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measuring speaker ohms?

Posted: 20 Feb 2002 11:12 am
by Dave Van Allen
stupid question of the day... If a speaker's impedance is not labeled (4,8.16 ohms etc) can one measure it with a multimeter?



Posted: 20 Feb 2002 1:12 pm
by Patrick Smith
Yep!

Posted: 20 Feb 2002 1:34 pm
by Bruce Derr
The multimeter will measure DC resistance which is a tad lower than impedance, but close enough to tell between 4, 8, and 16 ohm speakers.