Dummy Loads?

[Alien_Shore]

I have nice old pair of 16ohm mid bass drivers. The off-the-shelf crossover wants to see an 8ohm load, so what's the best way to do this? Put a 16ohm dummy load in parallel? Would a 16ohm wire wound resistor do the job (if it was rated with enough wattage)?

Thanks.

[greywarden]

What's the specs on the crossover. More than likely, the 1st and/or 2nd order slopes would only cost you a couple bucks from PE to match your driver(s)

[thekorvers]

I have nice old pair of 16ohm mid bass drivers. The off-the-shelf crossover wants to see an 8ohm load, so what's the best way to do this? Put a 16ohm dummy load in parallel? Would a 16ohm wire wound resistor do the job (if it was rated with enough wattage)?

Thanks.

That would not be a very good solution! You need to give much more information to get a meaningful answer.

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