Speaker testing

genmin · 15th March 2009, 05:40 PM

Just recently have acquired an old speaker and it is testing 12.6 on the multi meter, I suspect it is a 16 ohm speaker. Can I succesfully run this thing out of a guitar amp with an 8 ohm out put and achieve the maximum output of this speaker for testing it to see if it works and how it performs. I just need to check it to see if it is working or not. And would it do the same if it was done with an amp that had a 4 ohm load. I have these two types of amps.

planet10 · 15th March 2009, 05:55 PM

16 ohms on an 8 ohm tap won't give max output power wise, but distortion should decrease. It won't hurt anything.

dave

15th March 2009, 05:40 PM	#1
genmin diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2009	Speaker testing Just recently have acquired an old speaker and it is testing 12.6 on the multi meter, I suspect it is a 16 ohm speaker. Can I succesfully run this thing out of a guitar amp with an 8 ohm out put and achieve the maximum output of this speaker for testing it to see if it works and how it performs. I just need to check it to see if it is working or not. And would it do the same if it was done with an amp that had a 4 ohm load. I have these two types of amps.

15th March 2009, 05:55 PM	#2
planet10 frugal-phile(tm) diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Victoria, BC, NA, Sol III Blog Entries: 4	16 ohms on an 8 ohm tap won't give max output power wise, but distortion should decrease. It won't hurt anything. dave __________________ community sites t-linespeakers.org, frugal-horn.com ........ commercial site planet10-HiFi p10-hifi forum here at diyA

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