Hi guys, I have an amp and want to swap the speaker. The stocker is 8 ohm and I have a speaker that I want to use that's rated at 16 ohms. Pardon the dumb question but what's the harm in doing this please? I figured I'd ask before doing a potentially dumb and harmful thing to my amp. NOTE: The amp is Fender Mustang iii (SS) that I will never get any where near max volume....probably never even to half volume.
It doesn't matter that much on an SS amp, as long as you go higher in impedance, so you should be just fine. However, increasing the speaker impedance on a solid-state power section will decrease the amp's output power.
If the speaker's ohms and the amp's ohms match your amp will sound it absolute best. And it should last longer too.
Thanks for all the info guys. The stock speaker is really pretty lousy and lower output is fine as I won't be pushing the amp at all. In fact, what your describing may actually help the amp tonally. I'll try it and report back. Thanks again!!!
