4 ohm 8 ohm


Hello,

I have a ASL aq1003-dt that is running a pair of 4 ohm JM Reynaud twins (mk2). I had someone suggest the other day that I hook the speakers up at 8 ohms (I have 4, 6, and 8 ohm outputs on my amp) instead of the speaker rating of 4 ohms. Why would I do this? I was commenting on how I wasn't getting enough sound of the speakers and was considering upgrading when this was suggested. What do you guys think? -Todd
todd_olson

Showing 1 response by jeffreybehr

Eldartford is correct; driving the speakers from any tap will damage neither the amp nor the speakers. The voltage delivered to the speakers (and the sound-output level) will increase with each step up the impedance taps, but the amp still won't deliver more than the same amount of power.

So you'll get more volume up to a point, which seems to be what you want, but listen carefully--the system will sound different from each tap.
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