I'm starting to believe 16 ohm speaker drivers are better! The system they are used in may be 8 ohms, or even 4 ohms, based on how many are in parallel. But the real key might not be the impedance at all, but instead the NUMBER OF TURNS IN THE GAP. Mutual impedance of turns cause the motor force per ampere (BL) to go up with turn density. As thinner wire is the only way to get a higher voice coil impedance of the same winding length, you can get more turns either next to each other, or in additional layers in the same gap width/height as well. I'm doing some real-world investigations on whether or not drivers from the same family (cone, suspension, magnet, frame) sound and measure differently based on turn density. Also, your amp gets to be lazy!
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