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How do you drive 12 Ohm speakers?

Lately I took home a pair of great looking and very impressive sounding Crystalvox (small russian brand) speakers. The speakers are big, use 3 8 inch woofers and have incredibly smooth highs. The problem is that they are rated 12 Ohm nominal and 8 Ohm minimal. With McIntosh the bass is rather loose. I put on my Mac 6900 on 8 Ohm and while I like the sound overall I can't help but wonder - what kind of amps do people usually use with 12 Ohm speakers?
antonkk
schipo
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Antonkk can you provide a link to Crystalvox. I did a Google on them and nothing.
rleff
1,065 posts
 
I think Macrojack is spot on if the impedance specs are correct.
antonkk OP
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Sorry, folks, I forgot to mention that I didn't buy them yet, just took them for an audition. Here are the speakers: http://crystalvox.ru/production/acoustic/tact.
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atmasphere
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This sounds like a very easy speaker to drive! The specs indicate that it favors tubes. You do need some power, as the efficiency is upper 80s/lower 90s.

-Ralph
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