Mixing 4 ohm and 8 ohm Speakers?

VXR8

Hi all,

Help needed again :rolleyes:.

I am looking at purchasing an Emotiva XPA-5 and shipping it here to Sydney, Australia. No issues with this as I have been in contact with Emotiva, but in the short term, I will be running a 4 ohm and an 8 ohm load consecutively, until I complete my LSi system.

My mains are currently LSi9s (the 2 x 4 ohm speakers), my centre an older CS350LS and my surrounds the LSfx from the same series of speakers (the 3 x 8 ohm speakers).

1. Will the different impedances place any additional stress on the amp (any amp for that matter, not just the Emotiva) or will it be all OK?

2. Will this also change the overall output of the amp as it is seeing a different load for different speakers? As an example, the XPA-5 is rated at 200w x 5 into 8 ohm, 350w x 5 into 4 ohm etc.

3. Will it feed the 4 ohm speakers a maximum of 350 watts and the 8 ohm speakers a maximum of 200 watts, or come up with say 250w x 5 as a happy medium - strange question I know, but just need some clarity around this.

Thanks in advance as usual.

ben62670

No problems. Your good. Have fun.
Ben

Early B.

Yep. No problem at all for any multi-channel amp rated to run 4 ohm speakers.

I have an Emotiva LPA-1 and I'm running 8 ohm (fronts), 4 ohm (center), and 6 ohms (rear). Calibrate accordingly.

reeltrouble1

as long as the flux capacitor holds your good.;)
RT1

VXR8

Thanks Ben, Early and RT1 - just wanted to play it safe.

I know F1Nut doesn't think the Emotiva are good amps (not a real man's amp in a recent post of his), but it appears to me that the overwhelming opinion is that these are a great bang for buck alternative to mainstream brands, that sometimes even outperform the "brand" names.

Anyway, onto Emotiva today to place the order for the XPA-5. Thanks again guys for your input.

zingo

reeltrouble1 wrote: »

as long as the flux capacitor holds your good.;)

When I mixed 4 and 8 ohm speakers, my flux capacitor didn't hold, is that bad?

pietro944

zingo wrote: »

When I mixed 4 and 8 ohm speakers, my flux capacitor didn't hold, is that bad?

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