2ohm or 4ohm?
#6
most amps now aday put out 2 and 4 ohms but most speakers are 4 ohms unless you want to add a pair of tweets or a 3 way set to bring them down abit to 2 ohm. Its more of control then it is to SQ but others may thing differently
#7
as i have never done back to back comparisson, dont quote me.
but in theory, i believe this to be true.
the higher the ohm load, the better control the amp has on the speaker. for instance say an amp has a rated damping (control of cone movement) of 200@1khz @ 4 ohms. but it would be (guessing) 100@1khz @ 2 ohms.
however, keep in mind that the 4 ohm load, would also have a progressively lower damping as the frequency goes lower. and a progressively higher damping as the frequency goes higher. likewise with the 2 ohm load.
now, that being said, speakers impedance varies with every millisecond of music anyways during a song.
so 2 ohm or 4 ohm would only have to do with power output really, because anywhere in the real world you are never going to be able to hear a difference, because the difference from a damping factor of 100 to a damping factor of 1000 is not audible to the human ear. only test instruments. and even the we're talking less then hundredths of a second in delay from the time the sound is input to the amp to the time the speaker makes it.
so really....whichever way u want to go is just fine. just match up to your speakers
but in theory, i believe this to be true.
the higher the ohm load, the better control the amp has on the speaker. for instance say an amp has a rated damping (control of cone movement) of 200@1khz @ 4 ohms. but it would be (guessing) 100@1khz @ 2 ohms.
however, keep in mind that the 4 ohm load, would also have a progressively lower damping as the frequency goes lower. and a progressively higher damping as the frequency goes higher. likewise with the 2 ohm load.
now, that being said, speakers impedance varies with every millisecond of music anyways during a song.
so 2 ohm or 4 ohm would only have to do with power output really, because anywhere in the real world you are never going to be able to hear a difference, because the difference from a damping factor of 100 to a damping factor of 1000 is not audible to the human ear. only test instruments. and even the we're talking less then hundredths of a second in delay from the time the sound is input to the amp to the time the speaker makes it.
so really....whichever way u want to go is just fine. just match up to your speakers
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