Wilson's Chronosonic XVX loudspeaker over 3/4 of a million US dollars

Hi OP,

As soon as you finish your course in AC circuit analysis, and filter theory I'll be happy to answer any questions my may have had.

Best,

E

When solid state-generated watts became cheap, speaker designers started to care less and less about the impedance of the models they were creating.

Even Klipsch $20Kusd P-39f flagships at 75kg each, get harder to drive the further up the flagship ladder they go. Min 3ohms and 50'-phase angle right where the power is needed to keep the bass tight and dynamic.
https://www.stereophile.com/images/archivesart/609Klipfig1.jpg

Stereophile
" A nasty combination of 4 ohms magnitude and –50° electrical phase angle at 80Hz. The three woofers do demand a significant amount of current to keep up with the horn-loaded midrange and treble drive-units." 

 So to those that bag out Wilson, bag out Klipsch too for purposely making their upper range speaker too hard to drive with average amps.
https://www.klipsch.com.au/products/palladium-floorstanding-speakers

I don't think I have laughed so hard in months.

Whoever said, "There is a sucker born every minute" was so right.

Hilarious!

Why?  You could BUY most orchestras for that same $ and hear the actual MUSIC as opposed to listening to it from a BOX.

Hilarious beyond belief.  

Cheers,

Richard

It is hard to imagine any designer believing that lower speaker impedance is a good thing. My guess is that the higher power output of many amps when driving lower loads is (was) the main motivation.