Switching Units - Q. If my amp is rated 6-16 Ω should I really be running a 4 Ω load?
Answer:
No, never; you should use 12 Ω minimum speakers if they are to be parallel wired. You can get 16 Ω
speakers, but it may just be easier to change the amp.
Answer: 1. Check your amp; if it can cope with a 3 Ω load or less (and some can), then your setup will be okay. The rule is, you must always use speakers with double the impedance of the amplifier's minimum. 2. If you only have two pairs of speakers, ...
Answer: The switches which have more than two sets of speakers use a combination of series and parallel switching to achieve the minimum impedance of 4 Ω no matter what combination of speakers are switched on. For the two way switches, there is a ...
Answer: For the 5 way speaker switch we don't use parallel or series switching, using use transformer coupling instead. Again you have to use 8 Ω speakers minimum if your amp is a 4 Ω minimum amp. The impedance is then matched by the transformer, so ...
Answer: No, because the speaker switches are designed to have two sets (or more) of speakers attached to one amp. If used in reverse, there is always the possibility of connecting two amps at once to one pair of speakers, resulting in damage to one ...