Any experience using 8 ohm taps for 16 ohm speakers?

sorry, I meant remote balance, (not volume volume) may be the factor making having 16 ohm taps difficult to find.

I started a separate thread about that, this is about who experience what when they tried16 ohm speakers on 8 ohm taps.

Anyone have 16 ohm speakers? Whatcha got?

Mine are Electrovoice drivers from 1956. I moved them from a Fisher President II console to new Enclosures I had built. 

15" woofer, 37 lps, monster magnet, 15W (brother of 15B used in the big Klipshhorn).  Re-coned the woofers twice over the years. Luckily cone with cloth surround is still available.

Electrovoice Horn Midrange and Horn Tweeter, Electrovoice Crossover, Presence and Brilliance controls.

These are what I might try on 8 ohm taps. Having Presence and Brilliance controls designed for the crossover/drivers may help that be successful.

I guess it was 1958.

http://www.fisherconsoles.com/President%20II.html

I inherited it from my uncle. I have all the components, use the console for firewood. Originally the woofers shot out the bottom, unit was on 8" bronze legs. TT and tape deck in the 2 drawers.

The original Quad ESL is a nominal 16 ohm load, but it’s impedance varies from 2 ohms (at 15kHz) to over 30 (at 80Hz)! That's why Peter Walker designed the Quad II tube amp with relatively low output impedance (it's damping factor is about 20), and most solid state amps aren't a good match for the speaker. But then most tube amps, with their high output impedances, aren't either. One that is, is the Futterman OTL's, a favorite amongst Quad enthusiasts. Very low output impedance for a tube amp.