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Topic: 16 Ohm Speaker - 8 Ohm amplifier output |
Barry Yasika
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Bethlehem, Pa.
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Posted 10 May 2019 3:42 am |
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I use to hear that a lot of jazz players would wire two 8 ohm speakers in series, making them 16-Ohms. The theory was that with more resistance the speakers loaded down the amp output more which made the speakers harder to blow or overdrive. I never tried doing that, at the time I had no real interest, the reason I'm interested now is because I have a 16 Ohm speaker and an 8 Ohm amplifier output. I want to know if hooking the 8 Ohm amp output to a 16 Ohm speaker will have any unwanted effect on my amplifier. The amp is solid state.
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Bill A. Moore
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
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Posted 10 May 2019 6:53 am
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Probably lower output.
With SS amps, you need to be mindful of the minimum impedance. Higher impedance, (even open circuit), doesn't kill them like it would a tube amp. |
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Barry Yasika
From:
Bethlehem, Pa.
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Posted 10 May 2019 10:08 am Speaker Impedence
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Thanks, Bill. I was hoping something like that would be the worst case scenario. Makes sense the RMS power would drop with more resistance.
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