What is the Ohm rating of the amp? I am looking at installing 4 rear speakers and need to know what Ohm level the amp likes so I wire speakers correc
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The full audio output power spec is on page 201 of the operating manual, which you can download from Pioneer. Max power output is 50W x4 Continuous power output 22Wx4 Load impedance: 4 Ohm (4 to 8 Ohm allowable)
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Let me add one other thing. Kicker under rates there amps. You will get a bench test card with yours. It will tell you the real power of the amp. Mine is a 1500w, but benched at 1723w. To much power can cause distortion and blow your speakers even if you keep it turned down. Too little and you get bad sound and overdrive your amp. If your subs are rated at 750w @ 2 Ohms and you have two then 1500w is what you want. So keep that in mind. Also remember you want your amp to always do the work for you. So keep the base on your head unit at 0. Then mess around with the EQ on the head unit and the frequency on the amp. Gain can be your enemy if you have really good pre-amps. So you shouldn't have to turn it up a lot. My recommendation if your not experienced is once everything is installed take it to a place that does it all the time and have them fine tune it.
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What matters is the impedance. Most Amps are 8 ohm as are speakers. When you hook multiple speakers in parallel the impedance goes down. The selector ensures that the impedance is at least 4 ohms even when as many as eight speakers are hooked in parallel (and would otherwise present 1 ohm of impedance). On my Yamaha receiver there is a switch that allows for a 4 ohm load and that is the key. You can probably run a 4 ohm load from an 8 ohm driver, it just means that more energy is dissipated in the amp than in the speakers but hopefully not so much as to do damage
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Is the resistance 8 ohms total, or 8 ohms per channel? If it's 8 ohms total, you would want to hook up, for example, two 16 ohm speakers, not two 8 ohm speakers. Basically, if you have two speakers with 8 ohms of resistance each (for example), that would result in 4 ohms total. I don't know if that helps at all...
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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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This amp at 4 ohms is rated at 1500 watts max and 750 watts rms. Your subs are rated at 800 watts rms & 1600 max so this amp is perfect to push them with. Now how long will this amp last is anybody's guess. Remember you get what you pay for.
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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
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Depends on what the ohm rating is for speakers you are driving. You'll realize more power to the speakers with 6 Ohm than with 8 ohm (140 per channel vs 100 per channel). The amp is rated at 100W per channel x seven channels @ 8ohm.
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On a 4 OHM output amp. You use one 4 Ohm speaker or two 8 OHM speakers. Example: One 8 OHM speaker + One 8 OHM speaker = 4 OHMs.
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Most current amplifiers can handle 6 ohm speakers without problem (though power output will go up, so pay attention to that). It's 4 ohm speakers where you'll start having serious problems - you'll need an amp that explicitly states it supports high current output. Check your amp's user guide - it should have what impedance is supported.
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I'm no expert, and don't know what they mean by 4 ohm topology. Generally, the 4 ohm amp would be underpowered trying to drive 2 ohm speakers. Should be ok at low to moderate volume but high volume could overheat the amp. You should ask on a car stereo forum.
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there is no set standard for rating watts, I have sold audio gear for many years, if you go to onkyo's web page and look at specs, you will see different numbers for different ohms and frequency, all manufactures do this. Very expensive amps will double there power into four ohms, but these are in the thousands of dollar range. The size of the power supply is what really makes a difference. If your speaker package is under the $2000 price range this should be fine, I bought this for my sons system.
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No sorry I cannot answer that question, I will tell you that you will not be disappointed with there performance, I drive 2 of them with the pyle hybrid 3000 watt amp, which actually put out about 500 watts at 4 ohms, and the sound great, actually the amp fall short of being able to deliver what they can handle
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My Tech checked them, they are 6 ohm, however please understand that this is a complete Bose system, not intended to be used with other systems Amps, so if you were to use these speakers in any way that is not intended by Bose. And the speakers are damaged, I can not have them returned for a refund, I appreciate your interest, but must make this clear, as I said this is a complete Bose system, and not to be connected in any other way, thanks, Jack
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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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From the manual: "This amplifier is not recommended for impedance loads below 2-Ohm stereo/4-Ohm bridged for the front/rear channels and 2-ohmfor the sub channel." I think you may have overheating issues with a 1 Ohm load.
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Yes it will work fine. If anything going up in ohm ratings is easier and safer than going down. You are taking a 6 ohm rating and going up to 8 which uses less power to drive the speaker. If you were trying to go from 8 ohm rating on the receiver and drive a 4 ohm speaker I might say look out you could cause your amp to switch off from overheating or tripping a fuse. You will be fine and if anything you'll have a little bit more presence from your middle channel now and maybe adjust it down a tad in your setup if it's too much.