You’ve seen references to “impedance” and “ohms” in various loudspeaker specifications or in your owner’s manual for an AV receiver. But what is it? Do you have to “match” speaker impedance to your AV ...

Ohms are one of the specs that both speaker and receiver manufacturers use to give you an idea about their performance. Speakers and amplifiers alike are usually rated around 8 ohms, but that's not ...

If you just connect a sub in parallel with a regular speaker, and both sub and regular speaker are 8 ohms, the amp is driving a 4 ohm impedance. <BR><BR>If you have a sub with a built-in speaker-level ...

Loudspeaker manufacturers sometimes exaggerate the specifications of their products to make them look better than they really are. Some are more honest than others in this regard. The focus of this ...

Audio specifications fall into two broad categories: Those that are nice to know, from an enthusiast or intellectual standpoint and those that are genuinely helpful in assisting you to use, install or ...

Audio systems performance is limited by the worst link in the signal chain. All too often the weakest link is the speaker impedance matching. New circuits make the job easier, and offer more ...