Impedence Question

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I hope you guys can help me out with a basic electronics question. I recently put new drivers in a set of old speakers I have, when I asked the gentlemen who sold me the drivers if their average impedance was closer to 4 or 8 ohms, he told me closer to 4. The reason I asked was because my amp (Dared VP-20) has both 4 and 8 ohm taps. When I run the 8 ohm taps, I get maybe slightly more volume and the power supply seems to run warmer. 4 ohm taps, the amp stays a bit cooler but the sound is slightly quieter and maybe a little less punchy.

I think I have the heat thing figured out, the speakers a probably something like 6ish ohms overall, taxing the 8 ohm tap a bit and not really stressing the 4 ohm one. It's the sound level that has me perplexed, shouldn't the 4 ohm tap be the "louder" of the two?

And in the end, for playing at moderate to mildly loud volume levels, would you just end up going with the tap that sounds the best?

Thanks a bunch,
Noob

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Topic - Impedence Question - dkingston 14:03:22 06/09/11 (2)

RE: Impedence Question - Todd Krieger 19:45:19 06/28/11 (0)

RE: Impedence Question - pictureguy 00:47:04 06/12/11 (0)

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