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Speakers - 6 ohm vs. 8 ohm?
- 01-28-2006
January 28, 2006, 3:42 am

I've ordered a plasma screen and noticed that the specs for the
external stereo speakers are 8 watts @ 6 ohm.
I don't intend to connect it up to a home theatre system, just attach
a couple of reasonable quality bookself speakers, which are 8 ohm.
What if any problems will this cause at normal listening levels?

Re: Speakers - 6 ohm vs. 8 ohm?
I've ordered a plasma screen and noticed that the specs for the
external stereo speakers are 8 watts @ 6 ohm.
I don't intend to connect it up to a home theatre system, just attach
a couple of reasonable quality bookself speakers, which are 8 ohm.
What if any problems will this cause at normal listening levels?
****** None!!!!!!
Brian Goldsmith.

Re: Speakers - 6 ohm vs. 8 ohm?
There is clearly a mismatch in the impedance but whether it is
signficant enough to be noticable or not is unlikely, depends on the
circuit. It would be more significant if it were 4 ohms, where with
some amps I've noticed a different in output and output transistors
running slightly warmer.
wrote:


Re: Speakers - 6 ohm vs. 8 ohm?

No it's not. Firstly 6 ohms is the minimum recommended load, so 8 ohm is
just fine. (4 ohm may not be)
Secondly the speaker impedance figure is just a *nominal* measurement which
may, or may not, be the minimum impedance of the speaker. The maximum may be
ten times as much, or more, depending on frequency.
MrT.
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