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Hi, I have 2 pioneer tsw33c.
They are 4 ohm speakers, and I am trying to figure out how to wire the two of them in to 4 ohms.
I found some diagrams but they are either 2 or 8 ohms.
I was wondering if maybe I could wire them into 8 ohms and then add a 4 ohm resistor.
If I did would this be bad for my speakers, or reduce sound quality?
Thanx
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Jason,
Of course that is the LAST thing one would want to do for MANY reasons.. including the ones you are worried about.
It is also bad on amplifiers.
A speaker load on an amp is rated in impedance (not resistance) and of course resistance is not the same as impedance. This is because the amps' speaker wire output signal is AC and NOT DC.
You'll be headaches ahead to just run it as a 4 ohm stereo subs or as an 8 ohm Mono setup.
This is one very good reason to consider your amplifiers (you are [for sure] going to use) requirements before selecting speakers as a pair of 8ohms ones would sure fit the bill now. Another thought is to get another pair of the 4 ohm ones and then [with 4 of them] get whatever load you need :)
Thanks For the info, but I came up with another idea.
Smell the smoke?
I did some reading and came across something called impedence matching.
It said I could put a transformer in parrallel with my subs and amp to make them match. Is this the another of the last things I should do :)
Or am I on to something here? Also, if this is true, can I buy this at a car audio store, or do I need to make it?
Thanks
AnswerIf you want to do that good luck.
I wouldnt.. but I already said that..eh
For real, Jason..
WHY do you want to do this?
I presume it is to get a 2 ohm per channel power rating.
But that is a lot of work for only (about) 3 more decibels than an 8 ohm mono load (3db... which you will NOT get all of because of the additional signal processing). You may end up with LESS output than an 8 ohm mono load.
