Ohms are one of the specs that both speaker and receiver manufacturers use to give you an idea about their performance. Speakers and amplifiers alike are usually rated around 8 ohms, but that's not ...

Impedance is complicated and frequently misunderstood. A speaker designer doesn't "choose" speaker impedance. The overall impedance is dictated by the number of drivers and crossovers. It is an ...

Audio specifications fall into two broad categories: Those that are nice to know, from an enthusiast or intellectual standpoint and those that are genuinely helpful in assisting you to use, install or ...

I recently obtained a pair of JBL HDI-1600 speakers. These are the nicest speakers I've ever owned, and I would like to get the most out of them. I have an old Harman-Kardon PM640 integrated amp for ...

Loudspeaker manufacturers sometimes exaggerate the specifications of their products to make them look better than they really are. Some are more honest than others in this regard. The focus of this ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

I've got a cheap little Onkyo 509 hooked up to a pair of Polk Monitor 50s and a powered subwoofer. After running this setup for a year and a half, my cheap little Onkyo started going into protection ...

The MAX9718 single-channel and MAX9719 dual-channel audio amplifiers are capable of outputting 1.4W from a single 5V supply into a 4 ohms load and 475 mW from a 3V supply into an 8 ohms load. Both ...