[NJARC] Sony Radio Speaker Question 3.2 Ohm vs 8 Ohm

[Al Klase]

Hi Ed,

Impedance matching is a lot like horse shoes and hand grenades.  You 
only need to come close.


You'll have slightly reduced maximum power output, but you'd have to go 
into the lab to detect that fact.

Use the 3.2.

Al

On 11/10/2017 11:48 AM, E. Suhaka wrote:
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> I have a Sony portable transistor radio with a bad speaker in need of 
> replacement.  The speaker is four inches diameter, 8 ohms, 2 watts. In 
> my junk box I have a four inch speaker, 3.2 ohms, 3 watts.  I tested 
> the junk box speaker with the radio and it seems to work OK.  Can 
> anyone tell me if there might be some problem in the long run by using 
> the 3.2 ohm junk box speaker in place of the original 8 ohm speaker?  
> It would be nice to know before I install the speaker (looks like I 
> will have to use hot glue), slip in five pot and switch sliders and 
> button up the whole thing with a bunch of screws.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ed S.
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Al Klase – N3FRQ
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