Wiring subs
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Yes....your amp will power the 8 ohm speaker. The ohms usually tell you how high of an ohm speaker you can attach to it, how many and it's also determined by how many watts it produces. In your case you could get away with two 8 ohm speakers, depending on how many connections on your amp you have. Just make sure the wattage capacity of your speaker isn't below the amount of watts you are gona pump through it with the amp. If you ever max out the volume on your stereo you run the risk of blowing the speaker if it can't handle the full amount of power that the amp can produce. If it is really under the wattage of the amp then you can run that risk at even lower volume levels from the max.
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RE: Wiring subs
ORIGINAL: 02BlueKnight88
Yes....your amp will power the 8 ohm speaker. The ohms usually tell you how high of an ohm speaker you can attach to it, how many and it's also determined by how many watts it produces. In your case you could get away with two 8 ohm speakers, depending on how many connections on your amp you have. Just make sure the wattage capacity of your speaker isn't below the amount of watts you are gona pump through it with the amp. If you ever max out the volume on your stereo you run the risk of blowing the speaker if it can't handle the full amount of power that the amp can produce. If it is really under the wattage of the amp then you can run that risk at even lower volume levels from the max.
Yes....your amp will power the 8 ohm speaker. The ohms usually tell you how high of an ohm speaker you can attach to it, how many and it's also determined by how many watts it produces. In your case you could get away with two 8 ohm speakers, depending on how many connections on your amp you have. Just make sure the wattage capacity of your speaker isn't below the amount of watts you are gona pump through it with the amp. If you ever max out the volume on your stereo you run the risk of blowing the speaker if it can't handle the full amount of power that the amp can produce. If it is really under the wattage of the amp then you can run that risk at even lower volume levels from the max.
http://mobile.jlaudio.com/support_pages.php?page_id=145 is a great site to explain wiring options.
watts are important too but not nearly important as loads. most ppl know when to stop turning it up just by listening to it.
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RE: Wiring subs
ORIGINAL: bonesninja
the number of connections on an amp has nothing to with how many speakers you can connect to it. for example if you have a mono amp that can be ran at 1 ohm and you have 6 dvc 4ohm subs you can use series parallel connections and end up with a 1.3 ohm load on the amp. to answer the original question-yes if a amp is rated at 4 ohms that means that any 1 speaker that is rated for 4 ohms or greater can be ran. for multiple speakers you must consider the ohm rating of each and then figure which wiring configuration will work.
http://mobile.jlaudio.com/support_pages.php?page_id=145 is a great site to explain wiring options.
watts are important too but not nearly important as loads. most ppl know when to stop turning it up just by listening to it.
ORIGINAL: 02BlueKnight88
Yes....your amp will power the 8 ohm speaker. The ohms usually tell you how high of an ohm speaker you can attach to it, how many and it's also determined by how many watts it produces. In your case you could get away with two 8 ohm speakers, depending on how many connections on your amp you have. Just make sure the wattage capacity of your speaker isn't below the amount of watts you are gona pump through it with the amp. If you ever max out the volume on your stereo you run the risk of blowing the speaker if it can't handle the full amount of power that the amp can produce. If it is really under the wattage of the amp then you can run that risk at even lower volume levels from the max.
Yes....your amp will power the 8 ohm speaker. The ohms usually tell you how high of an ohm speaker you can attach to it, how many and it's also determined by how many watts it produces. In your case you could get away with two 8 ohm speakers, depending on how many connections on your amp you have. Just make sure the wattage capacity of your speaker isn't below the amount of watts you are gona pump through it with the amp. If you ever max out the volume on your stereo you run the risk of blowing the speaker if it can't handle the full amount of power that the amp can produce. If it is really under the wattage of the amp then you can run that risk at even lower volume levels from the max.
http://mobile.jlaudio.com/support_pages.php?page_id=145 is a great site to explain wiring options.
watts are important too but not nearly important as loads. most ppl know when to stop turning it up just by listening to it.
Series involves: Positive from amp to positive of the first speaker, negative from first speaker to positive of second speaker, negative of second speaker to negative of amp. If you have four 4OHM speakers you can wire them to a single Mono amp by using a combination of both wiring techniques and make the amp think there's only one 4 ohm speaker hooked up (See figure 3A of the link below).
http://www.termpro.com/articles/spkrz.html
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RE: Wiring subs
ORIGINAL: v6stang1335
will an amp rated at 4 ohms power a sub rated at 8 ohms?
will an amp rated at 4 ohms power a sub rated at 8 ohms?
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RE: Wiring subs
You still can only connect so many speakers to one amp. It will only power so many speakers in a series parallel. That is what I was getting at when i was talking about connenctions...wrong choice of words but he didn't really ask about different ways too hook up his speakers so I figured i wouldn't get into that too much.
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RE: Wiring subs
I must pick your answer apart on one point - the watts of the amp does NOT have to be equal to or less than that of the speaker. In fact, it is the opposite. You will MORE LIKELY blow a speaker by UNDER powering and driving too much THD (distortion) to the speaker!! Distortion blows speakers, not power - well, that and factored in with folks that think the input gain control **** equates to more power 
. I have always used more power out of my amp against what the sub is rated at. Just cross it over correctly, load the amp correctly (regarding ohms law, series or parallel, etc) and you will have a very clean low end spectrum!
. I have always used more power out of my amp against what the sub is rated at. Just cross it over correctly, load the amp correctly (regarding ohms law, series or parallel, etc) and you will have a very clean low end spectrum!
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RE: Wiring subs
ORIGINAL: 02BlueKnight88
You still can only connect so many speakers to one amp. It will only power so many speakers in a series parallel. That is what I was getting at when i was talking about connenctions...wrong choice of words but he didn't really ask about different ways too hook up his speakers so I figured i wouldn't get into that too much.
You still can only connect so many speakers to one amp. It will only power so many speakers in a series parallel. That is what I was getting at when i was talking about connenctions...wrong choice of words but he didn't really ask about different ways too hook up his speakers so I figured i wouldn't get into that too much.
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RE: Wiring subs
ORIGINAL: sowaxeman
I must pick your answer apart on one point - the watts of the amp does NOT have to be equal to or less than that of the speaker. In fact, it is the opposite. You will MORE LIKELY blow a speaker by UNDER powering and driving too much THD (distortion) to the speaker!! Distortion blows speakers, not power - well, that and factored in with folks that think the input gain control **** equates to more power. I have always used more power out of my amp against what the sub is rated at. Just cross it over correctly, load the amp correctly (regarding ohms law, series or parallel, etc) and you will have a very clean low end spectrum!
I must pick your answer apart on one point - the watts of the amp does NOT have to be equal to or less than that of the speaker. In fact, it is the opposite. You will MORE LIKELY blow a speaker by UNDER powering and driving too much THD (distortion) to the speaker!! Distortion blows speakers, not power - well, that and factored in with folks that think the input gain control **** equates to more power
. I have always used more power out of my amp against what the sub is rated at. Just cross it over correctly, load the amp correctly (regarding ohms law, series or parallel, etc) and you will have a very clean low end spectrum!