HT speakers to pair with a gainclone?

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Re: Re: HT speakers to pair with a gainclone?

Peter Daniel said:

Too high or too low in impedance IYO?
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rut roh!

To put it frankly I am very new at this stuff but I have been trying to learn as much about the building of speakers and amps. I honestly don't know what your talking about though but I would like to know.


"Q: My amp says not to use any speaker rated at less than 8 ohms. What should I choose?"

this is the part that causes me concern though as I don't know what this means

edit-What do different ohms readings mean anyways?
 
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The GC will work fine with speakers rated 4 ohms or 8 ohms or 12 ohms.

There are other factors involved, if good match will be achieved, but most speakers are suitable.

The efficiency is more important than impedance and anything in a range of 90dB or more is good enough (unless you plan on excessively high sound levels)
 
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Peter,

I have just finished my Scan Speak reference monitors that have a sensitivity of 86dB. Will a GC drive them to acceptable levels in a medium room? Their resistance does not fall below 5-6 ohms.

If the GC is not a good choice then what would you choose: an aleph clone about 50W class A or an AKSA 55w module? Please take into account the cost and work each choise has.

Thank you
Your GC review was very good, and I wish you a very nice and profitable year.

George
 
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my name isn't peter but hey...

in my experience the gainclone is very capable of driving any speaker with an impedance >= 4ohms.
Anything with an spl >84dB works good enough to fill a medium sized room; >90 works in any room.

When driving < 8ohm speaker lowering the psu voltage (to say 15-18v AC) keeps it from clipping at high volumes.
 
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