Posted by Wayne Parham [ 65.69.120.224 ] on June 07, 2005 at 15:38:54:

In Reply to: ohms selector to mono input posted by KC on June 07, 2005 at 13:35:09:

Match the speaker to the amp. Set the amp according to the impedance of the speaker.

You can parallel two speakers to cut impedance in half, or put them in series to double them. This assumes speaker impedance is equal; If not calculate with the following equations:

Series:

Z_T = Z₁ + Z₂ + Z₃...

Parallel:

Z_T = 1 / (1/Z₁ + 1/Z₂ + 1/Z₃...)

Where:

Z_T is total impedance
Z₁ is impedance of speaker 1, Z₂ is impedance of speaker 2 and so on.

If you use four speakers, all the same impedance, connect two in series and then connect each series pair in parallel. The total impedance will be the same as a single unit. So if you connect four 8Ω speakers this way, the total impedance will be 8Ω.

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