[W126 Coupe] general speaker question

[David Fatovic]

Axel,

If you do this won't you end up with non-matching impedence and therefore if I remember correctly, will reduce the quality of your audio output.  The best way to get clear crisp audio is to match impedence between signal and speaker.

David



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From: Axel Wulff <axelwulff at hotmail.com>
To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 5:50:06 PM
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] general speaker question

Mmmm.......No, your Becker radio does not "put out 2 ohm". Ohm is resistance, your head unit puts out AC at constant voltage at variable amp (ampere).
 
Don't worry about the rated resistance of speakers, its only a aproximate number anyway. The resistance of a speakers varies across the frequency spectrum and is a lot higher at high frequencies.
 
All else being equal (which they never are....), a 2 ohm speaker will play a bit louder than an otherwise identical 4 ohm speaker.
 
Just buy aftermarket 4 ohm speakers that will fit in the stock locations.

Regards, 
Axel J. Wulff
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Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:32:24 -0700
From: garysalas at yahoo.com
To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com
Subject: [W126 Coupe] general speaker question



i'm just going to replace the speakers 
 
and i remember someone posted that the speakers needed to be compatiable with the radio...something about ohms  i.e. mbz radio puts out 2 ohms so the speaker had to be 2 ohm       i'm not sure if that's how i remember it...
 
anyone know.  
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