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New member Username: MuniPost Number: 1 Registered: Feb-06 | I have a pair of speakers from my Old Mini Audio system which I intend to use for my HT surround ( till I have more finance to upgrade to real good surround ). Each of this surround speaker is a 3 way speaker. There is a woofer ( main driver ) , two mid ranges ( two smaller drivers ) and a tweeter.Now there r two pairs of wires coming out of this speaker cabinet. I assume one pair is for the main woofer , and the other pair is for the smaller drivers. The impedence of the main driver is quoted as 6 ohms and the surround driver is quoted at 8 ohms on the speaker cabinet. The problem that I have is , on my receiver I just have two terminals to connect each of these surround speakers. If I connect the main and surround in parallel , the total impedence drops to 3.42 ohms which my receiver probably cannot support. what other alternatives do I have to be able to connect this to my AV receiver for use as a surround. Appreciate any help on this. |
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Silver Member Username: GavincummNew York USA Post Number: 612 Registered: Feb-05 | my guess is that it was set up to be bi-amped to bypass the crossover to resist damaging the speakers when turned up loud. many cheap minisystems by panasonic were designed this way. someone correct me if Im wrong. |
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Silver Member Username: Timn8terSeattle, WA USA Post Number: 775 Registered: Dec-03 | My question is: How do you know the impedance is 3.42 ohms? |
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Silver Member Username: Timn8terSeattle, WA USA Post Number: 776 Registered: Dec-03 | https://www.ecoustics.com/electronics/forum/home-audio/200320.html |
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New member Username: MuniPost Number: 2 Registered: Feb-06 | I arrived at the number of 3.42 by using (6*8)/(6+8).Parallel connection. Speaker impedence varies at different freq. of the audio signal , but I suppose it can go down to this value at certain points. So I expecting my amp to drive the speaker for such loads , causing overheating of the amp. pl someone let me know if I can use this speaker as my surround for sometime. |