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In Reply to: Ohms? posted by vanillaice_378@hotmail.com on April 1, 2007 at 20:34:46:
If your amplifier is rated 8-ohms or higher it may draw too much current & overheat with resultant damage to the output circut when attempting to drive a lessor 4-ohm load. BTW, the reason such specs are listed is to enable user selection of compatable components.
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I talked to some tech guy and he said my receiver will work fine with the 4 ohms Control 1 but I don't know if that's true info. My receiver is 100 per channel at 8 ohms and .09 harmonic distortion.
15 ohm amp to 8 ohm speakers?
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It is the same way.
A SS amp will not care if the load is higher,it just won't deliver as much power to the speakers.Vacuum amps are more fussy about matching loads,that's why they have multiple taps on the OPT.
I was answering his question "What happens if you go the other way". 8ohm amp / 4ohm speakers vs. 15ohm amp / 8ohm speakers. It is not the "other way". The speaker load is lower than the amp rating in both cases.
Sorry,I misread it,since he said "what if you go the other way",I assumed he meant using a 15 ohm speaker with an 8 ohm amp.My Bad.
Or is it possible to bypass it without problems since I use to have a Alesis Point 7 monitors and I used them for 5 months at least and it didn't have any problems.
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