If they sound good, get amps which are stable for 2Ohm and below!
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We should reject hard-to-drive speakers more often
Sorry I know this is a bit of a rant, but come on people!!
Too many audiophiles find speakers which are hard to drive and... stick with them!
We need to reject hard-to-drive speakers as being Hi-Fi. Too many of us want our speakers to be as demanding as we are with a glass of wine. "Oh, this speaker sounds great with any amplifier, but this one needs amps that weigh more than my car, so these speakers MUST sound better..."
Speakers which may be discerning of amplifier current delivery are not necessarily any good at all at playing actual music.
That is all.
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My speakers are Kef Blade 1. When my 250/425 wpc amp drove them to realistic levels I thought I was golden, but as time passed and I found low volume listening was boring I decided to borrow a more beastly product and the Mc 611's are staying. I think of the Horsepower vs torque analogy but have no clue what amp measurements would apply? |
If you use an outboard device like the ZEROs then its possible. |
Back in the early 90s, TAS did a review of our MA-1 OTL amplifier. OTLs are not known for driving low impedances. The reviewer, Steven Stone, had a set of the old Apogee Full Range speakers, which were 1 Ohm. At the time we made an outboard autoformer called the ZMusic (similar to the ZEROs) that we installed between the amp and speaker- the ZMusic had a 1 Ohm tap. The result drove the Full Ranges quite well- despite the impedance, they otherwise were a resistive load and didn't need a lot of power. Steve commented it was the first time he had ever heard the speaker with a tube amplifier. |
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