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Dc-series speaker output impedance, For your information – Zapco DC Intro User Manual

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DC-Series Speaker Output Impedance

For Your Information:

Zapco Rail Voltage

Monitoring is a system

to protect your sound when speaker
impedance drops below normal range.

Example:

At 4Ω a DC352 has 100W RMS at

rated distortion. At 2Ω it has 175W RMS at
rated distortion.

But, what happens if there is a problem in a passive crossover and there is an impedance drop?

Or if a ported enclosure causes a 2Ω woofer to go down to only 1Ω?

The rail voltage monitoring system reduces rail voltage so the amp does not go into low-impedance
protection. Your music keeps right on playing. If you will be playing below 2Ω often, then you can engage
the Low-Z switch to lock in the lower rail voltage

(Did you see the Low-Z Switch? Do you want to know more?)