignore across the audio band.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThat's the difference that counts in a tweeter L-pad or a series notch, where you want a flat resistance from 20Hz to 20kHz and nothing else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere they belong\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTweeter and midrange attenuation (L-pads), impedance-flattening Zobel networks, series notch filters, baffle step circuits, and amplifier dummy loads. Anywhere the resistor sits in the signal path and you need the value to be the value.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eValues are available from \u003cstrong\u003e0.56 Ohm up to 100 Ohm\u003c\/strong\u003e, covering everything from fine-tuning tweeter circuits through to midrange and woofer networks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePower Rating: \u003cstrong\u003e10w\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA note on power ratings:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10W is the rating with airflow, not buried in wadding. Mount them clear of the crossover board with a little breathing room and derate to about half in a sealed cabinet. In a tweeter L-pad on a domestic system you'll never trouble them; in a series woofer position on a hard-driven build, do the maths first.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NB Audio","offers":[{"title":"0.56Ω","offer_id":54250228646161,"sku":"NBA-AGWR-2-0.56","price":4.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1.0Ω","offer_id":54250228678929,"sku":"NBA-AGWR-2-1.0","price":4.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1.8Ω","offer_id":54097596580113,"sku":"NBA-AGWR-2-1.8","price":4.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2.0Ω","offer_id":54097596612881,"sku":"NBA-AGWR-2-2.0","price":4.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2.4Ω","offer_id":54097596645649,"sku":"NBA-AGWR-2-2.4","price":4.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3.0Ω","offer_id":54097596678417,"sku":"NBA-AGWR-2-3.0","price":4.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3.3Ω","offer_id":54097596711185,"sku":"NBA-AGWR-2-3.3","price":4.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3.9Ω","offer_id":54097596743953,"sku":"NBA-AGWR-2-3.9","price":4.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4.3Ω","offer_id":54097596776721,"sku":"NBA-AGWR-2-4.3","price":4.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4.7Ω","offer_id":54097596809489,"sku":"NBA-AGWR-2-4.7","price":4.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5.6Ω","offer_id":54097596842257,"sku":"NBA-AGWR-2-5.6","price":4.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6.2Ω","offer_id":54097596875025,"sku":"NBA-AGWR-2-6.2","price":4.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6.8Ω","offer_id":54097596973329,"sku":"NBA-AGWR-2-6.8","price":4.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"7.5Ω","offer_id":54097597006097,"sku":"NBA-AGWR-2-7.5","price":4.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"8.2Ω","offer_id":54097597038865,"sku":"NBA-AGWR-2-8.2","price":4.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10Ω","offer_id":54097597071633,"sku":"NBA-AGWR-2-10","price":4.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12Ω","offer_id":54097597104401,"sku":"NBA-AGWR-2-12","price":4.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"15Ω","offer_id":54097597137169,"sku":"NBA-AGWR-2-15","price":4.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"18Ω","offer_id":54097597169937,"sku":"NBA-AGWR-2-18","price":4.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"22Ω","offer_id":54097597202705,"sku":"NBA-AGWR-2-22","price":4.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"27Ω","offer_id":54097597235473,"sku":"NBA-AGWR-2-27","price":4.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"33Ω","offer_id":54097597268241,"sku":"NBA-AGWR-2-33","price":4.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"39Ω","offer_id":54097597301009,"sku":"NBA-AGWR-2-39","price":4.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"47Ω","offer_id":54097597333777,"sku":"NBA-AGWR-2-47","price":4.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"56Ω","offer_id":54097597366545,"sku":"NBA-AGWR-2-56","price":4.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"62Ω","offer_id":54097597399313,"sku":"NBA-AGWR-2-62","price":4.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"68Ω","offer_id":54097597432081,"sku":"NBA-AGWR-2-68","price":4.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"75Ω","offer_id":54097597464849,"sku":"NBA-AGWR-2-75","price":4.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"82Ω","offer_id":54097597497617,"sku":"NBA-AGWR-2-82","price":4.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100Ω","offer_id":54097597530385,"sku":"NBA-AGWR-2-100","price":4.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0795\/7115\/7265\/files\/NB_Audio_-_Wirewound_Resistor_3.png?v=1786953875","url":"https:\/\/nbaudio.com.au\/products\/nb-audio-audio-grade-wire-wound-resistors-2-tolerance","provider":"NB Audio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}