Hooking up speakers in parallel?
I am thinking about getting surround stereo from a car amp by taking two sets of bookshelf speakers and hooking both the right and left channels in parallel.
For instance, take this hypothetical setup. You get 4 bookshelves rates 100w max / 50w rms, all with 8 ohm impedance. Then you grab a car amp that pushes say 240w max / 100 w rms on two channels at 4 ohms.
Then you wire the 8-ohm speakers in parallel so the resultant impedance is 4 ohms at 100w rms which matches the amplifier perfectly, to me this seems like a very nice cheap way to power speakers. But, would it result in a loss of sound quality?
Your thoughts...
For instance, take this hypothetical setup. You get 4 bookshelves rates 100w max / 50w rms, all with 8 ohm impedance. Then you grab a car amp that pushes say 240w max / 100 w rms on two channels at 4 ohms.
Then you wire the 8-ohm speakers in parallel so the resultant impedance is 4 ohms at 100w rms which matches the amplifier perfectly, to me this seems like a very nice cheap way to power speakers. But, would it result in a loss of sound quality?
Your thoughts...
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i always thought car stereos were built for being loud and not built for sound quality. im sure there are some good amps out there with quality but if its that great of an idea then i dont think there would be seperate HT amps and car amps. there would just be amps. im sure it would work, but maybe not the best choice. oh well, find someone with an amp and try it out.
