Mukhalled Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Hi,Fig. A is a normal connenction of car stereo which has 4-channels. Can i connect like fig. B? What are the consequences, if there are? Can the stereo be overlaoded?Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioguru Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Hi Mukhalled,Most car stereos produce 50 Whats for a moment for each of their four channels for a total of 200 Whats. The outputs at such a high level will have very high distortion and since it isn't continuous, I call it Whats.They produce only about 14 Watts continuously for each of their four channels at clipping into a 4 ohm load. At clipping the power is high but the distortion is low.You don't show how the speakers are wired. In diagram B you don't show if the speakers are in series or are in parallel.If you connect two 8 ohm speakers in parallel then the total is 4 ohms and will work fine. Two 8 ohm speakers in parallel will share the 14 Watts and produce 7 Watts each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mukhalled Posted August 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Hi Mr. Audioguru,Thanks for the explanation of the "fake" power of the car stereo ;DYes im sorry i forgot to say how the speakers were wired. I chose 8ohm each to get 4ohm in parallel connection. Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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