These are 3 ohm speakers. I have a Kenwood 4 ohm amp. Would there be a problem with this setup?
181689
Not at all. I am running my system also through Kenwood amps at 4ohms. The sound is clean and responsive.
1598996
I checked the specs on this amp and it is two ohm stable. No need to bridge. With just these 4 speakers and single amp, you should get 100x4 @ 2 ohm(RMS). Which is within the range of the speakers. The Peak power is 235x4 @4ohm, which may be slightly higher @ 2 ohm. This is just above the recommended power for the speakers, which should not pose a problem as long as you don't max out the gains and volume on the head unit.
578905
Hi, I apologize for my ambiguous answer: but it all depends on the spec of the speakers. i.e. Impedance and power rating. I would say that if the speakers impedance and power rate are in the 4 ohms and 60watts. Then it is ok
1308406
It should be fine as long as your subwoofers are 4 ohm. The amp is 2 ohm stable and in fact supplies greater amperage at 2 ohms
1997637
I would expect that if your speakers are more than 4 ohms when connected you'll be fine. It really doesn't matter what your speakers are rated only their impedance usually 4 to 8 ohms.
736818
Well this depends on what ohm rating the speakers are. They aren't just "1200W", they will be 1200W at either 2, 4, or, 8 ohms. Once you find this out, look at the amps specs and look at the ohm rating that matches the ohm value for you speakers, that is the amount of watts that the amp will produce at the ohm rating per channel. You may want to get a more powerful
1558299
All the info I read put them at 2ohm. I am running them at 2ohm from my amp.
2037874
These could barely handle the wattage from my cd player. Your amp is probably 2 ohm stable and is in 2 ohm when bridged 4 ohms when not. I have a 4 channel 2 ohm stable amp and that is how it is. I would not hook an amp up to these.
305483
No problem at all. My speakers are 4-6 ohms with dips lower than 4 and it doesn't even get warm.
428912
They're supposed to be 4 Ohms even though the back says "4/8 Ohms" but in reality they're less than 4 Ohms - a tad under 3.5 Ohms. unless your amp/reciver can tolerate resistance of 2 Ohms which very few can, don't wire them in parallel with an 8 Ohm speaker. I did and it almost fried my receiver.
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Ive got mine hooked to a pioneer premier 12 in 2ohms and its really really loud I have to keep the subwoofer line way down. Im sure it would be similar for yours in 4ohms its a very strong amp. Works great ive had a few different kenwood amps and they always perform.
1204173
I'm running infinity kappa components which are 2 ohm and they work and sound awesome. I do recommend running a solid 4 channel amp but its not required.
621704
I did some brief reading about how to match amps and speakers, and my understanding is that the amp's power rating should be less than that of the speakers--around half the peak rated wattage. But as well as power you have to make sure the impedance of the speakers matches the output impedance range of the amp. If you're running two 8 ohm speakers in parallel on each channel, that's actually 4 ohms, so check those numbers. We use this Grace BTAR122 in conjunction with two 80 watt Polk Atrium 4 speakers and it sounds fantastic.
169386
They are the same output and quality the 4 ohm is more common. Check compatibility with your amp and go from there
1657439
depends on what the amp is rated. I run the new Infinity primus 3 ohm in the front and 4ohm infinity in the rear with a 8 to 2 ohm amp and they sound fine. usually the lower ohm (i think) speakers would heat up. but mine seem fine.
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I tried an old set of (I believe) 8 ohm speakers on the front right, left, and center channels and notice a marked improvement in sound quality. Do you have more information on this? Will the amp be damaged? Any idea where I can get better quality 3 ohm speakers?
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I'd stick with the same. Some amplifiers can operate "unsafely" I.e. overheating or crappy sound, if they can't produce the right impedance per whatever ohm each speaker has. I'd start from ground up if you're wanting bigger better sound