4-8ohm? what is that meaning? how can that be both?
1305343
They're really 6 Ohms. Kinda ambidextrous. Since it is equally in between 4 and 8, it can be used for either application.
1305344
You can put an ohm meter across the leads and check ,but with crossover attached its not going to amke a differance .The inpedance will be very high and not make a differance on the overal inpedance.The ohms will be important in calculating the crossover .
1848463
I do apologize. I was wrong. I jus went and looked at the boxes they came in and they say 2ohms. Sorry for incorrect first answer.
385322
That's a good match, IMO. An 8 ohm load will only make ~7-8 watts on this amp. You may start to see some distortion after half volume but even at that point, it's plenty loud. Just keep in mind, it's not a 100 watt amp..I had that amp connected to a pair of large 100 watt 8 ohm home stereo speakers and it did a great job! If you have a way to adjust the tone on the input audio, it'll rock! Very clean and accurate..
1864048
The settings are 6 and 4 ohms. To be safe you can keep it on 4 ohms all the time.
1851861
depends on what speaker you have-its a normal home system use 8ohm-if its a commercial 70v speaker-use 70v
1013368
This Subwoofer is a dual voice coil unit [4 ohms total] I think. I bought one to replace a 40 year old Radio Shack OPTIMUS 12" passive subwoofer which had a dry-rotted paper cone & surround; it was rated @ 8 ohms. I kept the cabinet because I liked the simplistic style and the Pyle dropped right in there. I was concerned about the 4 ohm rating myself because Pyle is primarily car audio (check out the 1200 Watt DVC tag) and I'm using this in my home theater/audio system which is 8 ohms rated. My music genre of choice is R&B/Disco and my movies have lots of bomb blasts and car crashes. I play my music and movies at near live levels (scaled back because I'm in a room, not outdoors) and never fear, this baby rocks! I have not heard the slightest sound of strain or discomfort from either the Pyle or my amplifier, and it's nowhere near 1200 watts. Sorry to go on so long with such an easy question but I just can't help but be hyped-up about this Pyle Subwoofer... I LOVE IT!
841135
It is rated to handle 4 ohm speakers. When my first unit died, however, they kept asking me if I was using 4 ohm speakers and then kept reassuring me that it was able to handle 4 ohm speakers. I don't know what that means, but it gives me pause. It does have two zones.
299204
Good question.... I asked the same and 8 guage is sufficient, 4 is overkill
1582937
4 min ohm amp, so 4,8,or 16 work great. But I found the best tone at 4 ohms
1637966
This amp has four channels if you are only using two channels it will be 4 ohms per channel.If you are using all four channels it will be 8 ohms per channel.Ensure that the speakers are wired accordingly(most likely series parallel as you have 8 speakers most likely of 8 ohms).The ohms at the amplifier terminals can be higher than 4 ohms per channel but never lower (in 2 channel mode).
840067
I do believe these speakers are 4 ohm, it says 2ohm on the website, but the box that it come in says 4 ohms, these speakers are really nice, I still can't get over how clear they are, working on putting a small amp to these component speakers,
1826387
Hello Popi, I am not sure I understand your question, but I will give you an overall way to work out your speaker needs. An amplifier is rated by its ability to put out a maximum number of watts into an 8 ohm speaker without distortion (typically 2% at most). An amp will drive a speaker at 4 or 16 ohms as well with varying power numbers and volume. It is important that the amp sees an impedance level of 4-16 ohms or it won't operate well (meaning efficiently and possible overheating or shutting down). It is better to have the amp power rating equal to or higher than the speaker rating. An amp overdriven can clip and suffer damage. If you respond with what your amplifier is, mono or stereo, and what it's exact power output rating is I can be more accurate. Are you planning to drive 4 speakers at 8 ohms each?
343991
This is a dual coil sub so I'm assuming it is 2 ohms if you run the two coils in parallel and 8 ohms each side. This doesn't quite work out, you're right, as it should be two 4 ohm coils (which is how I see it described on sites that sell it) that in parallel is 2 ohms or in series is 8 ohms. I built my own box to the sealed box specs (remarkably small) and am driving it in stereo (though my head unit has a dedicated sub setting for outputs which may sum to mono on its own) with a 1000watt stereo amp and I assumed it was 4ohm per side. It sounds amazing in my little car, as a matter of a fact it took me forever to get the sub balanced with the rest of the system because it is amazingly efficient so I kept turning down the sub out as well as the amp trim and finally settled on running it with a 150hz cutoff instead of 75hz. Hope this helps.
1558299
All the info I read put them at 2ohm. I am running them at 2ohm from my amp.
189038
Its both 4 & 8 ohm, 500w & 325w, so 500w @ 4ohm. I have it as 8 ohm 325w to a 12'' roc.fos. 400w max 8 ohm sub
1022061
My understanding is 2 OHM is better. I would however recommend you install the amp to get the proper sound that the speakers are capable of. I have not done this but I need to.
1516163
You loose power by going with the 8 ohm. The lower the resistance, the higher wattage output you get. If you went with a dual voice coil 8 ohm and wired it in parallel (pos to pos) this would get it to 4 ohms.