Name: J. Dumas
Email: justnd@localnet.com
Subject: 212-HD 130
Thread: 95
Time: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 14:34:24 UTC
First of all thanks for replying, and the combined total of both drivers =4Ohms.Each speaker is 8Ohms. I know that a well designed amp can handle a 100% mismatch, but
this is often very bad for tube life. How bad depends on the design of the output stage. It can also shorten the life of the output transformer slightly, and make it heat up a bit more. It does'nt seem to make much sense to design an amp with a 4 or 8 Ohm tap tansformer and then factory install it with a 4Ohm setup, it would make more to supply a 8Ohm. If I was to hook the speakers in series(16Ohms) that on the other side of the 8 ohm setting, and this will not allow full output, and can distort the output tubes. I was just wondering, seeing that you
know quite a bit about the Music Man history,
if there was a reason for putting in a 4Ohm setup.
Thanks