found this speaker 8", it was out of a boombox/sub-woofer, wondering if it would work ok with an amp i plan to build, thing is it's a 2-channel speaker, it has 4-connection's on the speaker, 2 each side, how woud i wire it up, just loop the speaker wire's one to the other side, in parallel ?, any help appreciated, here's some pic's,
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Nice speaker,looks like 4 ohms now as long as you have the power to run the speaker to get optimal performace out of it.But to answer your question all you need to do is hook up one side,the others terminals are for your cross over or your second speaker hook up.Just f.y.i. if you do hook up a secound speaker,you want to hook it up so it keeps at 4 ohms other wise it will be at 2 ohms and that's pretty low for a amp you start to get clipping or the amp looks at it as a short. Johnnie Li'l Stogie Amps & Guitars##################################################################################by power, do you mean watt's, what would i need to drive the speaker, 5w,,or 10w, or more amp, ?
li'l Stogie Amps & Guitars said:Nice speaker,looks like 4 ohms now as long as you have the power to run the speaker to get optimal performace out of it.But to answer your question all you need to do is hook up one side,the others terminals are for your cross over or your second speaker hook up.Just f.y.i. if you do hook up a secound speaker,you want to hook it up so it keeps at 4 ohms other wise it will be at 2 ohms and that's pretty low for a amp you start to get clipping or the amp looks at it as a short. Johnnie Li'l Stogie Amps & Guitars##################################################################################by power, do you mean watt's, what would i need to drive the speaker, 5w,,or 10w, or more amp, ?
Since you have it I say go ahead and use it. Subs have very poor reponse in high freqs, they roll off the highs rapidly and it may sound muddy and not clearly defined when played through. Then again to you it may sound great.
Don
stogie, i've an old 10watt amp i can use the gut's out of, read that i need a tweeter ie another small speaker for the high's, what diameter and what ohm rating do i need,?, and would i wire them like this,
stogie, i've an old 10watt amp i can use the gut's out of, read that i need a tweeter ie another small speaker for the high's, what diameter and what ohm rating do i need,?, and would i wire them like this,
so which sounded better to you, the single 8ohm or the 2-4 ohm, speaker's,?
Andy Williams said:
I just built a small amp and wondered about speakers, the circuit I used was originally with one 8 ohm speaker, so I used that and 2 x 4 ohm speakers wired in series to match the 8 ohm rating, I put a 3 way micro switch in, to swith between the single 8 ohm and the 2x 4 ohm speakers, great difference in sound. But, I think as long as you get the ohm's right you are safe to try any arrangment, and worth doing as well. Note, its a good idea to understand the wire in series or parrallel logic!!! basically wire 2x 4 ohm speakers in series = 8 ohms, but wire 2 4 ohms in parrallel then you get a dangerous 2 ohm rating. Got it, wire 2x 8 ohm in series = 16 ohm, but in parrallel = 4 ohm.
so which sounded better to you, the single 8ohm or the 2-4 ohm, speaker's,?
Andy Williams said:I just built a small amp and wondered about speakers, the circuit I used was originally with one 8 ohm speaker, so I used that and 2 x 4 ohm speakers wired in series to match the 8 ohm rating, I put a 3 way micro switch in, to swith between the single 8 ohm and the 2x 4 ohm speakers, great difference in sound. But, I think as long as you get the ohm's right you are safe to try any arrangment, and worth doing as well. Note, its a good idea to understand the wire in series or parrallel logic!!! basically wire 2x 4 ohm speakers in series = 8 ohms, but wire 2 4 ohms in parrallel then you get a dangerous 2 ohm rating. Got it, wire 2x 8 ohm in series = 16 ohm, but in parrallel = 4 ohm.
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