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- From: monta@image.mit.edu (Peter Monta)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio
- Subject: Re: How are speaker impedences specified?
- Message-ID: <MONTA.92Sep1135733@image.mit.edu>
- Date: 1 Sep 92 18:57:33 GMT
- References: <1992Aug31.181551.9911@bmerh85.bnr.ca>
- <1992Aug31.221329.17528@muddcs.claremont.edu>
- <1992Sep1.011614.27028@en.ecn.purdue.edu> <BtwHwu.K9H@world.std.com>
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- Organization: MIT Advanced Television Research Program
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- In-Reply-To: DPierce@world.std.com's message of 1 Sep 92 13:10:05 GMT
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- In article <BtwHwu.K9H@world.std.com> DPierce@world.std.com (Richard d Pierce) writes:
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- > As an aside, the concept of "4 Ohm", "8 Ohm" and other such "standard"
- > impedance values is more historical artifact based on some bogus assumptions
- > as anything else.
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- I'm curious; what assumptions might these have been? Is it similar
- to the situation with standard transmission line impedances (50 ohms,
- 75 ohms, 93 ohms, etc.) which variously minimize loss, maximize
- power handling, etc.?
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- Peter Monta monta@image.mit.edu
- MIT Advanced Television Research Program
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