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hooking up 8ohm speakers to amp

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Topic: hooking up 8ohm speakers to amp

Posted By: 69camaro
Subject: hooking up 8ohm speakers to amp
Date Posted: September 17, 2003 at 8:17 PM

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?




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Posted By: bryceyaworsky
Date Posted: September 17, 2003 at 8:42 PM
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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