Can you increase the efficiency of vintage speakers?


Hello to all...

I have a pair of JBL L25 Prima speakers which have an efficiency of 73 - and I am wondering if I could increase the efficiency of them by rewiring them: I am now powering them with a Parasound HCA-750a ( high current 75w/c/8ohms) power amp, using the pots on the back of the amp...

I'm assuming that rewiring them would change their sound abit as well: has anyone ever experimented with this approach? 


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Showing 1 response by erik_squires

You can sometimes improve the efficiency of a multi way speaker system but only if you use multi amplifiers and remove any padding.  For instance, tweeters are often padded down about 3 dB or more to match mids.  To do this they use resistors which generate heat from the lost signal.

Remove the resistors, use a line level volume control, and voila, no more wasted heat.

The other way to improve output is to use boundary reinforcement.  That is, push the speakers as close to as many walls as you can.