jumping speakers

On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 04:32:16 +0100, rookie
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>is it a bad idea to hook 2 speakers in-line from one terminal on the
>reciever?

You can hook up whatever you like as long as the total impedence of
your speaker system is not lower than the minimum rating for the
amplifier.

If you want a more specific answer, ask a more specific question.

If you connect the speakers to only one terminal, you won't get any sound.
The speakers have to connect to both terminals.

On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 04:56:45 -0700, "William Sommerwerck"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>If you connect the speakers to only one terminal, you won't get any sound.
>The speakers have to connect to both terminals.
>

Damn you, Sommerwick! I'd laid a bet with that Mr. Crowley would be
the first to post that particular comment! :-)

rookie <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>is it a bad idea to hook 2 speakers in-line from one terminal on the
>reciever?

If you parallel speakers, you reduce the load impedance the amp sees.

If you put two 8-ohm speakers in parallel across an amp, the amp will
see a 4-ohm load. If the nameplate on the amp says "Minimum load impedance
4 ohms" this is fine. If it says "Minimum 6 ohms" it is not.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Scott Dorsey wrote:
> rookie <[email protected]> wrote:
>> is it a bad idea to hook 2 speakers in-line from one terminal on the
>> reciever?
>
> If you parallel speakers, you reduce the load impedance the amp sees.
>
> If you put two 8-ohm speakers in parallel across an amp, the amp will
> see a 4-ohm load. If the nameplate on the amp says "Minimum load impedance
> 4 ohms" this is fine. If it says "Minimum 6 ohms" it is not.
> --scott

If only it were this clear cut. If an amplifier said "Minimum 6 ohms"
and really meant it, an 8 ohm speaker would blow it.

What really matters is what has already been said. If you never turn the
volume up high, don't worry about it - nothing will break. And as a
corollary if you ever do turn the volume up high enough for it to
matter, then it is way underrated anyway, and a much bigger amp and
speaker are needed.

d

Don Pearce wrote:

> Scott Dorsey wrote:
> > rookie wrote:
> >> is it a bad idea to hook 2 speakers in-line from one terminal on the
> >> reciever?
> >
> > If you parallel speakers, you reduce the load impedance the amp sees.
> >
> > If you put two 8-ohm speakers in parallel across an amp, the amp will
> > see a 4-ohm load. If the nameplate on the amp says "Minimum load impedance
> > 4 ohms" this is fine. If it says "Minimum 6 ohms" it is not.
> > --scott
>
> If only it were this clear cut. If an amplifier said "Minimum 6 ohms"
> and really meant it, an 8 ohm speaker would blow it.

I think you just blew the OP's mind actually.

Graham

Eeyore wrote:
>
> Don Pearce wrote:
>
>> Scott Dorsey wrote:
>>> rookie wrote:
>>>> is it a bad idea to hook 2 speakers in-line from one terminal on the
>>>> reciever?
>>> If you parallel speakers, you reduce the load impedance the amp sees.
>>>
>>> If you put two 8-ohm speakers in parallel across an amp, the amp will
>>> see a 4-ohm load. If the nameplate on the amp says "Minimum load impedance
>>> 4 ohms" this is fine. If it says "Minimum 6 ohms" it is not.
>>> --scott
>> If only it were this clear cut. If an amplifier said "Minimum 6 ohms"
>> and really meant it, an 8 ohm speaker would blow it.
>
> I think you just blew the OP's mind actually.
>

Perhaps I should have expanded a little, do you think?

d

Don Pearce <[email protected]> wrote:
> Eeyore wrote:
> >
> > Don Pearce wrote:
> >
> >> Scott Dorsey wrote:
> >>> rookie wrote:
> >>>> is it a bad idea to hook 2 speakers in-line from one terminal on the
> >>>> reciever?
> >>> If you parallel speakers, you reduce the load impedance the amp sees.
> >>>
> >>> If you put two 8-ohm speakers in parallel across an amp, the amp will
> >>> see a 4-ohm load. If the nameplate on the amp says "Minimum load
> >>> impedance 4 ohms" this is fine. If it says "Minimum 6 ohms" it is
> >>> not. --scott
> >> If only it were this clear cut. If an amplifier said "Minimum 6 ohms"
> >> and really meant it, an 8 ohm speaker would blow it.
> >
> > I think you just blew the OP's mind actually.
> >
>
> Perhaps I should have expanded a little, do you think?
>
> d

Then there's the likelihood the receiver's source impedance is nearly zero
ohms and it really doesn't matter. I once encountered a Crown D-75 driving
the ground system of a TV facility. Sound continued to come out of the
speaker, but all the video was modulated by it as well!

--
~
~ Roy
"If you notice the sound, it's wrong!"

On 5 Jun 2008 11:06:18 -0400, [email protected] (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

>>is it a bad idea to hook 2 speakers in-line from one terminal on the
>>reciever?
>
>If you parallel speakers, you reduce the load impedance the amp sees.

Is there any chance when he says "in-line" he means in-line? Nah,
you're right :-)

Scott Dorsey wrote:
> rookie <[email protected]> wrote:
>> is it a bad idea to hook 2 speakers in-line from one terminal on the
>> reciever?
>
> If you parallel speakers, you reduce the load impedance the amp sees.
>
> If you put two 8-ohm speakers in parallel across an amp, the amp will
> see a 4-ohm load. If the nameplate on the amp says "Minimum load impedance
> 4 ohms" this is fine. If it says "Minimum 6 ohms" it is not.
> --scott

But if one of the speakers is 4-ohms, things get interesting. The load
doesn't go down all that much (3.2-ohms), but the 4-ohm speakers will be
louder than the 8-ohm ones.

jak

jakdedert wrote:
> Scott Dorsey wrote:
>> rookie <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> is it a bad idea to hook 2 speakers in-line from one terminal on the
>>> reciever?
>>
>> If you parallel speakers, you reduce the load impedance the amp sees.
>>
>> If you put two 8-ohm speakers in parallel across an amp, the amp will
>> see a 4-ohm load. If the nameplate on the amp says "Minimum load
>> impedance
>> 4 ohms" this is fine. If it says "Minimum 6 ohms" it is not.
>> --scott
>
> But if one of the speakers is 4-ohms, things get interesting. The load
> doesn't go down all that much (3.2-ohms), but the 4-ohm speakers will be
> louder than the 8-ohm ones.
>
> jak


That's funny, I got 2.7-ohms.

-Raf

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