Dick,
I have a 66 Crown Coupe and was told the radio was set up for 8 Ohm speakers.
I was also told that the 4 ohm speakers available on today's market would burn
out my radio. Is this correct or can I use 4 ohm speakers front and rear with my
factory reverb with no problems? Your thoughts on this is greatly appreciated.
Thank you
Don Savard
Dick Benjamin wrote:
> If you have the original speaker from the car, you can have it rebuilt by a
> vendor who specializes in that service - I believe they are listed in the
> IML vendor list, as I recall a discussion about this a few years ago. Seems
> to me there was a speaker rebuilding service right out here in Riverside.
>
> Try a Google search on speaker rebuilders and I'll bet you find someone.
>
> As for the impedance, this is not really critical, but anywhere between 4
> and 12 ohms should work fine. The original spec was probably 8 ohms. This
> is not a resistance that you can measure with an Ohmmeter, by the way, as it
> consists of a resistive portion (which you CAN measure; it will be around
> 2-3 Ohms, probably) and an inductive portion, which you cannot measure
> without special test equipment.
>
> Dick Benjamin
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Lib596@xxxxxxx>
> To: <Mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2002 11:15 PM
> Subject: IML: Speaker question
>
> > Having done most of the major restoration on my '61 Imperial, I am now
> > sorting out some of the little jobs that I have been putting off.
> >
> > One thing that needs attention is the front loudspeaker. It has been
> replaced
> > with a modern one and it sounds awful. I would like to find a more
> > appropriate speaker.
> >
> > Does anyone know what the correct specifications would be? How many ohms
> etc?
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Tony V.
> >
> >
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