[rescue] Workers of the World, Unite!

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 01:25:40PM -0400, Big Endian wrote:
 
> Thats bad.  More ohms means it draws less power.  Impedance 
> mismatches are bad in signal evironments because a fraction of the 
> signal will bounce back off the mismatch.  I forget the exact math on 
> this one.  Dave?

Sigh.  
 
> >But, if higher ohms on speakers is fine, then adding those resisters
> >would definately be pointless.
> 
> more to the point it would be dangerous.  You'd be overloading your 
> amp and overheating resistors.

I'll have to check my sister's stereo when I get home.  She's been
running it the way it has been set up for 4+ years now, but still, if
I put 4 ohm speakers on a 6 ohm amp, then I should do something (like
drop a 2 ohm resistor in line I guess).

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd