Speaker Hookup ?

bllreed · 01-01-07, 12:56 PM

Hi,

For you electronics people a theoretical question. You have an amp with only
2 speaker hookups, front left and front right. You have 4 speakers, all 8 ohm.
Your amp says it will handle 4, 6, 8, & 16 ohm speakers. Can the 2 positive
wires from 2 speakers be connected, same done with - wires, then both speakers
be plugged into the left front, then the same done with the other 2 speakers and
hooked up to right front? If this will work would you effectively have a 16 ohm
speaker on each channel with each speaker getting half the rated output wattage? TIA
Bill (you can email me at bllreed@hotmail.com or PM me, thanks.)

Targus · 01-01-07, 01:48 PM

Quote:

If this will work would you effectively have a 16 ohm
speaker on each channel

No, you'll have a 4 Ohm load

trekguy · 01-01-07, 02:17 PM

Series vs parallel resistance is sometimes a bit easier to grasp with a picture.

This page has a nice pictorial explantation of series vs parallel wiring.
http://colomar.com/Shavano/speaker.html

bllreed · 01-01-07, 10:17 PM

Trekguy,as I, your pics answered my question perfectly. Thank You! BR

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bllreed Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: DC Metro area Posts: 17	Speaker Hookup ? Hi, For you electronics people a theoretical question. You have an amp with only 2 speaker hookups, front left and front right. You have 4 speakers, all 8 ohm. Your amp says it will handle 4, 6, 8, & 16 ohm speakers. Can the 2 positive wires from 2 speakers be connected, same done with - wires, then both speakers be plugged into the left front, then the same done with the other 2 speakers and hooked up to right front? If this will work would you effectively have a 16 ohm speaker on each channel with each speaker getting half the rated output wattage? TIA Bill (you can email me at bllreed@hotmail.com or PM me, thanks.) __________________ Bll

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trekguy AVS Special Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Near Mt Diablo--SF Bay Area Posts: 2,132	Series vs parallel resistance is sometimes a bit easier to grasp with a picture. This page has a nice pictorial explantation of series vs parallel wiring. http://colomar.com/Shavano/speaker.html __________________ The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd. -Bertrand Russell

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bllreed Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: DC Metro area Posts: 17	Trekguy,as I, your pics answered my question perfectly. Thank You! BR __________________ Bll