Murph;239210 Wrote: > Well, I might have some bad data here but both speakers are 8 ohm so > together create 4 ohm. Your Amp claims to have 4 ohm capability so > you are probably OK in hooking these up in parallel.
But this is still not a good thing to do if you can avoid it. Heat output and power consumption will both increase, but distortion increases too, and the volume point at which distortion will become audible decreases. Also an "8 ohm" speaker is not truly 8 ohms across all frequencies. It can have some considerable dips at certain frequencies, so if it dips down to 4 ohms in places (not uncommon BTW) you'll have a 2-ohm equivalent load at that frequency, which will cause the amp to distort or maybe even shut down at higher volumes. In short, if you can avoid doing this, avoid it! Personally I'd only do this in the long term with a massively overpowered, massively overbuilt amp like a Bryston or a Krell. One of those big, overengineered jobbies that are built like a tank. -- Mark Lanctot 'Sean Adams' Response-O-Matic checklist, patent pending!' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=200910&postcount=2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39759 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
