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6 ohm speakers on 8 ohm receiver
I have an older 10 watt receiver that receives distant stations quite well.
Would like to hook it up to some decent 6 ohm speakers I have but the back of set says 8 ohms. Any problems on this low a power or suggestions? Thanks, BCinBC |
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6 ohm speakers on 8 ohm receiver
On 2006-08-31, B Crawford wrote:
I have an older 10 watt receiver that receives distant stations quite well. Would like to hook it up to some decent 6 ohm speakers I have but the back of set says 8 ohms. Any problems on this low a power or suggestions? probably OK if you don't use full volume, or maybe stick some 5 watt 2.2 ohm resistors in series with the speakers. -- Bye. Jasen |
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6 ohm speakers on 8 ohm receiver
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:36:12 GMT, "B Crawford"
wrote: I have an older 10 watt receiver that receives distant stations quite well. Would like to hook it up to some decent 6 ohm speakers I have but the back of set says 8 ohms. Any problems on this low a power or suggestions? Thanks, BCinBC Decent six ohm speakers PLURAL? Two equal impedances run in parallel will yield half the impedance of each or 3 ohms (worse than 6). In series twice the impedance or 12 ohms (better from a loading standpoint) How do you arrive at six ohms? If you measured the DC "resistance" - and got 6 ohms it may well be an 8 ohm speaker "impedance". Impedance is what matters and is the combination of resistance and inductance measured at some test frequency. If you have a speaker that is marked 6 ohms . . . it would probably be OK on an 8 ohm amplifier. Not guaranteed OK - but probably OK. One 6 ohm speaker, or two in series (NOT parallel) If it is old enough to have vacuum tubes on the output go for it. Old enough for germanium transistors on the output - less a sure thing. Silicon bipolar - a pretty good bet. But a schematic of the output stage and power supply voltages would yield a more informed response. If you are sweating it, get a 2 ohm, 5 watt, resistor and wire it in series with one lead of the speaker. You'll lose some volume - maybe. Don't use two such resistor speaker combinations in parallel. Just one, or run two six ohm speakers in series with no resistors - that should be perfectly OK. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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