Kiwame (Japanese) carbon films

Guitar Adjuster · Post by **Guitar Adjuster** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:37 pm

Anyone tried these in a build? I hear they sound like old CC but without the drift and noise.....

novosibir · Post by **novosibir** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 3:13 am

Tell us more! Any weblink?

Larry

white room · Post by **white room** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:14 am

Looks interesting.

http://tinyurl.com/yswbck

Guitar Adjuster · Post by **Guitar Adjuster** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:00 am

That's why I was asking

I was reading on the Amp Garage and one builder says they sound awsome. They are $1.00 each here in the US at DIY Electronics but I may contact Nic @ Ceritone and see if he can get some since he is close to were they are made. I was looking for a higher quality CF resistor something closer to Allen Bradleys but without the drift and high price. I came up with Ohmlite "Little Devels", these, are there any others?

paulster · Post by **paulster** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 1:55 pm

I've been pondering those recently too. No 1M in the 2W varieties though, which seems a major omission for guitar amp builders. The 5W ones will make for a tight fit in the PI!

Post by **VelvetGeorge** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 2:09 pm

I haven't tried them myself. But I do like the little devils (CC) and the little rebels (CF) from Ohmite. Great parts.

george

NY Chief · Post by **NY Chief** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 2:35 pm

VelvetGeorge wrote:I haven't tried them myself. But I do like the little devils (CC) and the little rebels (CF) from Ohmite. Great parts.

george

Hey, George. From Ohmits site....

Commercial Film Resistors
Little Rebel

Post by **VelvetGeorge** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:24 pm

Geez! Isn't that just typical? I swear, we should stop admitting that we like anything. As soon as we do it's no longer available.

Are we supposed to start stockpiling Ohmite resistors and Sprague Atom caps now?

Why bother, in a year or two Vishay will own every electronics brand name worth owning. They are the Clear Channel of the electronic world.

VG

jhullin · Post by **jhullin** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 6:16 pm

I used kiwames in my 18 watt build. The amp sounds fantastic and very quiet! I bought them through Parts ConneXion. Has anyone tried the ohmite liitle demons? They are cc and still available.

sam · Post by **sam** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:49 am

...and Kiwames looks good too

/sam

Wicksy · Post by **Wicksy** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:36 am

Hmm, this has got me interested. I have found a place in the UK that sells them. Expensive relative to US prices but domestic shipping rather than across the Atlantic should even that out.

paulster · Post by **paulster** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:01 am

Wicksy wrote:Hmm, this has got me interested. I have found a place in the UK that sells them. Expensive relative to US prices but domestic shipping rather than across the Atlantic should even that out.

I'm guessing that's HiFi Collective.

I just placed an order this morning to try them in my Valve Junior since I was about to put a replacement PTP board in it anyway.

I figured it's a cheap way to see what the fuss is about. There's so little in the VJ that anything changed makes a difference so it's a good little test-bed before blowing out on buying enough for a 100 watter.

novosibir · Post by **novosibir** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:00 am

sam wrote:...and Kiwames looks good too

But the green resistors on your attached foto aren't CC's - they are metal oxide's.

Larry

paulster · Post by **paulster** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:17 am

novosibir wrote:But the green resistors on your attached foto aren't CC's - they are metal oxide's.

That's exactly what I thought - the 5W ones look identical to the Welwyn WMO5S series, except in green.

They claim, however, that they are carbon film with cored silicon:
http://www.triode.co.jp/Resis_list_e.htm

Guitar Adjuster · Post by **Guitar Adjuster** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:45 am

novosibir wrote:
sam wrote:...and Kiwames looks good too
But the green resistors on your attached foto aren't CC's - they are metal oxide's.

Larry

Larry,

They look like Metal oxide but they are actually CF, and quite high quality. It seems all the HIFI tube builders are using them. I think I might order a few to try out. The 2w version handles 1000V and the 5w handles 1200v, I did notice they have a German distributor........

http://www.absolute-sounds.de/extremephono/