I'm wondering if I can hook up two sets of speakers that are each 4 ohm's whether a receiver that's 4-8 ohm could handle them?
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As has already been said, your receiver is set up for 2 "sets" or pairs of front and rear speakers, so 2 pairs of these using existing speaker outs should be just fine, and better than stock for sure. I made a cooler speaker box with one pair to be run off my car's 320W RMS amp, and it sounds AWESOME!
260753
They are 4 ohm speakers. Your receiver should have a L/R & F/R. Their for allowing you to hook up 2 sets.
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Hi Evan FurrThese speakers will work in series wiring configuration, so your amp wont overheat.Thank you for choosing The Wires Zone.
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Hello. At 4 ohms that amp provide 525 watts. That is plenty so I would just use both channels of your amp, on for each speaker. You would not want to bridge your amp with these speakers as you would then be providing 1550 watts at 4 ohms and would almost definitely blow the speakers. Also if you bridged your amp you would only have one channel. So either you would need two amps, or you would try to daisy chain these speakers and I don't believe that amp will work at 2 ohms.
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Well ' yes I assume you can -Because I actually have a Pair of rather expensive 4-ohms I'm running for front left and right mains.. I have had receivers in the past that will give you the option of switching the ohm requirements in the main menu-- The 515 does not have this.. I'm thinking that in this day and age all of these receivers should be what we call 4-ohm compatable.. So in other words years and years ago if you had a set of speakers that would ever drop below a 4 ohm load-- You could actually damage the receiver.. I just don't see that as a problem any more.. So I havn't had any problems yet..- Thanks-- Frank Well ' yes I assume you can -Because I actually have a Pair of rather expensive 4-ohms I'm running for front left and right mains.. I have had receivers in the past that will give you the option of switching the ohm requirements in the main menu-- The 515 does not have this.. I'm thinking that in this day and age all of these receivers should be what we call 4-ohm compatable.. So in other words years and years ago if you had a set of speakers that would ever drop below a 4 ohm load-- You could actually damage the receiver.. I just don't see that as a problem any more.. So I havn't had any... » Read More Well ' yes I assume you can -Because I actually have a Pair of rather expensive 4-ohms I'm running for front left and right mains.. I have had receivers in the past that will give you the option of switching the ohm requirements in the main menu-- The 515 does not have this.. I'm thinking that in this day and age all of these receivers should be what we call 4-ohm compatable.. So in other words years and years ago if you had a set of speakers that would ever drop below a 4 ohm load-- You could actually damage the receiver.. I just don't see that as a problem any more.. So I havn't had any problems yet..- Thanks-- Frank « Show Less
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You haven't provided all the necessary information to receive a worthy answer. We understand you want to power a pair of dual 15" speakers at 8 Ohms, but that's all we know. Complete your research by finding out the power handling ability and capacity of the speakers. Then, look again at the outputs that the amp is capable of. Your answer is then looking right back at you.I assure you this: Relying upon a bunch of people you do not know for answers to questions like this is going to come at a cost. You have no idea that they know anything about which they speak.
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You can yes depending on what your definition of good sound is, obviously buy your question I'd I would say bass is your primary concern correct? Make sure the ohm of the speakers you purchase match your receiver/amp, if you put 4 ohm speakers on a 8 ohm amp you could fry the amp. PA speakers by their design are for sustained increased volume levels which does not always equate to higher quality sound.
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one more thing i forgot to mention son. remember this system is a 4 ohm system. you cannot hook it up to a "normal" stereo receiver because they are almost all wired for 8 ohm. my son`s friend bought these after hearing them at my house and hooked them to an integrated amplifier his buddy gave him and blew them up. my apologies if you already were aware of this.
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The manual specifies 6 ohm or higher. Mine are 8 ohm and work well with this amplifier. I don't know how well 4 ohm speakers would work.
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Not without running them parallel with another 4 ohms speaker or wiring them to them self in parallel. Individually these r 2 4 ohms speakers
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It is better to have speakers with wattage ratings higher than the receiver. 150 watt speakers will work fine with this receiver as long as they can handle 8ohms. Check the ohm ratings for the speakers, you did not say what kind of speakers you have so I can't answer that. Look on the rear of the speakers for the ohm rating.
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from my understanding your speakers ohms should not be lower than your receiver/amp. This will have your receiver working overtime to power those speakers which may casue overheating. For a 8 ohm receiver the lowest I would go would be 6 ohms; I think 4 ohms is pushing it.
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Yes it will work. If it is two quite you can wire two speakers in parallel on one channel to drop it to 8 ohms.
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This unit is built for output impedance 4-8 Ohm. By using 2 Ohm speakers you are risking to burn unit amplifier; this is not really high end equipment. This unit has RCA output and option to attach an amplifier; that would be better way to go.
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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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Yes you can hook up those speakers. The polk Pa660 is a 4 channel amp. I would recommend having 4 speakers hooked up to it at all times. Your gains only need to be at about half so you don't blow those little 8 OHM speakers out. The benefit of running 8 Ohm speakers on an amp like this, is that the amp will run a little cooler and not draw as much power. Cooler is also good because the amp will last longer. You will not need to use the crossover portion of the amp if all you are are running are these (polk audio atrium 8 SDI) speakers. Make sure your power connections are good using thick copper wire, running 8 ohm speakers 8 Gauge wire will work fine. Speakers connections are a simple positive to positive and negative to negative with a all four speakers.
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Speakers never have to be the same brand. But it is important to get speakers that are not overmatched to the receiver or amplifier. In this case, the receiver can support 8, 6, or 4 Ohm speakers. That is a very wide range. So, you can get very expensive or very inexpensive speakers to hook to it.There are lots of recommendations on speakers. I really like the MMG-W's I got from Magnepan. They mount on the wall and at $350 they are as good as speakers costing $1000's.You can get good recommendations on speakers at www.cnet.com. And also Amazon.
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You can control as many speakers as you want as long as you match the impedance and power level. I have two 8 ohm speakers on the left and right, connected to the 4 ohm tap. If you don't understand how to figure impedance take a few and research it on the web, it's actually pretty simple. I'm very pleased with the performance of the unit.
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That means for best sound you should use 8 ohm speakers to match the receiver. Strange things can happen to receiver if using less than or more than 8 ohm speakers. It is not worth the try.