6-ohm speaker to tube amp

alexg · 26th September 2006, 01:43 PM

I just got a tube integrated amplifier with both 4 ohms and 8 ohms speaker connection.

I have an Acoustic Research floorstander with a rating of 6 ohms. Where should I connect the speakers to the 4 or 8 ohm connection?

Thanks.

ErikdeBest · 26th September 2006, 02:07 PM

You can try both. Theoretically the 4 ohm tap would give less power and less distortion. The 8 ohm tap would give more power, and more distortion. This has to do with a different load on the tubes. In practice it probably doesn't make much difference, as the speaker is far from being 6 ohms on it's whole range.

alexg · 26th September 2006, 02:45 PM

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Originally posted by alexg
I just got a tube integrated amplifier with both 4 ohms and 8 ohms speaker connection.

I have an Acoustic Research floorstander with a rating of 6 ohms. Where should I connect the speakers to the 4 or 8 ohm connection?

Thanks.

Thanks, I connected it to the 4 ohm tap, when I tried the 8 ohm tap, to me it sounds same.

Thanks.

26th September 2006, 01:43 PM	#1
alexg diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Philippines	6-ohm speaker to tube amp I just got a tube integrated amplifier with both 4 ohms and 8 ohms speaker connection. I have an Acoustic Research floorstander with a rating of 6 ohms. Where should I connect the speakers to the 4 or 8 ohm connection? Thanks.

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26th September 2006, 02:07 PM	#2
ErikdeBest diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Itoculo	You can try both. Theoretically the 4 ohm tap would give less power and less distortion. The 8 ohm tap would give more power, and more distortion. This has to do with a different load on the tubes. In practice it probably doesn't make much difference, as the speaker is far from being 6 ohms on it's whole range.

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