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will i be fine with a 2 ohm load or should i stay at 4 ohms
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<blockquote data-quote="Ivan Beaver" data-source="post: 146890" data-attributes="member: 30"><p>Re: will i be fine with a 2 ohm load or should i stay at 4 ohms</p><p></p><p></p><p>Now things start to change.</p><p></p><p>Since this is over a large area-that means that you will be running long speaker cables.</p><p></p><p>The long cable runs will mean increased resistance-which will increase the total impedance load for each speaker. </p><p></p><p>Of course how much depends on the length of the cable and the size of the cable.</p><p></p><p>So the actual load on the amp could be higher.</p><p></p><p>Also remember that just because the speakers are "rated" at 8 ohms DOES NOT mean that is the load that they actually present to the amp.</p><p></p><p>It could be higher or lower-depends on the particular model.</p><p></p><p>It would be BEST if you look at the actual IMPEDANCE CURVE of each of the speakers and DO NOT rely on the "simple" 8 ohm number. NO MATTER what the spec sheet says. </p><p></p><p>Remember that 8 is just a "common" number, and NOT the actual impedance across the operating freq range of the speaker.</p><p></p><p>But it sounds like your biggest issue-since you are using a number of different model speakers- is going to be level and eq adjustments-since they will likely be different.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ivan Beaver, post: 146890, member: 30"] Re: will i be fine with a 2 ohm load or should i stay at 4 ohms Now things start to change. Since this is over a large area-that means that you will be running long speaker cables. The long cable runs will mean increased resistance-which will increase the total impedance load for each speaker. Of course how much depends on the length of the cable and the size of the cable. So the actual load on the amp could be higher. Also remember that just because the speakers are "rated" at 8 ohms DOES NOT mean that is the load that they actually present to the amp. It could be higher or lower-depends on the particular model. It would be BEST if you look at the actual IMPEDANCE CURVE of each of the speakers and DO NOT rely on the "simple" 8 ohm number. NO MATTER what the spec sheet says. Remember that 8 is just a "common" number, and NOT the actual impedance across the operating freq range of the speaker. But it sounds like your biggest issue-since you are using a number of different model speakers- is going to be level and eq adjustments-since they will likely be different. [/QUOTE]
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