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How do I get the "most" out of a speakers that are rated for 12 ohms?

Greetings!

I have a pair of Zu Omen speakers that are rated at 4-300 watts, 97 dB-SPL 1W, 1m efficiency, impedance is 12 ohms.

My amplifier is rated at 125 wpc @ 8 ohms, 200 watt's @ 4 ohms. What would be the output at 12 ohms?

Based on the fact that these speakers are 12 ohms, does that mean that the amplifier is putting out less than 125 wpc?

I purchased and installed snubbers at the speakers to increase the load, but I dont see a significant difference.

Thanks for your responses in advance,

Rene
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whoopycat
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Your amp is probably putting out about 100 watts into the Omens, which is plenty.

I am not surprised you did not hear a difference with the snubbers installed.  Omens are not that picky about amps.  The purpose of the snubbers are to flatten the impedance curve of the speakers and reduce the impedance the amp sees.

A couple scenarios where the snubbers are useful: 
1. Speakers are heavily damped and the amp has a high damping factor and bass response and impact is suffering.  Typically you might see this with the 16 ohm Zu models.
2. You're using a low powered amp that likes a flatter impedance load.

As far as getting the most out of them, if you enjoy the combo of your amp and the Omens, I'd play around more with toe-in, floor gap height, etc.
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