May I use this amp safely to drive 8-ohm speakers or will the added impedance mess me up? Speaker are rated to 350W RMS
1689283
Yes that would work just fine. If you have two speakers you can also run them in parallel safely. (Which drops the load to 4ohms)
728124
Yes for sure.. Wire your speaker to one ohm.. Hope your amp is stable at one ohm
26865
Yes u will have no problem. This amp is beefy don't let the wattage fool u. Hope this helps.
762190
As long as you are truly running 2ohms and the amp is pushing 300w RMS than you will be pushing it just fine. Not too hard, not to little. I run my single 10W3v3-2 by a 500/1 JL slash- which is a true 500 RMS and have had it for several years with no problems. In my opinion, don't run that sub any less than a true 300 RMS!
261548
anything between 150 to 300 watt RMS per channel will power these speakers at 8 ohm I'm driving the Emotiva XPA-2 Gen 2 300W RMS 8 ohm pre channel
1496263
It usually means 8 ohms is the recommended speaker impedance. Using lower impedance speakers like 4 ohm draws more power from the amp and can cause the amp to overheat. But generally in quality amps this will only be a real concern if u constantly blast music close to maximum levels. Some higher end brands will say they are 8 ohm but 4 ohm stable meaning they can handle the lower impedance
1128341
i've used this with dual 15 inch pyle cabs 800 watt @4 ohms no problem i use this amp for front of house pa. if your not educated on stage talk that's the speakers back by the sound and light board
1075645
Ok, so the sub is 500W RMS and 4 ohms. That means that your amp will be sending it 350W. You will have 300W going to each of the "200W" 8's and 350W going to the sub. It should be fine unless you are over-driving the 8's - on music, there shouldn't be a problem.
621704
I did some brief reading about how to match amps and speakers, and my understanding is that the amp's power rating should be less than that of the speakers--around half the peak rated wattage. But as well as power you have to make sure the impedance of the speakers matches the output impedance range of the amp. If you're running two 8 ohm speakers in parallel on each channel, that's actually 4 ohms, so check those numbers. We use this Grace BTAR122 in conjunction with two 80 watt Polk Atrium 4 speakers and it sounds fantastic.
619504
Thank you for asking. The powered outputs on this are stable down to 4 ohms. As long as the impedance on your speakers is high enough the amp will be ok. If the speakers are rated to the right power they will be safe as well. Have a great day!
1092215
Hi Clay, Based on the usage I give to this amp, I don't think will be a problem. I have connected two 8 ohms speakers and often to highest volume, using the power supply provided, and not meaningful warming up.However, I don't think is good idea to close completely ANY electrical device. Leave a minimal air entry and I don't think you will have problems, using it inside specs.
188963
@ 1 ohm this amp runs 1600 watts rms. So you will be fine if you wire the speakers in 1ohm.
305481
No problem at all. Also for future reference, say if you have an amp with four and eight ohm binding posts, just wire the 6 ohm speakers to the 8 ohm posts and rock and roll!
2230839
I am not sure, however I do have a problem. It is advertised as an 8 ohm amp but it is only a 4 ohm. I have been warned that it would damage my 8 ohm speaker. Is that true. I hope that, for both our sakes, we can hook up a reverb to the amp because the effects are not good. Haddon Salt
385322
That's a good match, IMO. An 8 ohm load will only make ~7-8 watts on this amp. You may start to see some distortion after half volume but even at that point, it's plenty loud. Just keep in mind, it's not a 100 watt amp..I had that amp connected to a pair of large 100 watt 8 ohm home stereo speakers and it did a great job! If you have a way to adjust the tone on the input audio, it'll rock! Very clean and accurate..
511882
It's best if you use speakers that can handle the output of the amplifier. Since the manufacture states 2000 watts, I think that they are telling us the that is the output at 2 ohms. I run a Peavey IPR 1600 at 8 ohms and my amplifier will only put out 300 watts per channel at 8 ohms. My amp will put out 560 watts at 4 ohms . It will produce 1600 watts at 2 ohms, however running a power amplifier at 2 ohms is hard on the amplifier. Its best to run speakers that are 8 ohms and you'll have clean and clear sound as loud as the amplifier will produce at 8 ohms. Less wattage clear sound.
141523
The receiver can easily drive 4 ohm speakers. The RMS power rating of 80W applies to 8 ohm speakers, so the power output for 4 ohms will be somewhat greater.You can change the speaker impedance from the default setting of 8 ohms to 4 ohms using the "Advanced Setup" menu as described on page 37 of the owner's manual.