Re: Need a speaker expert...

From: Stephen Cecil (scecil@npc.net)
Date: Fri May 11 2001 - 09:17:50 EDT


The real problem is the 4 ohm speaker will "see" roughly twice the power of the
8 ohm components (and the crossover was designed for an 8 ohm speaker - changing
the impedance changes the crossover point). Your relative sound levels between
the individual components will change, maybe for the better if you have
bass-weak speakers.

Steve
00 CC Sport+ 4.7L Auto 3.55 LSD

>That is not true. 4 ohm and 8 ohm speakers can be used together. As you said
>the overall ohm value of the speaker system would be in the neighborhood of
>6 ohms and most home amplifiers can safely drive a speaker system with that
>ohm value. The biggest problem you will end up with is with the crossover
>which was intended for the original driver.



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