Vintage Synth Repair

So, what WOULD happen if you put an 8 ohm speaker in place of the 16 ohm speaker?  Would the amp balk at this?

	-----Original Message-----
	From: deknoww [mailto:deknow@...] 
	Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 2:15 PM
	To: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com
	Subject: [vintagesynthrepair] Re: Wurlitzer 200A speaker......
	
	
	all true, but in this case, you have an amp designed for a 16 ohm 
	load...and i doubt any speaker you put in that thing today would be 
	any less effecient than the original.
	
	deknow
	
	--- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, "David" 
	<packrat392003@y...> wrote:
	> --- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, "deknoww" <deknow@n...> 
	> wrote:
	> > ...i can't imagine any reason not to use an 8 ohm speaker, and 
	add 
	> an 
	> > 8 ohm resistor in series.
	> > 
	> >
	> 
	> If you use an 8 ohm speaker in series with an 8 ohm resistor, you 
	> will have a 16 ohm load, but you will be dissipating half the 
	output 
	> power in the resistor - so make sure it is large enough to handle 
	> half the rated output of the amplifier.
	
	
	
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