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   Phil Allison to All   
   Re: 8 ohm version drastically louder tha   
   03 Aug 11 00:41:21   
   
   XPost: alt.audio.pro.live-sound, rec.audio.pro   
   From: phil_a@tpg.com.au   
      
   "Les Cargill"   
   > Phil Allison wrote:   
   >   
   >> BTW   
   >>   
   >> The size of the magnet does not change with rated impedance -  4, 8 and   
   >> 16   
   >> ohms versions have identical magnet structures.   
   >>   
   >   
   > I think that's probably true, based on what I've seen.   
   >   
   >> Speakers have been made with impedances from 0.5 ohms ( eg Bose) up to   
   >> hundreds of ohms and the only thing that changes in the gauge of the wire   
   >> wound on the voice coil.   
   >>   
   >   
   > FWIW, I have found trolling through the Eminence online catalog to be   
   > a source of a great deal of data on loudspeakers.   
      
      
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