I just re-read this thread and there is a quite a few statements that are wrong.

1) Not all DSP5000 will fail. Above S/N 305805, no worries. No evidence of 18bit having the issue either.

2) In all cases (15) the Resistor DID NOT FAIL. They are not cooking because the resistor is failing. They are cooking because there is too much wattage going through that resistor. That heat will shorten the life of the resistor, but more likely damage the nearby Capacitor(s) or the board.

3) I highly recommend NOT replacing Like for Like. You'll have the same heat problem if you do, even with higher wattage resistor, the heat will still be a problem.

Meridian's fix lowers the wattage through the resistor and uses a HUGE 4W resistor to dissipate that heat better over a much larger space. Not so much to prevent that resistor from failing itself but to make that resistor run cooler.

Also DSP5000 is no more prone to D1 or D2 failure than any other DSP speaker of that vintage.

- Fiddler (IMHO)

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