@erik_squires "Because, for the most part, most speaker drivers are linear to voltage, not current."
Unless I misunderstood what you tried to say ... I thought linear with current.
The loudspeaker uses a moving cone to create air vibrations. The cone is put in motion via a coil (wire length L) inside a magnetic field (strength B). The force (F) that moves the cone is created by the current (I) that flows through the coil, with the linear equation F=BIL. From this it seems only logical to drive the coil with a current source, making the current independent on the loudspeaker impedance? Apparently there are other parameters and phenomenon in play that made/make amp designers choose for voltage output, which does make the current that flows dependent on speaker and cable impedance.
Unless I misunderstood what you tried to say ... I thought linear with current.
The loudspeaker uses a moving cone to create air vibrations. The cone is put in motion via a coil (wire length L) inside a magnetic field (strength B). The force (F) that moves the cone is created by the current (I) that flows through the coil, with the linear equation F=BIL. From this it seems only logical to drive the coil with a current source, making the current independent on the loudspeaker impedance? Apparently there are other parameters and phenomenon in play that made/make amp designers choose for voltage output, which does make the current that flows dependent on speaker and cable impedance.