speaker config on amp

[Rsx_03 10+ year member]

for example : is it ok to hook up 2 speakers (mids and highs) to each channel of a 2 channel amp ? so you have 4 speakers running off of a 2 channel amp ?

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[Rsx_03 10+ year member]

sorry to post again just a question im really curious on ...

if nobody understood me the first time ...

im askin if i can hook up regular 6.5" or w/e to each channel so it makes the amp work at 2 ohms .... or does that only apply with subwoofers ?

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

if your amp is stable to 2 ohms it will work but i wouldn't do it. the tweeters cannot play at the same frequencies as your mids. you would have to have some sort of passive xover on them. your better off to get a component set, or get a 4 channel and go active

 

[Rsx_03 10+ year member]

so if i had 4 components and and have a 2 channel amp then it would work just like a 4 ch amp (beside the .05%distortion increase)

because thats what i was planing on doing

thanx for the help ... been bugging me for a while seems like nobody knew the answer

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

for example : is it ok to hook up 2 speakers (mids and highs) to each channel of a 2 channel amp ? so you have 4 speakers running off of a 2 channel amp ?

Yes, provided that the overall nominal impedence load presented to the amplifier is a load the unit is capable of sustaining. I ran 4 speakers off of a two channel amp in an old Buick I had for several months with no issues. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

sorry to post again just a question im really curious on ... if nobody understood me the first time ...

im askin if i can hook up regular 6.5" or w/e to each channel so it makes the amp work at 2 ohms .... or does that only apply with subwoofers ?

So long as the final nominal impedence created by wiring however many speakers you're going to use off of each channel is 2 Ohms and the amp in question is stable at a 2 Ohm load, yes.

so if i had 4 components and and have a 2 channel amp then it would work just like a 4 ch amp (beside the .05%distortion increase)because thats what i was planing on doing

thanx for the help ... been bugging me for a while seems like nobody knew the answer

No, it won't. Seeing as you're not going to be inputting 4 discrete channels of input you will not have the ability to fade between front and rear. Other than that (refer to previous answers) as long as you don't tax the amplifier beyond its ability to safely operate it should work just fine.

Are you talking about two sets of components being driven with a two channel amp? As in 4 mids, 4 tweeters, and 4 passive crossover modules? Two sets on each channel? Or are you talking about 4 separate drivers...two being mids and two being tweeters?

 

[Rsx_03 10+ year member]

lol wow i just realized what an idiot i am ... i was going to run 4 component sets (4 crossovers 4 tweeters 4 drivers) on the front 2 channels of a orion 4004 (4 channel) amp @ 2 ohms (each set is 4ohm) then have a 8" midbass sub ran off the rear channels bridged ... lol i was thinkin runnning the 8" at 2 ohms and its only 4 ohm stable bridged ... lol wow im an idiot ...

by the way i have one more question ...

if you have a 2channel amp can you hook up 1 channel to each voice coil of a DVC sub (under the conditions that the sub doesnt make the amp run at a unstable ohm) ... maybe that might work ... if i can find a DVC 2 ohm midbass sub and hook each the rear channels to each voice coil

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

if you have a 2channel amp can you hook up 1 channel to each voice coil of a DVC sub (under the conditions that the sub doesnt make the amp run at a unstable ohm) ... maybe that might work

The short answer is Yes. It's generally a major pain in the posterior, however, getting the gains on multiple outputs matched exactly to feed the same driver. If you don't get both outputs matched pretty much to a mirror image of each other the two voice coils will be operating off of different inputs therefore reacting differently than each other rather than in unison off of the same input. This can lead to premature driver failure and that never makes anyone happy. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

If i can find a DVC 2 ohm midbass sub and hook each the rear channels to each voice coil

If you can find a Dual 2 Ohm midbass then you can wire the coils in series (bottom option) to make a 4 Ohm load which will then be safe to be powered by the bridged rear channels on your 4004. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif