It's almost impossible to measure with a multimeter as virtually every speaker varies wildly over the audio spectrum. If you can't ask the dealer or manufacturor just hook it up as 8 ohms. Less power but almost certainly you can't hurt the speakers that way. What kind of receiver are you using? Reason I ask is almost all receivers these days are solid state and don't really care much whether the speakers are 4 or 8 ohms. Mike On 1/28/03 4:36 PM, "Ben McCafferty" <ben@VOLKSCAFE.COM> wrote: > Hi out there, > Any of you stereo buffs: I need to determine if my home speakers are 4 or 8 > ohms, so I can set my receiver properly. Unfortunately, there is no marking > on the case or actual speaker anywhere, except "75 watts, magnetically > shielded, design for t.v." > > I have a fairly sophisticated digital multimeter, but it only goes down to > 200 ohms for resistance. Is there another way I can determine what I've > got? > > If it helps, they are from Rock Solid Sounds, Worthing, England, Made in > Taiwan. > > Thanks in advance, > bmc :) > Ben McCafferty > ben@volkscafe.com > > Volks Cafe > 1823 Soquel Avenue > Santa Cruz, CA 95062 > 831-426-1244 > http://www.volkscafe.com > |
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