On Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at 10:45:59 AM UTC-4, wrote:


What failure mode are you proposing?

Pick one:

a) Overheating.
b) Corrosion at the solder/crimp joints. Nichrome does not solder well.
c) Mechanical damage or/due to poor connections. Those materials introduce a 'technique' issue that inevitably leads to failures.
d) Excessive variability between speakers. Resistors are a manufactured item that can be used without much thought. Each piece of nichrome would have to be measured and cut - by someone. And then, not mixed up one-to-another as they would be difficult to label individually.

These speakers did undertake a sea voyage from Denmark to wherever, so damp salty air would be a passing thought as well.

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA