4 ohm, 8 ohm or 16 ohm tap on amp for quad 57


has anyone compared the affect of using 4, 8 or 16 ohm tap on a tube amplifier when driving a pair of quad 57s ?

if so what do you hear. ?

i am considering a dynaco stereo 70 because it has a 16 ohm tap and is relatively inexpensive for my quads unlimited quad 57s, but am not aware of the advantage of using a 16 ohm tap when driving quad 57s.
mrtennis

Showing 1 response by almarg

I haven't, but if you haven't seen it before here is it's impedance curve:

http://www.quadesl.com/quad_main.html

Lots of interesting links, also, if you click on "reference info" at the left of that page.

The speaker is basically a giant capacitor, as you probably are aware, with its impedance varying all over the map. In the mid-range area, though, it stays mainly in the vicinity of 10 to 12 ohms, which would seem to rule out using the 4 ohm tap. I'd imagine, also, that the choice between 8 and 16 would tend to be amplifier dependent.

Regards,
-- Al