Best Speakers for Scott A1600

[iamConfusion]

Hi All,

My first post!

i inherited an hh scott a1600 that was made in the mid 80s i think and it’s a beast! I dont have the manual but i’ve heard it could be around 150 watts per channel, type ab i’m assuming, but i dont know much else to determine how to pair it.

i’m looking at modern speakers as well as vintage but was wondering about 4 ohm speakers for this / what are the main points for pairing retro gear with modern stuff?

Not talking about tuning of the speakers / what i like or anything like that at this point

thank you very much!

 

[crazy-in-az]

Welcome to AK!

There really is no secret to pairing modern and vintage components. In your case you need to make sure your Scott is capable of powering 4 ohm speakers. On the back of the unit near the speaker connectors there should be writing that says something like "Use only 8-16ohm speakers", or something similar. Do you have any pictures of the amp?

 

[iamConfusion]

Dont have pictures (yet) but that’s a good point.

i’m really curious about this phenomenon where some speakers give more power to the 4 ohm speakers because they are designed for it but i dont really get that at all! Like the denon pma 600ne i think?

edit: ok actually more power into a lower ohm speaker makes perfect sense, what doesnt make sense is why 4 ohm is considered harder to drive???

In the headphone world (where i’m coming from) there was always a confusion between impedance and efficiency/sensitivity.

is that what’s going on here? Is it just that the designs for 4 ohm speakers just tend to have lower efficiencies?

sorry this is long i’m confused!