good speaker amp?

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Topic: good speaker amp?

Posted By: bullseye753
Subject: good speaker amp?
Date Posted: July 16, 2008 at 10:48 AM

i have 4 speakers all 4 ohm 50w. do i need a 4-ch amp to power all of them at 50w x 4 @ 4ohm. OR could i go with a 2-ch amp and do something like 100w x2 @ 2 ohm and wire the front 2 speakers in parallel as well as the back 2. Sorry if this is a noob question. Im trying to narrow down my choices.

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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: July 16, 2008 at 12:35 PM

You could theoretically go either way, the amplifier won't care. However with a 2-channel amp you will lose either fade or balance control, while with a 4-channel amp you will be still be able to use those.

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