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Honest quesion on damping factor

Hi Steve,

Does the resistance of the LS cable fall on the amp or speaker side? In other words do you add the few 10ths of an ohm to the high impedance of the speaker or to the very low (in the case of SS amps) impedance of the amp?

It seems in the former it would make no difference whatsoever but in the latter it could drastically reduce the effective damping factor.

Of course whether that (damping factor) is significant is another subject. I personally don't worry about it with SE amps and horn speakers.

Cheers


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