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  • #16
    Originally posted by Helmholtz View Post

    How that?
    If I put 4ohm resistor with 4ohm speaker to get 8 ohm (and double primary impedance then), I will loose a lot ot of useful volume

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    • #17
      Originally posted by Helmholtz View Post

      OTs don't have an own fixed primary impedance.
      Rather they have an impedance transfer ratio.

      A 10k/8Ohm OT will provide a 20k primary impedance with a 16 Ohm load.

      And yes, it is possible to combine 2 OTs, but there might be drawbacks.
      The Marshall JTM45/!00 used 2 JTM45 OTs with paralled primaries.

      Please specify desired primary impedance, load impedance and impedance ratios of your OTs.
      Allright. I'll look what I have here tonight :-) Maybe I can do something useful with those with low ratio....

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      • #18
        The transformer does not have an impedance of its own, it reflects the speaker load back to the plates. SO if you change the load from 8 ohms to 4 or vice versa, that changes the impedance the plates see. Thus it is a way to avoid using two transformers or other similar complicated tricks.
        Education is what you're left with after you have forgotten what you have learned.

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        • #19
          Originally posted by boroman View Post

          If I put 4ohm resistor with 4ohm speaker to get 8 ohm (and double primary impedance then), I will loose a lot ot of useful volume
          I thought this was about a different speaker impedance.
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