Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler Here's some interesting stuff. . .

Ahh, this one is (probably) easy. The amplifier power supply has a certain voltage. That voltage is enough to give you 350 watts into 8 ohms. If you connect a load with half the impedence (eg. 4 ohms) then in theory you get twice the power, eg. 700 watts because power = voltage (same) times current (twice as much). This doesn't work for most amps because they can't put out twice as much current. The new Axiom amp seems to have no trouble putting out twice as much current (into 4 ohms) or 4 times as much current (into 2 ohms).

In other words, every receiver and amplifier on the market will put out twice as much power into 4 ohms as 8 ohms unless it can't handle the increased current draw.

Most can't handle the increased current draw.

This is why only a few brands are recommended for use with M80s -- those are the ones which can handle the additional current that gets fed into a 4 ohm load vs. an 8 ohm load.