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[djeazie 10+ year member]

Wondering if you were to use two 4ohm speakers on one amplifier channel (two each side, so a total of 4 speakers, just two per channel), and lets say one speaker on this channel is 50 watts RMS and the the other is 30 watts RMS. So that would present a 2ohm load to the amplifier. Lets say the amplifier is rated at 75 watts RMS per channel at 2ohms, would these speakers share this power equally? Or would would it be divided providing each speaker with an appropriate amount of power?

Now 75 watts RMS is more than the 30 watt RMS speaker can handle but because it is sharing that power with another speaker it wouldnt see the whole 75 watts RMS. Correct?

I know this is retarded but I was thinking about it and for some reason I couldnt wrap my mind around it..

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[LOUDNDEEP 10+ year member]

each speaker would be receiving roughly 37.5 watts rms each if the amp is actually putting out rated power. you should be fine with only 7.5 watts over rms as long as gains are set right and you dont send a clipped signal to the speakers

 

[djeazie 10+ year member]

So you would be underpowering one speaker and over powering another. Doesnt make sense to do it. Why do component systems not do this?

 

[myjaja 10+ year member]

Wondering if you were to use two 4ohm speakers on one amplifier channel (two each side, so a total of 4 speakers, just two per channel), and lets say one speaker on this channel is 50 watts RMS and the the other is 30 watts RMS. So that would present a 2ohm load to the amplifier. Lets say the amplifier is rated at 75 watts RMS per channel at 2ohms, would these speakers share this power equally? Or would would it be divided providing each speaker with an appropriate amount of power?
Now 75 watts RMS is more than the 30 watt RMS speaker can handle but because it is sharing that power with another speaker it wouldnt see the whole 75 watts RMS. Correct?

I know this is retarded but I was thinking about it and for some reason I couldnt wrap my mind around it..

It'll be divided equally, so each speaker will get half the wattage. You should be fine just make sure to keep the signal clean.

 

[michaellane 5,000+ posts]

Your speaker will be fine period regardless of the small amount over the recomendation. The only down side is the under powered speaker possibly seeing a dirty signal more than the over powered speaker seeing dirty.

 

[djeazie 10+ year member]

Im not doing this. Was just thinking about it and wasnt sure how the power would be divided. But thanks for helping!

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

Why would you not put the matching speakers together? To keep the balance left to right? Like a right front and a right rear on one side?

 

[djeazie 10+ year member]

You could do that also.