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In Reply to: RE: Any interest in a 32 ohm speaker? posted by Duke on May 02, 2014 at 13:45:47
The S-30 surely likes a 16 ohm load. I recall Ralph saying that it'd put out 45 watts at 16 ohm.
-Rod
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"The S-30 surely likes a 16 ohm load."
Yes it does!
I've done four Rocky Mountain shows with the S-30 driving 16-ohm speakers, and imo three of those were my top three best-sounding rooms (the other time I had an ear infection and didn't know it, so the top end of my speakers was mis-calibrated - otherwise my 16-ohm/S-30 rooms would have swept my top four spots).
Last year we had a 16-ohm system in the room that had some serious output capability. On a pipe organ disc that someone brought, the low-end pressurization was enough to modulate voices. Another time we briefly cranked the volume on a Kodo drum disc, and the exhibitor two rooms down thought his subwoofer amp had gone into oscillation. Nope, just forty-five real watts!
And the S-30 offers a free lunch to the speaker designer... roughly 1/3 octave greater low-end extension than the same speaker driven by a solid state amp, assuming we take advantage of the S-30's lower damping factor.
I make a habit of designing with the S-30 in mind, as I think it's a real giant killer of a high-end amplifier. It will be in my room at RMAF again this October, surprise surprise.
Duke
Me being a dealer makes you leery?? It gets worse... I'm a manufacturer too.
using an S30 to drive a 12" PHY speaker. Lovely!!!!!!
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