speaker wiring, easy question/answer !

[RogerWilco 10+ year member]

Hello everyone, i just bought some 6x8s (stupid ford...) they are Pioneer TS-A688OR. They are 4 ohm, 50 rms and 240 max. I also have an Alpine amp, 4 channel MRP-F240 with specs:

» 40 watts RMS x 4 at 4 ohms

» 50 watts RMS x 4 at 2 ohms

» 100 watts RMS x 2 bridged output at 4 ohms

» 2-, 3-, or 4-channel output

» 4-ohm stable in bridged mode

Sorry if the answer to this is obvious, but i searched around and can not figure out how to wire this. Can someone help me out?

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[mrray13 10+ year member]

how many speakers did u buy?

but u really can't go wrong just wiring one speaker up per channel...

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[Raven 10+ year member]

^Ditto.

Attach one speaker per channel, you've got enough power for components in the front a rear fill in the back.

 

[RogerWilco 10+ year member]

sorry theres 4 of em, but they are 4 ohms, and the amp is rated at 4x40 into 4 ohms, and 4x50 into 2 ohms, and the nominal input on the speakers is 50watts, anyway to solve this ?

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

giving them 10W under RMS wont do much.

Like mrray13 said, 1 speaker per channel.

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[RogerWilco 10+ year member]

nominal isnt the same as rms is it ? wont giving it power under the nominal make it not run ? sorry if im confused, thanks.

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

same thing

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

roger dont make this any more difficult than it is to get a noticible difference in performance you would need to double the amps output which would cook those speakers. to put it another way 90% of the time you are listening to them they will be getting under 30 watts of power anyway.

 

[mrray13 10+ year member]

nominal isnt the same as rms is it ? wont giving it power under the nominal make it not run ? sorry if im confused, thanks.

nominal is the same as rms, like supa said.

u could power those speakers (any speaker) with just 1 watt of power, they just wouldn't be loud.

u have 4 6x8's rated for 50wrms...u have an amp that puts out 40wrms @4 ohm into 4 channels...it's a perfect match. 40wrms is plenty for running mids to highs, especially if u don't have subs. ur set-up will be plenty loud and as long as u don't crank the gains, it will just about live forever.

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[mattitude 10+ year member]

Im glad to hear you say that that is a perfect match (4 Pioneer TS-A6880R's + Alpine MRP-F240) cause im about run the same set up...when I finally get the amp paid off.