If connected to one speaker and set to -bridge-stereo, is the output still 4ohms? I want to power a clark synthesis tactile speaker.
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If you bridge it to get 150 watts you need to use an 8ohm speaker or it will overheat. I used up the 5.1 A&B speakers on a Yamaha to power surround and an additional B set of speakers in a pool cabana. I have this set up as a third 2 channel amp to power a set of Bose outdoor in ground speakers which are 4ohms each. So far it has worked very well. It's in an enclosed cabinet and the internal fan does turn on when the weather is warm or I have it cranks up. You don't hear any fan noise unless you get close. So I do know it builds up heat. The auto power off and on is a very nice feature.
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Followup: I didn't read your question closely enough. I'm not sure how it would treat only one side being hooked up while in stereo mode, load-wise, and the manual does not say.
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If you bridge it to get 150 watts you need to use an 8ohm speaker or it will overheat. I used up the 5.1 A&B; speakers on a Yamaha to power surround and an additional B set of speakers in a pool cabana. I have this set up as a third 2 channel amp to power a set of Bose outdoor in ground speakers which are 4ohms each. So far it has worked very well. It's in an enclosed cabinet and the internal fan does turn on when the weather is warm or I have it cranks up. You don't hear any fan noise unless you get close. So I do know it builds up heat. The auto power off and on is a very nice feature.
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The Manual states: "Power output is 75 watts x 2 into a stereo 4 ohm load, and 150 watts x 1 into a bridged-mono 8 ohm load." I'm not sure what the resistance of your clark speaker is, but I suspect it could run 4ohms (at a lower volume setting) and still work, and if it's 8 ohms you are golden.
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Jonathan, here is some information that might help320W @ 8 Ohms480W @ 4 Ohms700W or 480W Amp Only:¼" speaker outputjacks. Impedances Lower than 4 Ohms should not beused. Higher impedances such as 8 Ohms, 16 Ohms,or No Load are acceptable. One 4 Ohm, one 8 Ohm,or two 8 Ohm cabinets are okay. One 4 Ohm and one8 Ohm together is not recommended. The internalspeakers equal an 8 Ohm load. No damage willresult from operating the amplifier with the speakersdisconnected.
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Hi, this amp is not bridgeable, it only has a speaker impedance selector (8 ohms or 4 ohms)
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This amp uses line level input which is 1.7Vpp nominal. The same signal that your home stereo CD player would output(as an example. You cannot connect the input of this amp to the speaker terminals of your device. The amp would be damaged from the power level out put of the speaker terminals. If you must use the speaker of your existing system to power this amp you must get a SPEAKER LEVEL-ATTENUATOR/MATCHING device. This will convert the 8ohm speaker impedance to 10K ohms and the provide limiting so that the output would not exceed 2vpp. You can et such devices on Amazon and they are not expensive.
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yes, the amplifier is 4 ohm rated. most speakers are 8 ohms. This means you can connect up to 4 speakers on the A Banna Binding Post speaker outputs. Two on the right and two on the left. The smaller, push-pin speaker outputs are for surround speakers and will only work when used the processor and and encoded source.Great, versitile product. I recommend.Thanks,jeffaudiodealer.com
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As I recall there is no need to connect both the A&B; speakers to the input, I connected the amp's speaker A to the speaker selector input, then connected four pairs of speakers to 1 through 4 on the speaker selector, and nothing was connected to the output.
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This amp is stable to a 2 ohm load in a stereo configuration and 4 ohm load bridged. With four speakers with four ohm voice coils it can be done, even with 8 ohm coils but it will put out less power that way. Take two speakers positives and connect to one positive output on the amp and do the same with the negative speaker wires to the negative amp output. This is called hooking your speakers up in parallel, it halves the ohms so the amp will see only 2 ohms. Conversely if you hook up speaker one's positive wire to the amp positive output, then hook that speakers negative to speaker two's positive and then speaker two's negative back to the negative output on the amp is called hooking them up in series. It doubles the ohm load and the amp would see an 8 ohm load from two 4 ohm speakers and put out even less power/noise. This bit of knowledge is needed to know what impedance speakers you need to buy for the amp you want.
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The speakers work on ohms and watts not on the voltage. So if the ohms coming out of the stereo is 8 ohms and the output does not exceed the 85 watts then it should work just fine
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This got me really curious. I hate not knowing the answer to what should be a simple question. I found this info on another site: "Specifications - from the user manual. Power output is listed as 30Watts RMS into 4 ohms with 10%THD - Not what I would call quality sound but maybe ok for your rear channel. BTW, this would equate to 15w @ 8ohms. Audio Input: Wireless * Stereo, 16-bit, 48 KHz, uncompressed * Signal-to-Noise Ratio: 87 dB Audio Output: High Efficiency Class D, Speaker-level * Supports 4 to 16 ohm speakers * Audio output power: 2 30 W (RMS) into 4 ohms (no more than 10% THD) Transmission Delay * 15-20 ms Power Supply * AC 100-240 V ~ 50/60 Hz"
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Great question. I have a set of small Bose bookshelf speakers that are 4 ohm. I just hooked them up a couple of days ago and they worked fine. I started with the power control turned all the way down on the Micro amp so as not to blow them and turned it up until I got the sound I wanted.
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This is kinda difficult. It's rated at 440 watts/8 ohm stereo and 820 watts/4 ohms stereo. If daisy chaining Bridged, your speakers would be 4 ohms at 1,000 watts (8 ohm divided by 2=4 ohm load) Normally you want around 100-200 watt headroom on your speakers. If those speakers have a higher peak output than 500, say 800, you should be safe in running out the bridge mode output to 1st speaker then parallel to the other speaker. You want to not under power the speakers nor overpower them.
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This amplifier has a bridged (BTL) output. This means that neither the plus or minus output for each channel connects to ground - nor should you connect anything between them and ground. The BTL output allows the output to swing to the full 12 volt power supply - or (in theory) makes four times the power because P = V (squared)/load impedance. This makes potential output power about 18 watts per channel into an 8 ohm load. (12 * 12)/8 = 144/8 = 18 watts. In reality, it's probably 10 - 12 watts per channel. Another trick you can use with the BTL output is to connect a single speaker to the + terminal of one channel and the - of the other, which will give you a mono output. This amplifier has a bridged (BTL) output. This means that neither the plus or minus output for each channel connects to ground - nor should you connect anything between them and ground. The BTL output allows the output to swing to the full 12 volt power supply - or (in theory) makes four times the power because P = V (squared)/load impedance. This makes potential output power about 18 watts per channel into an 8 ohm load. (12 * 12)/8 = 144/8 = 18 watts. In reality, it's probably 10 - 12 watts per channel. Another trick you can use with the BTL output is to connect a single speaker to the +... » Read More This amplifier has a bridged (BTL) output. This means that neither the plus or minus output for each channel connects to ground - nor should you connect anything between them and ground. The BTL output allows the output to swing to the full 12 volt power supply - or (in theory) makes four times the power because P = V (squared)/load impedance. This makes potential output power about 18 watts per channel into an 8 ohm load. (12 * 12)/8 = 144/8 = 18 watts. In reality, it's probably 10 - 12 watts per channel. Another trick you can use with the BTL output is to connect a single speaker to the + terminal of one channel and the - of the other, which will give you a mono output. « Show Less
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Hi Michele, It depends on the impedance of your speakers. Here are the amplifier section details of this receiver:Minimum RMS Output Power (*1): 95 W + 95 W (6 ohms, 20 Hz - 20 kHz, THD 0.09%)Stereo Mode Output Power (*1): 110 W + 110 W (6 ohms, 1 kHz, THD 1%)Surround Mode Output Power (*1)(*2): 150 W per channel (6 ohms, 1 kHz, THD 0.9%)-Anthony
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my main outputs go to an amp then to my speakers ,im pretty sure you cant go direct to speakers .if u can it would be the main output xlr to 1/4send
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All speakers can be connected in series but you will have to add the impedance of the speakers that are in series. In this case, 4 ohms + 4 ohms = 12 ohms. The new impedance load for the amplifier would now be 8 ohms. You can easily check this stuff on google.
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If you connect the input with XLR cable, you can use the output XLR to other speaker, but if you connect the 1/4" input, sometimes the XLR output not work, I don't know why. Try using all connections in XLR
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Shouldn't matter as long as your stereo system is pushing 8 ohms output. The only thing you might notice is different sets of speakers might have different volume levels when playing them together.