Thanks Al. Glarff means an inchoate stream of consciousness. Going back to the OP's Q re the MAC SS amp, I am just guessing here, but perhaps the 4/8 ohm switch avoids power doubling at 4 ohms if the 4 ohm switch is used. Perhaps the amp is more stable operating in that power configuration??? Dunno.
Of course the trade off is that many speakers have roller coaster impedance curves as a function of frequency response. So, I further surmise that if for discussion purposes, the OP's SF speakers have an impedance rating of 12 or 16 ohms at the midrange/tweeter x-over point (just guessing), the MAC's ability to produce power at that frequency point might be considerably less (maybe 25% if the x-over impedance is 16 ohms) based on the Voltage Paradigm approach. I guess that's where NF comes into play to ramp up power output or else the speaker's acoustic output will make the listener dizzy.
Sorry Ralph, more glarff.
Of course the trade off is that many speakers have roller coaster impedance curves as a function of frequency response. So, I further surmise that if for discussion purposes, the OP's SF speakers have an impedance rating of 12 or 16 ohms at the midrange/tweeter x-over point (just guessing), the MAC's ability to produce power at that frequency point might be considerably less (maybe 25% if the x-over impedance is 16 ohms) based on the Voltage Paradigm approach. I guess that's where NF comes into play to ramp up power output or else the speaker's acoustic output will make the listener dizzy.
Sorry Ralph, more glarff.