4 ohm speakers wired in 2 ohm, crossover question

[dino888]

Hi ,

I have searched far and wide for this but I am running my 4 ohm components wired to 2 ohm load on a 2 channel amp. I have coaxials in the rear running on 2 ohm load (4 ohm speakers). I am getting extremely bright tweeters on my components. Is this because I am running 2 ohm load through my crossover which was probably designed for a 4 ohm load? I am going to try running my on sepparate channels and scrap the rea coax - but I was curious to ask first.

JBL GT7-6c
some SPL 2 channel amp which is ancient
rears are KFC 6965s kenwood
deck is a pioneer 1300NEX

Id appreciate clarification on this one as I cannot find any info anywhere on this type of setup on google

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[1aespinoza 10+ year member]

Running at two ohms basically doubles your amplifier's output. So tweeters are getting twice the power output at your regular listening volume.

 

[trumpet 5,000+ posts]

Hi ,

I have searched far and wide for this but I am running my 4 ohm components wired to 2 ohm load on a 2 channel amp. I have coaxials in the rear running on 2 ohm load (4 ohm speakers). I am getting extremely bright tweeters on my components. Is this because I am running 2 ohm load through my crossover which was probably designed for a 4 ohm load? I am going to try running my on sepparate channels and scrap the rea coax - but I was curious to ask first.

JBL GT7-6c
some SPL 2 channel amp which is ancient
rears are KFC 6965s kenwood
deck is a pioneer 1300NEX

Are you running 2 sets of speakers on the 2 channel amplifier?

No this will not affect the tweeters when you have passive crossovers installed.