forte' I... 4 ohms or 8?

[KungFuNat]

i was pokin around on ebay today and noticed a nice new pair of forte' I's up for sale. i was scanning the pics on the listing and noticed that right next to the binding posts, this pair sayes its rated at 4 ohms. i thought all forte's were rated for 8ohms. not only that, but the sensitivity is rated at 96db on this particular set.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3089564597&category=61378&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBWA%3AIT&rd=1

any ideas?

[j-malotky]

I have a pair of '85 Fortes. The plate also says 4 ohms. My friend also has a pair, I think they are '86, they also are 4 ohm.

Unless you are bridging you amps and can't get down below 4 ohms, I would not worry too much about the resistance load.

JM

[Trey Cannon Ex-employee]

The forte' was rated 4, 6 and 8 Ohms....Klipsch was going through different way to rate the impedence of a loudspeaker.

4 = Min Z

6 = Avg Z

8 = Nominal Z

All the same....well as far as your amp goes...

[j-malotky]

Trey brings up a good point.

An 8 ohm rated speaker draws a range depending on the drivers used. This is why most of us old amp people drive our 8 ohm Khorns off our 4 ohm tap. The basic rule was / is try to set your amp at the lowest ohms used by your speakers.

JM

[Flason]

Trey, Are the Ohm rating on the KG4's the same as the Forte's? Mine are 4 Ohm, but I have seen many with a 6 Ohm rating.

[Cal Blacksmith]

I have early Forte 1s and they also say 4 ohm. I had them hooked up to my tube amp at 8 ohms and they soudned verry good. I reconnected them to 4 ohms and WOW the mids opened up, the mid highs got less harsh and they have a smoother over all sound. It does take more gain on the preamp to reach the same spl though. Not much but more just the same. I uasualy listen to them at 80 to 100 db at my listening position, 3 feet from them (hey it is a small, cramped, crowded room)