16 ohm monitors

[timber22]

I have a big rack PA setup, but am looking into a small light simpler powered mixer to use for small gigs. Almost all of them include two 4ohm capable amps, usually one amp for mains and one for monitors. I want to be able to use four monitors. Does anyone make decent quality 16 ohm floor monitors (12 or 15 inch) so I can run four of them resulting in a 4 ohm load? I've done searches and haven't found much.
Two 8-ohm mains will be fine, so that's not an issue.

 

[Hactar]

Ramsdell makes a 10", 300W, 16ohm monitor.

There might be some discontinued Peavey's that are 16ohm.

 

[seamonkey]

You can use 4 @ 8 ohm monitors, just wire them up series parallel
It will give you 8 ohms, which the amp can handle fine.

 

[Jazzdogg]

Using a powered mixer can be a lot like putting all of your eggs on one basket. Have you considered a passive mixer with powered monitors?

 

[timber22]

Seamonkey - thanks and I'll look into the series parallel wiring. But, I believe I'd rather not rewire my existing monitors because I most likely still want to use them with my "full" PA as they are.

Jazzdog - I could do that, but I was hoping to use my current passive mains with the full rack PA or with a small powered mixer. That is an option though and i'll consider it.

Thanks for throwing out some options I wasn't thinking about.

 

[seamonkey]

You can rewire with external cables - no need to rewire the monitors themselves
http://procablesnsound.com/items/power-y-cables/list.htm

 

[timber22]

I never knew they existed. Thanks.

 

[gearhead1972]

I would make my own series wired box, you could do it a lot cheaper than $34 with parts from parts express.

 

[walterw]

yeah, but how much power will that mixer head push into an 8Ω load? now how about one fourth of that?

you could end up dragging out and setting up 4 very weak, quiet wedges.

for that matter, 4 wedges all on one mix is usually not so great anyway. (i'll go without before i share a monitor mix with someone else.)

 

[seamonkey]

Watts hardly matter

You want the wedges close to the players and keep the stage volume down