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69camaro

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Posted: September 17, 2003 at 8:17 PM / IP Logged

hey,

i was wondering if anyone could help me. I want to wire up 8 ohm speakers to an amp ( Blaupunkt Pa2100). I was wondering if hooking up 8ohm speakers to this amp, or any other amp, that says the power ratings at 4ohms will damage either the amp or the speakers. Could i use a resistor if neccesary to get the correct ohms?

bryceyaworsky

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Location: Canada

Posted: September 17, 2003 at 8:42 PM / IP Logged

the site has diagrams for wiring multiple subs to an amp if that's what you're doing. If you just want to run one 8 ohm to each channel then that's not a problem. Instead of 100 RMS @ 4 ohms you could expect 50 RMS @ 8 ohms with no damage to the amp or speaker. Running at 8 ohms will actually be better than 4 since the amp will run cooler.

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