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Re: 8 ohms speaker on 4 ohms stereo [message #60734 is a reply to message #60733]

Tue, 01 September 2009 10:29

Wayne Parham
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That will work just fine. When an amplifier is rated 40W at 4Ω, that tells you that anything above 4Ω won't draw excessive current and that it will develop 40 watts with a 4Ω load. If its a solid state amp, I wouldn't go below 4Ω but 8Ω is just fine. It just won't develop quite as much power into an 8Ω load. If it's a tube amp, I might not go above 16Ω but if solid state, higher impedance loads won't hurt. It just won't be as loud with a higher impedance load.

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		8 ohms speaker on 4 ohms stereo By: Mortaric on Tue, 01 September 2009 09:53
		Re: 8 ohms speaker on 4 ohms stereo By: Wayne Parham on Tue, 01 September 2009 10:29
		Re: 8 ohms speaker on 4 ohms stereo By: Mortaric on Tue, 01 September 2009 21:46

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