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Dennis the menace
DevilsDennis Sparris McHilton
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Posted : Jul 20, 2009 14:43:57
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Hello folks! 
I would like to know if i can daisy chain my speakers to run under 1 amp with good result without burning the amp and without buying another amp.
At the moment im running 2, 8 ohm speakers on each amp but i would like to use one the amps for some subwoofers and run all 4 top speakers on 1 amp.
This the speakers ->
2 top @ 250 W RMS/8 Ohm
2 top @ 200 W RMS/8 Ohm
This is what the amp can deliver->
2 x 420W/4 Ohm
2 x 235W/8 Ohm
2 x 650W/2 Ohm
1x 1300W/4 Ohm bridge
stable down to 2 Ohms
As far as i know, daisy chaining 2 8 ohm speakers would put it into 4 ohms right?
So i could load the amp with 450W RMS in 4 ohms stereo at each channel?
Am i right or just out riding a bike somewhere?
Please only answer if you know what youre talking about since it could turn out to an expensive story 
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Kane
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Posted : Jul 20, 2009 22:56
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Ok, so you have two stereo amps and 4 monitors total?
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Dennis the menace
DevilsDennis Sparris McHilton
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Posted : Jul 20, 2009 23:20
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i have 3 stereo amps, but i want to use 2 of them for running 4 subs and 1 for running 4 tops.
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Freeflow
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Posted : Jul 21, 2009 15:28
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Dennis the menace
DevilsDennis Sparris McHilton
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Posted : Jul 21, 2009 20:43
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the links are no good.. but thanx for trying.. i think i solved it anyways.. 8 ohm in parallel with another 8 = 4 ohm so daisy chain works fine. But what i dont get is why the same amp that was running 2 speakers in 8 ohm, can run 4, 8 ohm speakers with the same result.
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Kane
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Posted : Jul 22, 2009 07:03
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You're right about running them in parallel, but the closest thing to "daisy chaining" would be series wiring, so make sure you understand what you're doing. Series wiring would give you a 16 ohm load and might kill your amp.
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But what i dont get is why the same amp that was running 2 speakers in 8 ohm, can run 4, 8 ohm speakers with the same result.
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To the amp, it isn't four 8 ohm speakers, it's two 4 ohm speakers.
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