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<blockquote data-quote="Jason Lavoie" data-source="post: 6822" data-attributes="member: 159"><p>I've got my brain running around in circles.. </p><p></p><p>let's say I have a cluster of 4 speakers that can all be run off the same signal.</p><p>at the other end of the wire (say, 200' away) I have a 2 channel amplifier that is bridgeable.</p><p></p><p>if I have 2 #14 pairs of wire, am I better off with a pair of speakers on each pair of wire, to each amp channel (4ohms per channel)</p><p>OR if I run them in series-parallel then parallel the 2 #14 pairs of wire, and then bridge the amp (8 ohms, 1 channel, double the wire thickness)</p><p></p><p>Am I right in that the load doubling plus the wire doubling would give me a better overall damping factor? and the same (or better) wattage to the speakers?</p><p>it looks like we would have to double the amp's output impedance in the calculations, but other than that we should be looking at almost 4x the original DF? with the same pile of hardware?</p><p></p><p>Is it that simple? or am I overlooking something?</p><p></p><p>Jason</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jason Lavoie, post: 6822, member: 159"] I've got my brain running around in circles.. let's say I have a cluster of 4 speakers that can all be run off the same signal. at the other end of the wire (say, 200' away) I have a 2 channel amplifier that is bridgeable. if I have 2 #14 pairs of wire, am I better off with a pair of speakers on each pair of wire, to each amp channel (4ohms per channel) OR if I run them in series-parallel then parallel the 2 #14 pairs of wire, and then bridge the amp (8 ohms, 1 channel, double the wire thickness) Am I right in that the load doubling plus the wire doubling would give me a better overall damping factor? and the same (or better) wattage to the speakers? it looks like we would have to double the amp's output impedance in the calculations, but other than that we should be looking at almost 4x the original DF? with the same pile of hardware? Is it that simple? or am I overlooking something? Jason [/QUOTE]
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