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Default Speaker Impedence ?

Boris wrote:
(Scott Dorsey) wrote in

These are minimum ratings. If you use just one set of speakers, 4 ohm
speakers are fine. If you use both at the same time, you need 8 ohm
or higher.


When you say 'at the same time', could I have two sets of 4 ohm speakers
connected, but only play through one set,say set A enabled, at a time?
Or, is just having two sets of 4 ohm speakers connected at the same
time, even if only one set is playing, incorrect?


If only one set is selected, it's fine. The problem is that sooner or
later, if the buttons allow both sets to be selected, someone will do that.
You can put a big sign on it saying not to do that, but someday it will
happen and then the output stage will fail.
--scott


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