In Reply to: How to raise the total resistance of a speaker posted by saki70 on November 27, 2014 at 08:59:01:
Saki,
"Is it possible to take a manufactured box speaker rated at 8 ohms and raise it to 10 , 12 , 14 or 16 ohms?"
My short answer is no. I don't know if you meant to restrict this to OTL amps, but I would answer your question a different way, and I think it is the other side of the coin of what Maxhifi said.
The Tanny Red is valued by tube guys, because it is 16ohms, which means it is three decibels more efficient, which means that your power requirement just got cut in half. Also the higher impedence load is easier for a vacuum tube to handle, so the two go together. People usually don't run SS into high imp. and they usually don't run tubes into low imp.
Jamie
Big speakers and little amps blew my mind!
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- RE: How to raise the total resistance of a speaker - Mr_Steady 03:50:20 11/28/14 (10)
- RE: How to raise the total resistance of a speaker - kyle 04:36:32 11/28/14 (9)
- RE: How to raise the total resistance of a speaker - Mr_Steady 05:20:41 11/28/14 (8)
- 3dB more efficient than what?... - Steve O 06:06:38 11/28/14 (7)
- RE: 3dB more efficient than what?... - Mr_Steady 07:04:02 11/28/14 (6)
- It's not a win/lose situation... - Steve O 08:11:33 11/28/14 (5)
- RE: It's not a win/lose situation... - Mr_Steady 10:23:54 11/28/14 (4)
- RE: It's not a win/lose situation... - kyle 19:02:42 11/28/14 (3)
- RE: It's not a win/lose situation... - Mr_Steady 03:04:04 11/29/14 (2)
- More Wattage - Inmate51 08:46:03 12/01/14 (1)
- But answering Mr Steady's question a little more directly... - Steve O 19:20:08 12/02/14 (0)