Yeah, I know the 'smart' guys put it in there for a reason, but I just have to know 'why'. I'm not one that just accepts things from the most popular or educated people if I cannot clearly see the logic behind it. That's why I'm here asking questions. For all I know the resistor salesman made them an offer they could not refuse on some big honkin 50 waters for the price of 1/4 watt resistors.
If there was a lot of power being dissipated on the 0.7 ohm resistor, then there should be some heat generated, but it never feels to be anything except room temperature even when playing the speakers loudly for a long period of time. That was why I wanted to experiment with a smaller, say 10 watt resistor to check for any rise in temperature when music was being played loud. I do not want to make any changes to the speakers that would be detrimental to them in any way, but I am into careful experimentation.
Larry D.