[Trevor]

On 6/08/2018 2:33 PM, geoff wrote:
On 6/08/2018 1:14 PM, wrote:
geoff:
Scenario:Â* Someone owns an old amp speced 8-16
ohms, it's the year 2028, and the highest R speakers
available, used or new, are 4ohm.

What do they do?


Will never happen of course. The most common 'standard' remains 8R and
likely will forevermore.

But if the amp is from late 1990s or newer play away, but just don't
turn it up full. Or play it on full and if it blows up just back off the
volume a little.

:-)

"when it blows up" the volume is backed off a LOT automagically. :-)

The real problem is whether your speakers go with it, which is most
likely if they don't have DC protection for when the output transistors
blow up. :-(
(the tweeters are often gone even before the amp blows up though)