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4 ohm speakers, 2, 4 or 8 ohm taps on amps

My speakers are 4 Ohm (Innersound ISIS) and the amp I use for the panels (Sonic Frontiers Power 2) has 2, 4 and 8 Ohm taps available. I currently have it set at 4 Ohm, made sense to me. A few people have suggested I change to the 2 Ohm tap "just to be safe"

Comments and does it make a difference?
r_burke
surfgod
229 posts
 
When I bought my Proac response 2 which are 8 Ohms, my dealer set my amp at a 4 Ohm tap. I don't really see it neither, but everything sounds fine to me.
r_burke OP
212 posts
 
Thank you all, since I won't kill anything by experimenting that's the plan. Especially appreciate the response from Duke since he explained how to do do some A-B comparison in detail, and I would have wrestled with the idea for a while before I figured it out. Thanks Duke

Richard
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wadia150
71 posts
 
leave it on four ohms it will go down to two ohms on the four ohm taps. remember ther are alot of people out ther that dont know ther elbow from there as-
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yukio
2 posts
 
At least what have you done? I've the same question with my Sonic Frontiers Power 2 and my Kef 205 Reference.
Alessandro
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