speaker wiring...

[jcolley 10+ year member]

i have been puzzled for quite a while as to why the different wiring options do what everyone says they do for output. this is probably me just being stupid somehow, but evey time that i put in numbers for speakers being run off of the same power source, i get the same output from the speakers whether they are running in series or parallel. i would test it out to see if i can hear anything, but i dont have an amp that is stable with a low enough load for me to wire in parallel... i understand how wiring in parallel vs. series will affect the amp, but i still do not understand how it effects the output on the speaker end of it... if someone is willing to take the time to explain the entire power transfer from the + terminal to the - one on the amp, i would be very appreciative. Thanks!

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[SPL Blazer 10+ year member]

It has no real effect on the output of the speaker. It has an effect on the final load that the amps see's. The lower the load the more power it will put out, as long as the amp is stable to the load your trying to give the amp.

 

[jcolley 10+ year member]

are you then saying that if i am running two speakers @ 4ohms each running in parallel in series to an amp that puts out a given wattage@ 2 ohms and the same speakers running in series to a different amp that puts out the given wattage as the other but at 8 ohms they would both be putting out the same amount of power from the speakers after accounting for the change in resistance/impedence from the speakers from what the amp sees to what it actually is?