Anyone know of an amplifier that can drive 3 ohm speakers?
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3 ohms?
Anyone know of an amplifier that can drive 3 ohm speakers?
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3 ohm speakers?
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My speaker drivers are 3 ohm full range. I have a set set up like that and they worked OK with the amps I had. But I doubled them up and made 6 ohn versions.
Any 4 ohm amp should be OK. It will have more power drawn tho, but if they are efficient shouldn't be an issue
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just go easy to start with as the speaker impedence could go down pretty low depending... check amp doesnt get too hot etc... My drivers are actually 2.8 ohm but are very sensitive so i dont have to stress amp too much by turning up high... so worth being careful until your happy the amp is coping
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Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".
“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”
"You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”
“There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”
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I have Maggie speakers which go down to 2 ohms. I have found that they can be driven by many amps but only at moderate levels and without much dynamic performance. Most meaty amps with a good power supply will do a decent job providing that your speakers are relatively efficient.
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Most butch Japanese power amps are good down to 2 Ohms. My Luxman is rated at 2 x 700w into 2 ohms!
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My amps are rated at 680w at 2ohms. They are pro amps though.
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What are the speakers?
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