Evidently my Seeburg juke ised 5OHM 12" speakers. Do you know how freakin' hard it is to find a 5OHM speaker? The only ones I can find are old old old used Seeburg speakers that are beat to hell and pretty expensive considering the condition.
My understanding is that the less the OHM rating the less resistance the speaker has which means more power to the speaker. That said, an amp rated for 5OHM can overdrive the transistors pushing a smaller ohm driver (the common examples given at running a 4ohm driver with an 8ohm amp)...
There is a single ohm difference between the 5ohm amp and 4ohm drivers that are commonly available. I don't "crank" the juke at all... is it still a bad idea to go with 4ohm speakers?
From what I read I can go to 8ohm speakers and they'd be a little less efficient ... but again, I don't crank the junk really... so would I be better off going with 8ohm speakers?
I ask Ron Rich and of course he says to go with the original 5ohm speakers... but I'm not looking for authenticity... just good sound... and my current speakers are ripped. Thanks!
My understanding is that the less the OHM rating the less resistance the speaker has which means more power to the speaker. That said, an amp rated for 5OHM can overdrive the transistors pushing a smaller ohm driver (the common examples given at running a 4ohm driver with an 8ohm amp)...
There is a single ohm difference between the 5ohm amp and 4ohm drivers that are commonly available. I don't "crank" the juke at all... is it still a bad idea to go with 4ohm speakers?
From what I read I can go to 8ohm speakers and they'd be a little less efficient ... but again, I don't crank the junk really... so would I be better off going with 8ohm speakers?
I ask Ron Rich and of course he says to go with the original 5ohm speakers... but I'm not looking for authenticity... just good sound... and my current speakers are ripped. Thanks!
