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<blockquote data-quote="MiniVanMan" data-source="post: 2916490" data-attributes="member: 573252"><p>I did. You obviously didn't read the link I posted. And I didn't say it was necessarily better. It definitely can be though.</p><p></p><p>To sum up, in order to decrease the impedance of a coil you need to reduce the length of the wire in the coil. From 8 ohms to 4 ohms you would have to decrease the length of the wire by half. This is also directly related to sensitivity. The shorter the wire, the less the impedance, and the less the sensitivity of the driver. Cut the length in half, you decrease sensitivity by 3 db. That equates to a half the output.</p><p></p><p>So, with a 3 db loss of sensitivity and double the power, you have the same output as half the power and a 3 db gain in sensitivity. So, there's really no difference between an 8 ohm and 4 ohm when it comes to output from the same amp. In fact 8 ohms can be beneficial, as no amp can actually double it's power with half the impedance. That's 100% efficiency. Just doesn't happen.</p><p></p><p>That's the short and quick of it.</p><p></p><p>To the OP, the Mach Audio MLI65s are quickly becoming the front runners in their price range. Zaph, of <a href="http://www.zaphaudio.com" target="_blank">http://www.zaphaudio.com</a> thinks very highly of them. The Dayton's were very good for the money, but they can't compete with the Mach.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MiniVanMan, post: 2916490, member: 573252"] I did. You obviously didn't read the link I posted. And I didn't say it was necessarily better. It definitely can be though. To sum up, in order to decrease the impedance of a coil you need to reduce the length of the wire in the coil. From 8 ohms to 4 ohms you would have to decrease the length of the wire by half. This is also directly related to sensitivity. The shorter the wire, the less the impedance, and the less the sensitivity of the driver. Cut the length in half, you decrease sensitivity by 3 db. That equates to a half the output. So, with a 3 db loss of sensitivity and double the power, you have the same output as half the power and a 3 db gain in sensitivity. So, there's really no difference between an 8 ohm and 4 ohm when it comes to output from the same amp. In fact 8 ohms can be beneficial, as no amp can actually double it's power with half the impedance. That's 100% efficiency. Just doesn't happen. That's the short and quick of it. To the OP, the Mach Audio MLI65s are quickly becoming the front runners in their price range. Zaph, of [URL="http://www.zaphaudio.com"]http://www.zaphaudio.com[/URL] thinks very highly of them. The Dayton's were very good for the money, but they can't compete with the Mach. [/QUOTE]
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