RE: Question about speaker impedance

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In Reply to: RE: Question about speaker impedance posted by vanmeterannie on June 18, 2020 at 07:01:57:

Measuring with an Ohm-meter across the speaker terminals will give you the DC resistance of the voice coil. The total impedance is slightly higher, since it also has a reactive component. Around 6,5 Ohms DC for an 8 Ohm speaker would be typical. For a 16 Ohm speaker around 12 Ohms.

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