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Would McIntosh Auto Transformers affect speaker sound?

I have a question about McIntosh and its auto transformers. The auto transformers allow the wattage to be the same on all ohms. However, you have to pick which ohm to run on the amp to the speaker.

Since a speaker can be dynamic in ohms (dip between 8 ohms and 4 ohms typically), does this mean the McIntosh will not correctly match the dynamic range change? Would it cause the speaker not to give the same soundstage or holographic sound that a traditional amp would give? 

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Would it cause the speaker not to give the same soundstage or holographic sound that a traditional amp would give? 

 

yes it would a modern solid state amplifier  doesn't need an autoformer and the device and all of its wire gives you the warm sound of the mc but causes a loss of clarity

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ODDFIO YOU ARE WRONG

ALL THE WORLDS BEST SOLID STATE AMPLIFIERS ARE DIRECT COUPLED

GRYPHON, CH PRECISION, BOULDER, T+a, KRELL, DAGASTINO. PASS, CODA VITUS, ETC.

THE ONLY COMPANY IN THE WORLD THAT USES AN AUTOFORMER IS MACINTOSH YOU DONT DESIGN A SOLID STATE AMPLIFIER LIKE A TUBE AMPLIFIER

AS PER LOAD MATCHING WITH A BIG ENOUGH POWER SUPPLY YOU CAN POWER AN ARC WELDER AND PUT POER INO ANY LOAD

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