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Impedance graph for m80's?
#248699 02/24/09 04:51 PM
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has anyone seen a impedance graph for the 80's??

just curious \:\)

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turbo16v #248703 02/24/09 05:11 PM
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SirQuack #248788 02/25/09 12:08 AM
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"Soon after that Emo tech support emailed me back and reported that he had talked to an Axiom engineer earlier today who said that the M80's could dip as low as 2.6ohm if driven hard... and since the XPA-2 design is not current limiting, the amp would try to push 800 watts, which would kick the protect circuit."

this is a quote from the emotiva lounge...

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Who was the engineer? I don't think the impedance would change due to more power being applied.


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Wid #248793 02/25/09 12:23 AM
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here is the link to the post..
I just happend to come across it and thought it was interesting.

http://emotivalounge.proboards54.com/index.cgi?board=amps&action=display&thread=4057

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sos.


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I've dealt with Emotiva, as most of you know. I can about guarantee you that noone from their company would have taken the time to call Axiom, they only have 2-3 people that answer the phone, Lonnie, Bob, and the owner.


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SirQuack #248842 02/25/09 01:41 AM
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As an Electrical Engineer, I can tell you that the impedance of a load does not dip on higher power (read current or voltage) supplied. Unless of course something fried out in your system and you short circuited.

Impedance is a combination of the "real" load (resistance in the x-axis) and the "imaginary" load (reactance in the y-axis). It does not change as supplied power changes.


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SRoode #248847 02/25/09 01:51 AM
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I guess there is just a lot more reactance over at Emotiva. ;\)


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turbo16v #248873 02/25/09 04:45 AM
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Chet, as has already been pointed out, no electrical engineer familiar with speaker technology would claim that a speaker being "driven hard" could in some way lower its impedance. So the quote from Emo tech support appears to be pure BS.


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