Looking for some Watt/Puppy 5 Advice


Hello friends. First time posting, any advice is much appreciated.

I've picked up a set of Watt/Puppy 5's, running a Threshold T3 in to an Audio Research Ref110 and after considerable room tweaking I've arrived at really lovely place with the system.

At any rate, I do have a little tweeter distortion on one speaker and am reading about people replacing the driver resistors.

My main question is: Has anyone experienced a "buzzy" tweeter as a result of a failing driver resistor? Or are the resistors pretty much working if the driver is passing audio? To be honest, I've known quite a few low freq drivers to get farty but a distorted tweeter is new to me.
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Thanks for the responses fellas. I’m going to disassemble tomorrow and check for physical problems / looseness / failing surrounds whatever. An email to Wilson is likely in my future :)

And thanks for the insight on your findings with the bigger AR Ref series amps. I’ll be honest, I’m a pro audio guy and having spent a couple decades with my head between studio monitors, I’m having a hard time keeping gum in my mouth with this setup....it’s a more resolving and just so much more musical a playback rig than anything I’ve heard as is. I’m sure the tree continues upward from here but I’ve climbed quite a height at the moment and still trying to catch my breath. Which is, of course, absolutely outstanding. 

Thanks jperry, yeah I’ve done some quick troubleshooting to determine it’s the tweeter.