Most high-quality loudspeakers are 4-Ohms


Is it true?
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Nope. But you knew that, didn't you :)?

Well, sort of, but was not quite sure. ;) I had it direct quoted from somewhere without much context. How about "there are more high end speakers with 4 ohm than 8 ohm?"

When I had relatively cheap amps, I could not find anywhere about power ratings (RMS) mentioned for 4 ohm in their specs. All were listed for 8 ohm.
Most mid-high end power amps seem to have ratings listed for both 4 ohm and 8 ohm.
Most relatively cheap speakers I had (including Klipsch KLF-20, B&W 603 S3, Celestion Impact 20, ...) were all 8 ohms.

So, I was wondering if the low impedance has to do with high end speaker design in general. Of couser, I agree that there are many high end/high quality speakers with 8 ohm, so there must be exceptions.