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jdkoppel

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Posted: November 15, 2005 at 3:16 AM / IP Logged

when hooking up a speaker to an amp if the amps channel for example is 4ohms and the speaker is 2ohms it will opertae fine BUT if the amp channel is 2ohms and the speaker is 4ohms this will blow the speaker is this correct?

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Posted: November 15, 2005 at 4:16 AM / IP Logged

Actually, you've got it backwards. If an amp is stable to say, 4 ohms per channel, anything below that- say 2 ohms could cause the amp to act weird. It could fry, overheat or go into protect mode.

There is nothing wrong with hooking up a 4 ohm speaker to an amp that's 2 ohm stable per channel.

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jdkoppel

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Posted: November 15, 2005 at 1:48 PM / IP Logged

thanks. the higher the ohms the more restricted the currents is aye?

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Posted: November 15, 2005 at 8:50 PM / IP Logged

yes.

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Posted: November 17, 2005 at 5:39 AM / IP Logged

but you do lose watts when hooking up a 2 ohm stable amp to a 4 ohm sv sub

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Posted: November 17, 2005 at 6:18 AM / IP Logged

Yes, an amp will put out less power at 4 ohms than 2 ohms, however other factors come into play as well. Usually you end up with a slightly cleaner sound, and the amp will run cooler as well.

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jdkoppel

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Posted: November 17, 2005 at 11:25 PM / IP Logged

geepherder wrote:

Yes, an amp will put out less power at 4 ohms than 2 ohms, however other factors come into play as well. Usually you end up with a slightly cleaner sound, and the amp will run cooler as well.

is this with a 4 or 2 ohm speaker?

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Posted: November 18, 2005 at 10:18 AM / IP Logged

I'm sorry, that wasn't clear. It should have read something like this: "When running an amp at a higher impedence- 4 ohms per channel as opposed to 2 ohms per channel, you usually end up with a slightly cleaner sound, and the amp will run cooler as well."

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Posted: November 18, 2005 at 11:28 PM / IP Logged

cheers

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