Menu
Forum
What's new
New posts
Live Activity
Search forums
Members
Registered members
Classifieds Member Feedback
Car Audio Discussion
General Car Audio
Car Audio Build Logs
Car Audio Equipment
Subwoofers
Speakers
Amplifiers
Head Units
Car Audio Help
Wiring, Electrical and Installation
Enclosure Design & Construction
Car Audio Classifieds
Car Audio Classifieds
Car Audio Wanted
Classifieds Member Feedback
Gallery
New media
New comments
Search media
SHOP
Shop Head Units
Shop Amplifiers
Shop Speakers
Shop Subwoofers
Shop eBay Car Audio
Log in / Join
Test
Forum
Search
Search titles only
Search titles only
Log in / Join
Search
Search titles only
Search titles only
What's new
New posts
Live Activity
Search forums
Members
Registered members
Classifieds Member Feedback
Menu
Reply to thread
Forum
Car Audio Equipment
Speakers
Midbass
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="envengineer" data-source="post: 2945339" data-attributes="member: 571710"><p>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)</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>The doubling of impedance does not neccessarily mean halving of power.</p><p></p><p>BTW, I went with the SLS8s myself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="envengineer, post: 2945339, 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. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forum
Car Audio Equipment
Speakers
Midbass
Top
Menu
Home
Refresh