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RE: Series connection of drivers in hi-fi speakers?

Well... a couple things come to mind.

If there are two mids in an MTM design, for example, and they are super sensitive, then you surely could put two 4 ohm mids in series for an 8 ohm load. Not all drivers are 8 ohm despite that being the most common.

8 ohm is still the vast majority, with a lot of 4 ohm designs being two 8 ohm drivers in parallel. 16 ohm is not that common but it's around. 12 ohm is rare but exists as well, as 12 in parallel is 6 ohm.

It's not a problem to have drivers in series.

So long as the acoustic output of the speaker is good (meets design criterion) then series connections are valid.

Now... define "good"! ;)

Cheers,
Presto


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