why low impedance speakers?


What do speaker designers gain by using a low load design other than forcing their owners to spend more on amplification?
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I have noticed that lower impedence speakers, while requiring more power, seem to also reflect the additional power in their presentation. They tend to be very poised and controled, and have explosive speed and agility. Higher impedence speakers seem to play a bit out of control by comparison, and don't have as good dynamics.

This is simply a pattern that I have noticed, and it could reflect the preferences of the designers of low vs high impedence speaker designers, OR, there might be some reason having to do with the electronics. I don't know.