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RE: Speaker Impedance


  • Subject: RE: Speaker Impedance
  • From: "Hawes,Timothy Edward \(GEG\)" <haweste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 10:48:38 +0100

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Noble
>
> Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG) wrote:
>
> > Hopefully a quick question . . . How do you find out a speaker's
> > impedance? I've acquired a couple of sets of older speakers
> and have
> > no manuals etc.
> > If I put a multimeter over the terminals I get 8.1-odd ohms so it
> > looks right. However, I thought impedance was resistance to AC
> > current, not the DC that I assume is what my meter uses.
>
>
> DC is just very very very low frequency AC ;-)

Ahh, yes. I suppose it is if you put it like that :-)

> Sounds like you have 8 Ohm speakers.

Good on both counts. That's what I though, and it's also what's printed
on the back of the acquited amp I'm using to power them :-)

> Jim

Thanks,

Tim.



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