my new car has 8 ohm speakers

[optimusprime 10+ year member]

thought it was 8 speakers with a 100 watt amp turns out its 6 speakers 100 watt @ 4ohms HU and all the speakers are 8 ohm. wtf.

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[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

thought it was 8 speakers with a 100 watt amp turns out its 6 speakers 100 watt @ 4ohms HU and all the speakers are 8 ohm. wtf.

For the life of me, I cant figure out what you just said.

 

[dipitydoo 10+ year member]

^^^LOL my thoughts as well. op, please clarify.

 

[TheUnderFighter 10+ year member]

He found out he has 2 less speakers than he originally thought.... and his "100" watt amp does the power for all six of those speakers at 4ohms. And the speakers are only 8 ohms so he's getting even less than the fabled "100w".

 

[Sub Woofin 10+ year member]

For the life of me, I cant figure out what you just said.

lol me too! had to read it twice

 

[dipitydoo 10+ year member]

depends on how its wired. factory or aftermarket hu and amp?

 

[optimusprime 10+ year member]

all factory atm just bought it for 500 dollars pretty good shape too it says in the volvo owners manual 4x100 watts @4ohms 10% distortion but it has six speakers so how the hell is that 4x100? crazy swedes and there convoluted math.

 

[TheUnderFighter 10+ year member]

10% distortion?! God ****.... there's prolly a couple speakers not amped or something. At least the swedes can use punctuation. I would hope there is less distortion at 8ohms.... anyways, you bought the car for only 500?!

 

[The_Grimy_One 10+ year member]

Yea, 10% is quite extreme, haha.

 

[optimusprime 10+ year member]

10% distortion?! God ****.... there's prolly a couple speakers not amped or something. At least the swedes can use punctuation. I would hope there is less distortion at 8ohms.... anyways, you bought the car for only 500?!

yep 500 needed a sensor(free),t-stat(8 dollars),tires(40 dollars),brake pads(48 dollars),timing belt(35 dollars) and i had to pull the pcv system for cleaning(5 bucks for cleaner) and replace about 4 inches of vacuum hose(2 dollars). so it was really more like 638 dollars. im just going to leave the audio till after xmas. ill be getting my income tax refund anyway. it as 6 grand last year so i figure ill buy the girlfriend a little car for her to drive and ill take this one over and ill spend 3-4 on car audio stuff for the volvo. oh and ,.:;?! ,.:;?! ,.:;?! ,.:;?! ,.:;?! ,.:;?! ,.:;?! ,.:;?! ,.:;?! ,.:;?!

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

lol audiopipe is rated at 10%

and 8ohm speakers are usually more efficient then 4ohm. power isn't everything

 

[Kangaroux 5,000+ posts]

Exactly which audiopipe is rated at 10%? All of the AP's I've seen are rated at like 0.1% or 0.5%

 

[optimusprime 10+ year member]

ive decided to name her gertrude

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

Exactly which audiopipe is rated at 10%? All of the AP's I've seen are rated at like 0.1% or 0.5%

rated at 4ohm power at that distortion rate