Two speakers, one amp channel

[DC8 Flyer 10+ year member]

What is the best way to connect the wiring for two speakers to a single amp channel?

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[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

That will depend on whether you are wiring in parallel or in series.

 

[SyKo13 5,000+ posts]

That will depend on whether you are wiring in parallel or in series.

think he knows what you just said?

 

[alphakenny1 10+ year member]

man thats so vague.

what amp? what speakers?

 

[DC8 Flyer 10+ year member]

think he knows what you just said?

Yup, got that part down, thanks for the input though.

 

[mikeyboc 10+ year member]

Yup, got that part down, thanks for the input though.

Then give more info and we can move on to the next step.

 

[SyKo13 5,000+ posts]

Then give more info and we can move on to the next step.

indeed

 

[DC8 Flyer 10+ year member]

man thats so vague.
what amp? what speakers?

Sorry about that. The speakers will be a pair of kicker 6 inch coaxs and a pair of kicker 6 inch components with crossover, connected to a mtx 282 (2 ohm stable, 90 watts per channel at 2 ohms).

I want to wire them in parallel to each channel to give 45 watts to each set (coax and components). Is the proper way to connect two speaker wires to each + and - terminal on the amp or run a larger gauge of speaker wire off the amp and then split off from each + and - connection?

 

[PhatTonyDeMarco 5,000+ posts]

Yup, got that part down, thanks for the input though.

If you had the wiring down, you wouldnt be asking this question.

If you are planning on using multiple speakers on a mono amplifier and they are not subwoofers, then you should look into a multi-channel amp.

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

I want to wire them in parallel to each channel to give 45 watts to each set (coax and components). Is the proper way to connect two speaker wires to each + and - terminal on the amp or run a larger gauge of speaker wire off the amp and then split off from each + and - connection?

The former way you described it is the way I would do it rather than the latter but am I to understand that you are wanting to run both front and rear speakers off of a 2-channel amp? Or are the component sets and the coaxials up front?

If my initial assumption is true why go that route? You will have no fading ability at all going that route //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[DC8 Flyer 10+ year member]

If you had the wiring down, you wouldnt be asking this question.
If you are planning on using multiple speakers on a mono amplifier and they are not subwoofers, then you should look into a multi-channel amp.

Slow down homie, I asked a bad question, too broad for what I was lookiing for, read up a bit, I fixed it. I am looking for advice on physically hooking all the wires to the amp, best course to take. Calm down ya'll.

 

[SyKo13 5,000+ posts]

If you had the wiring down, you wouldnt be asking this question.
If you are planning on using multiple speakers on a mono amplifier and they are not subwoofers, then you should look into a multi-channel amp.

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[SyKo13 5,000+ posts]

Slow down homie, I asked a bad question, too broad for what I was lookiing for, read up a bit, I fixed it. I am looking for advice on physically hooking all the wires to the amp, best course to take. Calm down ya'll.

lol, grr hehe

 

[DC8 Flyer 10+ year member]

The former way you described it is the way I would do it rather than the latter but am I to understand that you are wanting to run both front and rear speakers off of a 2-channel amp? Or are the component sets and the coaxials up front?
If my initial assumption is true why go that route? You will have no fading ability at all going that route //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

Coaxs in the back, components up front. Yeah, the no fading may be a little hindering, and I do have two RT2200s but seems a bit overkill to put a 50x2 amp in just to run a pair of coaxs in the back for fading?? Thanks for the input, the first way was the way I was leaning, but wasnt sure.

 

[SyKo13 5,000+ posts]

1st = teh win, always