Measuring impedance with multimeter


I am measuring a new full range speaker impedance that is advertised as 12 ohms and I am getting  a consistent reading of 4.2. 

I checked the multimeter on another bookshelf speaker advertised as 6 ohms nominal and I get exactly that.

I am using a multimeter at the speaker leads not connected to amp.

Why is this reading so low?
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Showing 4 responses by erik_squires

Of course it is not "the only answer" but I wanted to avoid endless hackery and half baked solutions propping up here.
DATS is pretty comprehensive, allowing the measurement of drivers, entire crossovers and every component thereof. 
It is inexpensive, USB driven and pretty accurate. Certainly accurate enough for Magico to use (but not of course alone).
You can measure speaker impedance using Room EQ Wizard and a home made harness.


https://www.roomeqwizard.com/help/help_en-GB/html/impedancemeasurement.html


I personally recommend DATS V2 as a complete, out of the box solution:

http://www.daytonaudio.com/index.php/dats-dayton-audio-test-system.html
Around $99 at Parts Express