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Its easier, but not cheaper than what already someone have in the garage or a small class D amp from China, and the sound is not as good on 70v and 100v, often limited frequency band on the cheap models. However if its a restaurant build-out from scratch or other commercial place you are absolutely right 70volt or 100volt system is the way to go, because its easier for the electrician, so cheaper in labor and cable, and you can expand easy and control volume locally in a room without zone control, I do sell these kind of systems, but I see low impedance amps overloaded all the time to save a buck, and so this video is made to help out on that.

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use 4 less, 2 left 2 right

from amps + terminal to a speakers + terminal,then from that speaker's negative terminal to the other speaker's positive terminal, whats left is amps negative terminal, from amps - terminal to the speaker's negative terminal, i hope you understood. That is for single channel, same method applies for the other channel as well,i hope you understood.

Sami Khan that is wrong. He needs + on + and - on - (parallel connection)

@@meekick Your method is what I want to do to my 20-25 yr old Kenwood home system, It has surround sound set up with all those other 3 speakers set up to go along with the 2 main speakers, offered on it, But when I put in that mode it does not sound as good as just using the the 2 main speakers, So I've been just using the 2 main speakers. SO DO YOU Suggest I do your method mentioned here?? and just run 2 speakers on each outputs? I have 2 bigger speakers I can use instead of the itty bitty surround type.

if amp does 4 to 16 ohms and your speakers are all 8 ohms parallel would be plus to plus on first speaker neg to neg then from plus on second speaker to plus on first and neg on second to neg on first that would give you theoretically 4 ohm load on that speaker terminal at amp to do the same in series connect plus on amp to plus on first speaker then neg on amp to neg on second speaker then connect neg on first speaker to plus on second speaker.That gives you series and an impedance or load of 16 ohms on that channel.Good config if your two speakers on that channel are on top off or next to each other then a small bridging cable is all that is needed between each speaker.Of course all dependent on many factors such as rated efficiency of amp etc.Good to get wise with ohms law and joules law.Ohms law v=i x r where v is voltage and i is current and r is resistance multiply i and r to get voltage divide voltage by current to get resistance and divide voltage by resistance to get current.Understanding this basic principle of electronics will help you no end when trying to calculate voltage current or resistance as you only need two values to calculate the third value.Kinda long winded and technical i know but rule of thumb when working with speakers with the same resistance values in parallel divide the value of the speaker by the number of speakers to get impedance and in series say for example with two speakers of 8 ohms then multiply 8 ohms by two to reach impedance value of 16 ohms .Again sorry if i have went on a bit there but if unsure.Google is your friend.Always stick within your amp and speaker specs though to avoid stressing components and possible damage to your amp

Hi Daniel, you got it! However the strategy to get between 4 and 8 ohms total will differ depending on the amount of speakers, but its ok to go as high as 16 ohms but the amp will produce less output. You could connect the speakers like you described and it would work with no problem, and yes one more series connection with 2 speakers, connected in parallel with all the others will give 6 ohm. But if you want to utilize the power of the amp and lets say the same 6x 8ohm speakers. Then if you take 2 and 2 in series so that you have 3 series connections with a total of 16 ohms each, if you than parallel those 3 circuits you would get 5,3 ohms which would utilize the amp more.

Use formula for series parallel connection: Series connection: Rt= Ra+Rb+Rc Parallel connection Rt = 1÷(1/Ra+1/Rb+1/Rc) Note: Rt must be not greater than 8 or lesser than 4 ohms,

@@shinakuma275 How about connecting 2 4ohm and 2 16ohm speakers into a stereo system is it possible ?

2x 4 ohms speakers in parallel are 2 ohm total just between those 2, but if you add more speakers in parallel to that same amplifier output it will be lower than that, and it doesnt matter if its another speaker cable with plus and minus, if its connected to the same output with plus and minus it will be in parallel as well.

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You connect 2 and 2 in series and then parallel those 2 series connection, when you have 4 speakers going to the same output on the amp. The key to think about is that the total impedance needs to be right for the amp, which is typically 4 to 8 ohms.

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@@sammyjenkis4791 yes

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kidMagneto12 yea it looks like the first two speakers of the 4 he doesn't have the negative on them this seems wrong

Good question, plus from the amp goes to plus of the first speaker, then from its minus to plus on the next speaker and then the last speaker will have minus from the amp, and that will be a correctly phased serial connection

Uh...you don't count, anyone that doesn't do something different than that, doesn't count anymore.

No, it has to be a complete circuit to have current running, so all terminals will have minimum 1 wire.

In this situation ,, death" mean damage to the amplifier

As in I connected 2 speakers to side a that were 4ohm and 2 speakers to side b and that in turn made like 2ohm loads per channel and the receiver sparked and blew up after 2 hrs of use. That my friend is "death"

It will be the same as either left or right. Left and right output is just being used as an example because its the most common, so there is no difference in theory. So the goal is still to have the total impedance above 4 ohms and lower than 16 ohms for most amplifiers on each output, where in your case with a mono amp is 1 output.

Matching ohms doesnt matter, what matters is the finale impedans. So lets take the two 6x9 and i assume they each are 4 ohms since its a typical car stereo size. With two of those in parallel you will load the amp with 2 ohms, and then the tweeter on top, then you will have from whatever frequency that plays and up, and its a 4 ohm tweeter, you will now how 1,33 ohms impedans in that part of the frequency range. So the amplifier would need to be able to take that kind of low load not to fry.

Its depended on 2 things. 1) what is the impedans of each speaker? 2) what is the lowest impedans the amplifier can take? Lets take the most likely scenario, that all speakers are 8 ohms speakers and your amplifier can take 4 ohms load, then it will be parallel. But if your speakers are 4 ohm impedans you would need to go in series.

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The 4 ohms is the impedance, and if you have more speakers being connected to same amplifier output you will need to use ohms law to consider how you are going to connect them depending on each speakers impedance and how many speakers, because they will all be a part of the same circuit from being connected to the same amplifier output.

@@AudioTalk thanks for your comment. One more question please; if you connected the speakers in series and the first speaker blown up or failed, will it damage the amplifier or the other speakers? Again, thank you a lot for your help❤

@@oqhr the speaker can blow in 2 ways melt into a short-circuit or melt the wire to a open circuit, either way in series it wont affect the other speaker and if these are the only 2 speakers on that amplifier output then it wont affect the amplifier either, granted the output of the amp can handle the impedance of the one speaker and doesnt need both speakers in series, an example of that would be an amplifier that is only stabil down to 6 ohms, and if you connect 2 speakers in series with each 4 ohms and now the one speaker out of those blow with a short-circuit so that now you have 4 ohm load on the amp and you might hurt it. But if you are experiencing no sound after blowing the speaker, its likely the one speaker blew and left a open circuit and all you need to do is either replace the speaker or connect the other speaker directly.

Unless you have mad skills, you do them one at a time

Depends on the impedance of each and how they are connected, you have to watch the video

@@AudioTalk ye I decided against it - my amp can take 8ohms and it already has a speaker on each side which is 4-8. I’ve got two more bookshelf 8 ohms speakers lying around but I think I need to buy a 16ohm amp to get the working and not attach them to the set up I already got !

@@youwhoniverse16 ohms is a smaller load than 8 ohms. Lower ohms = higher load. 97% of amps is designed for 4 to 16 ohms of what we consumers think of regular amps, but really is what is classified as low impedance amps, and then a few of those can take 2 ohm load. So you can load your amp just fine with 16 ohms by connecting in series.

@@AudioTalk wow thanks for replying! my amp has a load impedance of 4Ω-8Ω (not 16... does that matter?). I wanted to connect 4 bookshelf speakers. 2 of them have impedance of 4Ω-8Ω, and 2 of them have 8Ω impedance. So if on each channel i wire up one of each bookshelf speaker in series as you showed in the video is should be fine..?

Hi Paul, you need to connect in series, connecting in parallel would likely kill your amplifier. This way you will get a 12 ohm load on each output, with parallel it will be 3 ohms.

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If they are 8ohms drivers and you connect all 4 on the same amplifier output you will get 1,3ohms and very few amplifiers will survive that. 6 is a awkward number for getting a good load, 8 or 4 is better. With all that said, you could Create 2 cluster with 3 speakers in parallel together and then serial connect the 2 clusters. That will end up around 5,5ohms total

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@@AudioTalk i agree !!

well if it meets your expectation, by all means! But I certainly dont recommend that, unless its spendable equipment to just play around with

Smarthouseelectric i have 100watt 8ohm amplifier connected to 2pcs 8ohm floorstand speaker, 3pcs 6ohm speaker, 2pcs 6ohm/8ohm center speaker, 1pc 6ohm subwoofer..is it safe??

Which model/brand amp and how did you wire it up?

Ohmmm fuck it I do the same 😂

You obviously don't understand what 7.1 means or how it works.

Not how electricity works, just as long as you have a closed circuit a current will run, the total impedance is what determents how much current. And not just speakers, this is how it is for any circuit, where you need to control the total impedance/resistance. Try look up basic information parallel and serial circuits, that might give some additional reference.

Indeed.. He did not specified the polarities in between the series of connections to the other spekears..

You need to create a circuit so you have amplifier + going to + on your first speaker then first speaker + to your second speaker + then your second speaker + to your third speaker + now you want to go from your third speaker - to your second speaker - then your second speaker - to your first speaker - then your first speaker - goes into the amplifier - creating the circuit. That's what I got from the diagram.

There is no way around understanding the Impedans and series/parallel connections, if you want to connect more than one speaker to an amplifier channel.

If your amplifier is ok to take a 4 ohm load which most are, there is no problem.