8 4 ohm speakers how to wire to a 1 channel amp?

[BAPEKC 10+ year member]

i have 8 4 ohm speakers. 4 8" and 4 6.5". What's the best way to wire them to a taramps 3500 ?

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[staan]

why would you want to do that? just curious, a super loud mono channel with a bunch of drivers will sound like absolute ****. your only real options are 1 or 4 ohm final load and from what i seen on a taramps 3500 on ebay is that it does its rated at a 2 ohm load so your going to be out of half the power of the amp or running a load its not rated for.

 

[staan]

well it might do 1 ohm not sure the only sites i see selling a "3500" are spanish so im not sure but i think they made a 1 ohm and a 2ohm version.

you must understand that super loud mid and high frequencies will destroy your hearing a zillion times more than a loud low frequency. if your not familiar with tinnitus, but imagine a single high frequency tone that plays in your head 24x7 untill you go crazy and want to put your head in a garbage disposal

 

[Jeffdachef 5,000+ posts]

put them in pairs, wire each pair in series, you should have 4 pairs, now parallel all of them to the amp. You should have a 2 ohm load.

 

[pickup1 5,000+ posts]

But why a mono amp?

 

[Jeffdachef 5,000+ posts]

But why a mono amp?

kuz fk sound stage and instrument separation and anything that makes music sounds good.

 

[pickup1 5,000+ posts]

kuz fk sound stage and instrument separation and anything that makes music sounds good.

Oh snap....yep!!

 

[tymoto21 10+ year member]

He could have a 3500 per front door

But I wouldn't mix the 8's and the 6.5's on the same signal

Maybe it needs to keep up with 60's on music

Op maybe a little more info and we can recommend something better