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What's Going On [message #51186] Tue, 19 June 2007 12:31 Go to next message
Beltway Bandit is currently offline  Beltway Bandit
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So I'm looking at the curves for the Alpha 10 and the Vifa tweeter in the 2pi Studio and Note that the Aplha 10 has an 8 ohm impedance and the tweeter has a 4 ohm nominal. I'm confused as to why there is a difference in impedances. What is happening electrically and why? Does this somehow induce a taper in the upper frequencies?

Re: What's Going On [message #51188 is a reply to message #51186] Tue, 19 June 2007 15:09 Go to previous message
Wayne Parham is currently offline  Wayne Parham
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That's right. System impedance will drop gradually from 8Ω to 4Ω above 1kHz. It also has some slight peaks in the bottom octave due to system resonance. All in all, the two π speaker has a benign impedance curve and is a very easy load for an amplifier to drive.


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