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Re: Question on impedance tabs vs. loudspeaker impedance

Posted by jwitzsch (A) on September 16, 2004 at 07:09:42

In Reply to: Re: Question on impedance tabs vs. loudspeaker impedance posted by Victor Khomenko on September 16, 2004 at 06:34:36:

Thanks for your answer!

Currently, I do drive my Magnepan 1.6 QR off the 2 ohm tab, simply because Maggies are said to need current rather than voltage - and that's what I learned in this forum, that a 2 ohm tab for a 4 ohm loudspeaker can deliver more current (let's just skip the "naming-discussion" for a second...)
Now, with the possible buy of a ZERO autoformer ahead, I am confronted with this subject anew: I could let any "tab" of the output transformer "see" any load, that the ZEROs are capable of "producing". I think, with my Magnepan I could go from 4 to 16 ohm "visible load" and connect these loads to any of the three output tabs. Just consider the possible combinations - I'd get crazy in testing them all out.
So I was trying to find out beforehand, if there are some sort of rules about matching those two different "impedance values" (again, skip the naming-error...).
Maybe, this explanation will help you to give me some more advice?

Joerg

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