Re: Sierra Tower Specifications, Measurements, Pricing
Originally Posted by
scape
three things:
-great job with all the measurements and especially the descriptions-- that's very helpful; the 1ms decay is impressive
-why is frequency response graph listed at 8ohms? typo i assume
-somehow i thought it was more of a 6ohm speaker, I guess i misread that in one of the previous posts as it states 4ohm in the description; do you feel average AVR's marketed for 6-8ohm use will be ok? I feel like you have answered that before but i want to reask it i guess. denon's and onkyos, etc, can do most 6ohm loads but 4ohms may be pushing it a bit-- maybe someone who has a similar setup can chime in on how the amp handled it
Im definitely not Dave lol, but I completely agree with the first part, theyre very helpful, just looking at a graph by itself doesn't give nearly as much meaning and vice-versa, so both compliment each other very well.
Looking at the impedance graphs, it does seem like it averages around 6ohms, which is normal as you said. You should be fairly ok as long as you have a competent avr anyhow; the stated 4ohm average looks like it might be a typo, cuz that might mean there are dips around ~2ohms even, just based on that. (hm, rethinking, I can't imagine Dave would release a speaker that a lot of avrs would have difficulty driving.. but thats just me).
again, kudos to Dave for everything
edit: ok, i see where things were confusing.. reading back a few pages in the tower thread, the towers minimum impedance is rated @ 4ohms, but on the specs it says the average impedance is 4ohms.. oh well, just something to correct is all
Last edited by choirbass; 11-07-2011 at 03:33 AM.
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