Quick question

[spoonraker 10+ year member]

If you hook two speakers to a single channel on an amplifier is the total power divided equally among the speakers?

For example : If an amp puts out 200W x 1 @ 2Ohms and you hook two 4-Ohm speakers to it in parallel, will each speaker see 100W?

Basically I have a 2 channel amp that puts out 200w x2 @ 2 Ohms, and I have a brand new set of components that handle 60W and coaxials that handle about the same and I don't want to damage them. So if I hook up one component and one coaxial to a channel in parallel that will be a 2 Ohm load and they should see 200W, but if I turn the gain down to about 120W, will each speaker see the equivalent of 60W RMS?

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[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

Quick answer:

Yes

But run the coaxials off your h/u so you can still use the fader. You want the front to be louder than the rears anyways

 

[spoonraker 10+ year member]

I'm running a car PC, so I don't have a head unit.

I agree though, I definitely want the front louder than the rears, the front are brand new Sony XS-HF167, the best speakers sony makes, and the rears are just some cheap like $60 coaxials.

I can't see any way that I can do that without a 4-channel amp though...

I guess the next questions is this :

The 2-channel amp I have is a Sony XM2165GTX. 165W x2 @ 4 Ohms and 200W x2 @ 2 Ohms. I would be happy to just ditch the rears, but the only way I can hook mu components to it without blowing them is to turn the gain way down and wire them in parallel to a single channel, but that would mean that I lose left/right separation, which I don't want to do. I can hook a component and a coax to each channel in parallel, I would have left/right, but I would lose my front/back fade so I worry the really shitty coaxials would make my new components sound bad.

My other option that is available to me without buying anything is a 4-channel sony amp. I don't know the model number, but it's a POS, the one that is sold at Wal-mart for $90. 50w x 4. This would allow me to have the separation and fade control I need, but I don't know if the SQ and power is going to be what I need?

What are your opinions? Are either of the amps worth a ****, or should I just sell them both spend some money and get a good 4-channel? I have an offer from somebody on here to buy a Mark Antony 800.4 which sounds like exactly what I need.

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

Get the Mark Antony. Definety the bettr of the bunch.

If you went car PC dont beat around the bush and use a 2ch amp for 4 speakers.