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In Reply to: 16 ohms is the key to getting all amps to sound smoother and more detailed posted by Ralph on August 3, 2016 at 09:20:21:
Aren't speakers voltage driven? Speaker manufacturers quote the voltage sensitivity, not the power sensitivity. While the power of a transistor amp into 16 Ohm will drop, its voltage swing will not.
A 16 Ohm speaker will have 3dB less voltage sensitivity though vs an 8 Ohm one.
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- RE: 16 ohms is the key to getting all amps to sound smoother and more detailed - Sunya 09:39:29 08/03/16 (2)
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- Sentivity is 2.83V/1 meter; efficiency is 1 watt/1 meter. - Ralph 13:22:21 08/03/16 (0)