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Message: <blockquote data-quote="envengineer" data-source="post: 2945339" data-attributes="member: 571710">Not to fuel the fire in this debate, but often you do not need an 8 ohm driver to be 3db more sensitive in order to achieve the same output as a 4 ohm driver.  This is because many (most?) amplifiers produce greater than 50% of their rated 4 ohm power at 8 ohms.  (I'm not making an driver argument, rather an amplifier argument)An example just to clarify my point:  Take an amp rated at 200w @ 4 ohm, hook it up to an 8 ohm load,  it may very well make 140w rather than 100.You can see this in many amplifier ratings when comparing the 2 ohm and 4 ohm rating.  Again using a 200w @ 4 ohm rating,  often the 2 ohm rating is around 300w, not 400.The doubling of impedance does not neccessarily mean halving of power.BTW, I went with the SLS8s myself.</blockquote>

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