M44 Speaker ohm question

denisl · Post by **denisl** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:50 pm

Are there any issues if I run 4 ohm components on my front channels and 2 ohm coax on the rear channels? Would I just lower the rear gain to compensate for the additional power?

Or could I run the front components in parallel to drop them down to 2 ohms on one channel?

Thanks.

Post by **stipud** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:59 pm

Lower the gains in the rear. No problemo.

denisl · Post by **denisl** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:48 pm

Just checking before I ordered them. Thanks!

denisl · Post by **denisl** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:01 pm

Could I run my front components in parallel to drop them to 2 ohms and get 110WRMS out of my front channels?

Would that give me 110WRMS front and 110WRMS rear since the rears are already 2ohms?

bafukie · Post by **bafukie** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:13 am

is ur component stable at 2 ohms? there are not many comps that can be run @ 2 ohms

Post by **stipud** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:25 am

denisl wrote:Could I run my front components in parallel to drop them to 2 ohms and get 110WRMS out of my front channels?

No... you can't run one speaker in parallel on itself. You would need a second component set up front to do this, which is not usually a great idea.

martinkruit · Post by **martinkruit** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:26 pm

bafukie wrote:is ur component stable at 2 ohms? there are not many comps that can be run @ 2 ohms

I use a Soundstream thats 1/4 off a Ohm stable.