need help with Fender 16 ohm speakers

Doyle Mitchell · Post by **Doyle Mitchell** » 23 Mar 2002 1:39 pm

I have two Fender 16 ohm speakers, someone told me there was a way to put a capacitor across the speaker and change it to a 8 ohm. Can anyone tell me if this correct and how to do it? The speakers sound great but cant use them unless they can be changed. Thanks for any help.

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 23 Mar 2002 2:15 pm

Nope, the cap won't do it. But you can hook two 16-ohm speakers in parallel, and then the total impedance is only 8 ohms.

Doyle Mitchell · Post by **Doyle Mitchell** » 23 Mar 2002 5:00 pm

Thanks Donny, at least I can use them as a monitor or something and not have to junk them. I smoked a peavey 600c not knowing they were 16 ohm speakers until I opened the cabinet.

Matt Steindl · Post by **Matt Steindl** » 25 Mar 2002 8:53 am

Doyle, I think the speakers in a Fender Rhodes Suitcase speaker enclosure are 16 ohm, and they fetch a pretty penny w/ the rhodes people. I have some good places on the web to sell direct to some Rhodes maniacs!! Let me know if ya want to get rid of em!!

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Doyle Mitchell · Post by **Doyle Mitchell** » 27 Mar 2002 6:35 pm

Thanks Matt, I sent you an E Mail

Sam Marshall · Post by **Sam Marshall** » 29 Mar 2002 6:28 am

A cap across a speaker is a torture load for a solid-state power amp. As a matter of fact, loading a power amp with a cap and driving it with a square wave is a standard indicator of the amp's stability.

The emitter (or source) follower looks inductive versus frequency to the cap (the output impedance of follower increases with frequency, so it looks like an inductor). Caps & inductors can oscillate, ya-da, ya-da.

Sam in AZ