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dredlock89 · Oct 6, 2014

Hi i have a home theater that is rated for 6-16ohm speakers. the 8 inch 6 ohm subwoofer that came with it i dont overly like so i have to 10 inch subs both are 4 ohm subs iv wired them in series to make them run at 8 ohms. will these speakers be safe for the amp which is rated for no lower then 6 ohm speaker. from what i can remember as long as i go up in ohm it should be safe just wanted to maybe clarify. thanks

schan1269 · Oct 6, 2014

Should be. You created 8ohm.

Al.Anderson · Oct 7, 2014

Connecting two powered speakers in series would sum the resistance as Sam already said. But most subs are line-level, not powered. What receiver are you using?

schan1269 · Oct 7, 2014

I'm going to guess the Onkyo 33/34/3500.

dredlock89 · Oct 7, 2014

They are 2 unpowered speakers and its an onkyo htr290. My ohm meter reads them at8 ohms.

schan1269 · Oct 7, 2014

Yep, HTS3400.Passive subwoofer.

dredlock89 · Oct 8, 2014

So there shouldn be much issue running the new subs as long as i dont drop them below 6ohm

schan1269 · Oct 8, 2014

You could hook up 100 of whatever this sub is. As long as the combined ohm load is over 6...(Just off work, eating some Guylian(???) chocolate and drinking some chocolate/cherry beer. But I think it would take 5 4ohm drivers to create 6ohm. 3 parallel and 2 parallel...then those two sets series. Unless I'm backwards...)

Robert_J · Oct 8, 2014

schan1269 said:
You could hook up 100 of whatever this sub is. As long as the combined ohm load is over 6...(Just off work, eating some Guylian(???) chocolate and drinking some chocolate/cherry beer. But I think it would take 5 4ohm drivers to create 6ohm. 3 parallel and 2 parallel...then those two sets series. Unless I'm backwards...)

It would take 6. Parallel each pair for 2 ohms (4/2). Connect each pair in series for 6 ohms (2 + 2 + 2). Your math yields a 3.3333 ohm load. If that beer is good enough to mess up math, then I'd like to try it.

schan1269 · Oct 8, 2014

New Glarus Cherry StoutTheir Pumpkin Pie Lust is damn near "fresh baked"...

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