Adding more speaker binding posts and wiring for more than 1 speaker ohm out?

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Offline currly30

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Is it possible to add more binding post to the amp? Could I technically add a binding post set for each of the ohm output that the amp can be wired for and have them all connected to there respective binding post? I would only be using one set at a time. I have a few different speakers that I am currently using with the amp and they are all different ohms. Right now I have the amp set to out put at 8ohms which is pretty much the middle resistance for the different speakers but would like to be-able to output at the optimal level for each speaker.



Offline Paul Joppa

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It's more complicated than you think. The secondary winding is in the form of two tapped windings, which are used in various combinations of series or parallel. This is to avoid the problem of best performance on the 16 ohm tap with deteriorating highs on lower- impedance settings.

You would have to make a switch circuit, using  two DPDT switches or one 4-pole 4-throw switch per channel. At one time, we had a circuit board  that mounted on tall standoffs just below the OPT transformer, for the OPT-2. But between slow sales, rapidly rising switch prices, and the clumsy of disconnectingpower and signal lines in order to turn the heavy amp upside down  to access the switches, it was discontinued. In hindsight, an external box would probably be more practical.

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