In Reply to: Appreciate the info, but have pretty much entirely dismissed that page posted by David S. on May 11, 2017 at 14:48:57:
The 801 is a different speaker. The 802 has a minimum impedance of 3.4-ohms according the B&W spec sheet for the Matrix 802 Series 3.
However, it's pretty easy to measure impedance. I measured my Thiel CS3.7 and my measurement was identical to the impedance curve published by Stereophile.
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- RE: Appreciate the info, but have pretty much entirely dismissed that page - John Elison 15:20:45 05/11/17 (12)
- I'll buy that. But? Their spec sheet still contradicts their owner's manual... - David S. 07:38:25 05/12/17 (11)
- Sixth order Butterworth filter? - airtime 10:03:32 05/12/17 (8)
- You probably didn't notice... - kootenay 10:26:34 05/12/17 (7)
- Isn't that "4th order Bessel" w/o and "6th order Butterworth" w/(active) BAF? (nt) - Steve O 10:47:15 05/12/17 (6)
- Not according to the... - kootenay 11:20:33 05/12/17 (5)
- Spec inconsistencies... - Steve O 12:29:30 05/12/17 (4)
- You're absolutely correct - David S. 15:23:42 05/12/17 (3)
- Yes, given B&W's breadth and depth you should be safe in assuming all that... - Steve O 16:02:09 05/12/17 (2)
- AND, that's why I won't publish MY measurements... - David S. 08:57:28 05/14/17 (1)
- RE: AND, that's why I won't publish MY measurements... - airtime 07:24:27 05/15/17 (0)
- I know what you mean... - kootenay 09:58:26 05/12/17 (0)
- I think you're best bet is to measure your speaker's impedance... - John Elison 09:20:36 05/12/17 (0)