Wiring question, yo.

[vsynergy 10+ year member]

I wanna' run a 4 channel amp to power a set of components and rear fills at 2 ohms. How exactly do I wire the speakers and amp so that I can get 2 ohms and still keep 4 channels?

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[Spud2388 10+ year member]

Im not an expert or anything, but from what i have read, the only way to do that is to get 2ohm speakers. If you dont have 2 ohm speakers, then i dont think u can get a 2 ohm load and use all 4 channels, unless you wire them up in series. But what do i know, im just a noob.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

 

[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

you cant, assuming your speakers have an impedance of 4 ohms. You can run both rears and fronts off the front channels, and that will leave you at a 2 ohm load, but will leave the rear channels unused.

You can also bridge the left and right channels so that you will get double the power on 2 channels and run the fronts off those and run the rears off the head unit. That would be the best soltution IMO.

Those are your only options really. Unless you can find some 2 ohms speakers... but good luck with that, I havnt seen any.