Impedance is not going to be 4ohms when you play a tone through the speaker.
Use an oscilloscope for true RMS. |
Originally Posted by Zoomer
disconnect the speakers? Then you have no load for the amp to power and all you are doing is measuring open circuit voltage.
Originally Posted by BradSk88
(Post 656414)
Impedance is not going to be 4ohms when you play a tone through the speaker.
Use an oscilloscope for true RMS. |
Originally Posted by BradSk88
(Post 656414)
Impedance is not going to be 4ohms when you play a tone through the speaker.
Use an oscilloscope for true RMS. Unless you can measure current you'll never know what your amp is outputting. At least the scope will tell you if you're clipping. Speaker impedance varies too much with frequency, which you can ignore if you know the current, and voltage. Without that, you're just wasting your time. You're not going to get any useful numbers, just numbers that you think are useful. |
Originally Posted by Njord
(Post 656455)
This should have been the first comment in this thread.
Unless you can measure current you'll never know what your amp is outputting. At least the scope will tell you if you're clipping. Speaker impedance varies too much with frequency, which you can ignore if you know the current, and voltage. Without that, you're just wasting your time. You're not going to get any useful numbers, just numbers that you think are useful. If you only want to know if you are getting close to the advertised output of your amp then a scope is not required. |
bunch o' nerds in this thread
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Originally Posted by wasted911
(Post 656463)
bunch o' nerds in this thread
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