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jakediggity

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Posted: August 16, 2004 at 8:48 PM / IP Logged

I have 4 speakers that are going to be ran by my 4 channel amp, as of now i only have 2 of those four speakers. Is it ok to run those two and leave two open channels?

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Posted: August 16, 2004 at 9:13 PM / IP Logged

Yes

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fredisfound

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Posted: August 17, 2004 at 6:05 AM / IP Logged

absolutely, it wont hurt at all.

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GalpinAudio

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Posted: August 17, 2004 at 5:56 PM / IP Logged

I've never actually SEEN anything written to say yes or no, but I was told a LONG LONG time ago that it would damage the output of the amp to run without any load on it. You may want to contact the manufacturer of the amp and ask their tech support to confirm yes or no.

Just my 2 cents...

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Charles_R_H

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Posted: August 18, 2004 at 11:15 AM / IP Logged

never heard of that causing any problems to the amp

electronics run off of smoke, when you let the smoke out they stop working

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kgerry

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Posted: August 18, 2004 at 3:53 PM / IP Logged

as long as the unused channels are not running with a signal going INTO them, then it wont hurt it at all running no load at the output stage

Kevin Gerry

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