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15 ohm speakers yea or nay?

I just bought Falcon speakers that are 15 ohms. I have Harbeths that are 6 ohms. Both have the same sensitivity rating of 83db. I am using both with the same tube amps.

What has me scratchin’ my head is that the Falcons are much louder with the volume set the same on my preamp.

Any opinions on why a 15 ohm speaker would be that  much different than a 6 ohm speaker with the same sensitivity specs?

THX

 

 

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rodman99999
6,094 posts
 

I believe that many will find that linked article worthwhile.

                                             I hope so!

     The article's SS section should be of interest to those with bridged, stereo amps (being used as monoblocks), when looking for compatible speakers.

                               That's all I would have added.

                          Might be a useful thread, on it's own?

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jl35
3,966 posts
 

lots of tube amps like 15 ohms but not 4 ohms, and many SS amps do great at 4 ohms but don't like 15...a had a few similarly rated SS amps that responded very differently to my high impedance Zu speakers...

milo0812
44 posts
 

@rodman99999 great article thanks for that.

mrteeves
36 posts
 

@yogiboy, how do the Q7 compare to the P3. Which crossover did you go with?

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