Can you use 4ohm & 8ohm speakers together

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Old Jul 29, 2012 | 08:14 PM
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Lightbulb Can you use 4ohm & 8ohm speakers together

I'm in the process of upgrading my front door speakers as I have infinity kappa on there now...my rears are midrage 4ohm and the speakers I want for the front are 8ohm ...can I use them with my 2channel amp? Rears on one channel and fronts on the other?

Right now I don't have that problem as they all are 4ohm....
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Old Jul 29, 2012 | 08:39 PM
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It will work, the 8ohm speakers will see less power
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Old Jul 29, 2012 | 08:55 PM
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I understand that part...I just want to be sure it can work together being hooked up to the same amplifier...that is a 2channel

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Old Jul 30, 2012 | 12:10 AM
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The impedance isn't the real issue I see here.
How are you planning to power a pair of of L and R channels off ONE channel and manage front and rear?

If you are planning to do what I think you are, it won't work.
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Old Jul 30, 2012 | 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted by EATSLEEPRACE
I'm in the process of upgrading my front door speakers as I have infinity kappa on there now...my rears are midrage 4ohm and the speakers I want for the front are 8ohm ...can I use them with my 2channel amp? Rears on one channel and fronts on the other?

Right now I don't have that problem as they all are 4ohm....
We need a little more information to give you an accurate answer. Which amp are you using and how do you currently have your speakers wired to it?
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Old Jul 30, 2012 | 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by EATSLEEPRACE
I'm in the process of upgrading my front door speakers as I have infinity kappa on there now...my rears are midrage 4ohm and the speakers I want for the front are 8ohm ...can I use them with my 2channel amp? Rears on one channel and fronts on the other?

Right now I don't have that problem as they all are 4ohm....
If you do the front speakers on 1-channel and rear speakers on 1-channel, if will technically work (meaning the amp will not go into protect) but you will not have stereo and it would sound very poor.
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Old Jul 30, 2012 | 12:14 PM
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I bet he's planning to use pro audio mids...multiple at that.
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Old Jul 30, 2012 | 06:19 PM
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Stop !!!!

If your using a passive crossover the coils will only be 1/2 of what you need, so if you have a series c/o you'll cook the tweeter.

the difference between 4/8 ohm coils for 2400hz .512mh & 1.06 for 8 ohm. So in thoery 2400hz will be 1200hz. this is on a 12db 2nd order.
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Old Jul 30, 2012 | 06:21 PM
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Here build your own, if you dont have have the formulas

http://ccs.exl.info/calc_cr.html#second
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