Connecting many speakers to one receiver or amplifier
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- If you are installing several speakers throughout a salon on a budget, you have to see this video. If you just connect speakers by twisting all the plus wires together and connect them to plus and do the same thing for minus, you could end up with a blown amplifier and it wont matter how many watts its on.
Impedance is the most important factor here, and you most likely have to use a combination og series and parallel connections depending on each separate speakers impedance and depending on how many speakers you want to install to one amplifier output.
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The BEST and cheapest way to go about a system like this is getting commercial 70v (volt) speakers and a commercial amplifier. Not only is it cheaper, but it requires much less wiring and much less complex wiring as all the speakers can just Daisy chain together.
Its easier, but not cheaper than what already someone have in the garage or a small class D amp from China, and the sound is not as good on 70v and 100v, often limited frequency band on the cheap models. However if its a restaurant build-out from scratch or other commercial place you are absolutely right 70volt or 100volt system is the way to go, because its easier for the electrician, so cheaper in labor and cable, and you can expand easy and control volume locally in a room without zone control, I do sell these kind of systems, but I see low impedance amps overloaded all the time to save a buck, and so this video is made to help out on that.
this is correct for the given configuration, but maybe the law of Ohm should be explained in order to be able to calculate the impedance for a general setup: why the end result is 1 ohm in the first case, and 4 ohm in the second is probably a bit mystical for some people.
My amplifier is 160Watts per channel. Can i put 2 bookshelf speaker directly into one channel? Two wires for positive and 2 wires for negative? Each speaker has 8ohm and 80Watts.
EEEXELENT VIDEO MAN!! THANKSSS!!!
if I wired in series as you show from 2 speakers to 4 speakers, does it means that each speaker now receives half the wattage of power as before?? and now I need a more powerful amplifier?
thanks mate, i didnt kill my amp bc of you
Hi ..
I ve got 1 (8ohm) + 1 woofer (4ohm) and i got ak270 mini amp 2channel.. So i wanna put in my car.. Help me sir ..
a friend of mine his max was 5 but now has 24 it is loud not a 7.1 but more like 20.1
Lmao
Hope there is still life in these comments!
I want to connect two 6ohm speakers to each side (left & right) of an 8ohm output mini system.
Can this be done? If so how?
Thanks.
Hi Paul, you need to connect in series, connecting in parallel would likely kill your amplifier. This way you will get a 12 ohm load on each output, with parallel it will be 3 ohms.
Genius
simple! thank you!
If my receiver is rated at 4ohms or 8ohms can I run one channel at 4Ohms and the other in parallel at 8Ohms??
oh wow good thing i seen this video first
How would I go about wiring 6 speakers in parallel?
If they are 8ohms drivers and you connect all 4 on the same amplifier output you will get 1,3ohms and very few amplifiers will survive that. 6 is a awkward number for getting a good load, 8 or 4 is better. With all that said, you could Create 2 cluster with 3 speakers in parallel together and then serial connect the 2 clusters. That will end up around 5,5ohms total
Nice try but you left out the most important part of this whole video. In the last illustration of wiring 4 speakers You did not mention which speaker terminals to use for this parallel arrangement. You just showed a wire going from the amplifier to the first speaker then the wire going to the second speaker and so on without mentioning which terminals on the speaker you used. There is a positive and negative terminal on speaker and we have no clue which terminals you used.
Indeed.. He did not specified the polarities in between the series of connections to the other spekears..
You need to create a circuit so you have amplifier + going to + on your first speaker then first speaker + to your second speaker + then your second speaker + to your third speaker + now you want to go from your third speaker - to your second speaker - then your second speaker - to your first speaker - then your first speaker - goes into the amplifier - creating the circuit.
That's what I got from the diagram.
Horrible and super basic. Painfull.
Thank you for taking the time to make this video. I learned something.
THIS IS THE BEST EXPLANATION I VE FOUND AFTER 2 HOURS THANK YOU!!!!
Thank you, have a super weekend
Forealz… i searched all day to find answers that this guy had, it was worth it because now I understand it better and i got my answer🙏🏽
Genius video. Soooooo many ppl need to know this info my friend. Please continue to make more in-depth home audio set ups and I’m certain you will see your channel grow! Very very valuable stuff. Thank you! Just what I needed.
Thank you for the video. This was learning I was looking for.
Nice. This tutorial is much simpler than most most video which like to cramp every knowledge that they know in 10 mins.
I havnt learned anything in school but for the first time today I have learned something.
I dont know why but seeing someone break it down on a whiteboard made it sound so much more better for me lol I hate electricity when I start getting sensitive circuits involved, a mistake can be a costly mistake this is a low voltage but flicking that switch on my ebike still freaks me out
Well, but what can I do with different ohms and watts collected speakers to built à Powerful enclosure ?
All the videos I see are two ohms and four ohm speakers no 8 ohms and how to hook them up on a amp, minimum 4ohms maximum 16ohms how connect 3 8ohms speaker
How would I be able to connect two speakers into one side? I understand that in this video it explains four, but I need to know how to do two for left, and two for right.
use 4 less, 2 left 2 right
from amps + terminal to a speakers + terminal,then from that speaker's negative terminal to the other speaker's positive terminal, whats left is amps negative terminal, from amps - terminal to the speaker's negative terminal, i hope you understood. That is for single channel, same method applies for the other channel as well,i hope you understood.
Sami Khan that is wrong. He needs + on + and - on - (parallel connection)
@@meekick Your method is what I want to do to my 20-25 yr old Kenwood home system, It has surround sound set up with all those other 3 speakers set up to go along with the 2 main speakers, offered on it, But when I put in that mode it does not sound as good as just using the the 2 main speakers, So I've been just using the 2 main speakers. SO DO YOU Suggest I do your method mentioned here?? and just run 2 speakers on each outputs? I have 2 bigger speakers I can use instead of the itty bitty surround type.
if amp does 4 to 16 ohms and your speakers are all 8 ohms parallel would be plus to plus on first speaker neg to neg then from plus on second speaker to plus on first and neg on second to neg on first that would give you theoretically 4 ohm load on that speaker terminal at amp to do the same in series connect plus on amp to plus on first speaker then neg on amp to neg on second speaker then connect neg on first speaker to plus on second speaker.That gives you series and an impedance or load of 16 ohms on that channel.Good config if your two speakers on that channel are on top off or next to each other then a small bridging cable is all that is needed between each speaker.Of course all dependent on many factors such as rated efficiency of amp etc.Good to get wise with ohms law and joules law.Ohms law v=i x r where v is voltage and i is current and r is resistance multiply i and r to get voltage divide voltage by current to get resistance and divide voltage by resistance to get current.Understanding this basic principle of electronics will help you no end when trying to calculate voltage current or resistance as you only need two values to calculate the third value.Kinda long winded and technical i know but rule of thumb when working with speakers with the same resistance values in parallel divide the value of the speaker by the number of speakers to get impedance and in series say for example with two speakers of 8 ohms then multiply 8 ohms by two to reach impedance value of 16 ohms .Again sorry if i have went on a bit there but if unsure.Google is your friend.Always stick within your amp and speaker specs though to avoid stressing components and possible damage to your amp
So if I had a bunch of 8ohm speakers... I could add them in series, effectively halving the ohm value each time (8 becomes, 16, becomes 24ohms etc.). Then I can divide that final impedance value by the number of times I have used that circuit in parallel on the same channel? e.g. 3x 8ohm in series is 24ohms, then if I had 2 of those circuits in parallel, I would have 12ohms on that channel? Or if I had 4 circuits in parallel I would have 6ohms? Thanks in advance?!
Hi Daniel, you got it! However the strategy to get between 4 and 8 ohms total will differ depending on the amount of speakers, but its ok to go as high as 16 ohms but the amp will produce less output. You could connect the speakers like you described and it would work with no problem, and yes one more series connection with 2 speakers, connected in parallel with all the others will give 6 ohm.
But if you want to utilize the power of the amp and lets say the same 6x 8ohm speakers. Then if you take 2 and 2 in series so that you have 3 series connections with a total of 16 ohms each, if you than parallel those 3 circuits you would get 5,3 ohms which would utilize the amp more.
way overkill just show the speakers being wired / lose the whiteboard
My amplifier is 160Watts per channel. Can i put 2 bookshelf speaker directly into one channel? Two wires for positive and 2 wires for negative? Each speaker has 8ohm and 80Watts.
If your amplifier is ok to take a 4 ohm load which most are, there is no problem.
Can you please tell me how to connect 5 8ohm speakers and 2 6ohm to a left and right side. Thank you.
Use formula for series parallel connection:
Series connection:
Rt= Ra+Rb+Rc
Parallel connection
Rt = 1÷(1/Ra+1/Rb+1/Rc)
Note: Rt must be not greater than 8 or lesser than 4 ohms,
@@shinakuma275 How about connecting 2 4ohm and 2 16ohm speakers into a stereo system is it possible ?
I thought this video was supposed to show me how to connect extra speakers.. But nooo it was some dude rambling about shite that most people have no clue about..... WTF
There is no way around understanding the Impedans and series/parallel connections, if you want to connect more than one speaker to an amplifier channel.
So, under this logic, if i add another 2 4 ohm speakers on a 3rd line, would it drop the overall load on the amp to 2 ohms, as my amp needs to be running at 2 ohms for me to have the right power for the 6 speakers i have?
2x 4 ohms speakers in parallel are 2 ohm total just between those 2, but if you add more speakers in parallel to that same amplifier output it will be lower than that, and it doesnt matter if its another speaker cable with plus and minus, if its connected to the same output with plus and minus it will be in parallel as well.
Does this include with car audio amplifiers ?
Cut to the chase and quit the lecture.
so is his solution to maintain [4] ohms suggesting that i use daisy chaining of 2 channels with the amp head set at stereo..on rear selector switch.. ? eg. If i wanted to connect 4.. 15 inch speakers on each channel..*daisy chaining*
You connect 2 and 2 in series and then parallel those 2 series connection, when you have 4 speakers going to the same output on the amp. The key to think about is that the total impedance needs to be right for the amp, which is typically 4 to 8 ohms.
Love this video! Thank you so much for doing this I've been trying to find out this information out any you have it right here!! Thank you kindly
if using a mono amp so no L and R how many speakers can I connect together if I wanted to connect alot
It will be the same as either left or right. Left and right output is just being used as an example because its the most common, so there is no difference in theory. So the goal is still to have the total impedance above 4 ohms and lower than 16 ohms for most amplifiers on each output, where in your case with a mono amp is 1 output.
What could be the reason for my stereo speaker not working? It was I was fixing the wire then it happened to drop
Your wires broken and then you dropped it. That could be the reason...
Sorry but this is not correct cz only the last speaker will work cz hes the only one who hase + and - the first has only +
Not how electricity works, just as long as you have a closed circuit a current will run, the total impedance is what determents how much current. And not just speakers, this is how it is for any circuit, where you need to control the total impedance/resistance. Try look up basic information parallel and serial circuits, that might give some additional reference.
So in the diagram it appears that 1 of the speakers has nothing connected to its negative receptacle, is that correct ?
No, it has to be a complete circuit to have current running, so all terminals will have minimum 1 wire.
so the first speeker in line does not get connected to the negative side?
If I didn't watch this, I'd be listening the silence...:D
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Well done! Explanation is perfectly clear. Thank you so much.
Great and thanks to making easy to explain.
I have a Pioneer SA 6700 ,and 2 speakers(8 ohm)...how i can connect in A+B mode?
Nice and easy thanks a lot
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As cheap as 7.1 receivers are these days just buy one.👍
You obviously don't understand what 7.1 means or how it works.
Thank you
HELP, please!!!!!! I have Pioneer VSX 932 with 7.1 System each 150W 6ohm ! and every channel I connect two of those speakers so in every channel there is double of 150w 6 ohm how is the best way to connect those speakers with each other !??? now when I test it shows me that it's only 2 ohms! and tow of them RL RR they are 3 ohms and the receiver have 6-ohm output how i should connect all of thes things without risk !?
Thanks for the video. How would one do this if the speaker connections are 1/4" TS ports? The terminals can be accessed on the 3rd speaker on my right channel but the 3rd speaker on my left channel is in a different cab with only the TS ports and I would prefer to avoid taking it apart to access the terminals if possible. (Same speaker on both sides just in different cabinets.) The left 3rd speaker in question does have a TS out as well but I would like to confirm that running a line out form it directly to a 4th speaker will be ok and not drop the resistance too low. I am powering each side with its own Behringer EP 2500 power amp with a center speaker bridge (*from one amp, -from the other.) I am safe down to 2 ohms and am not necessarily worried about damaging the amps, but I would like to make sure I am making the most efficient use of the power. All speakers are 4 ohms. Thank you.
Series Parallel
Nice work, thank you.
Thank you too!
I have 2 speakers connected to 1 speaker (3 wires) and that 1 connected to my amplifier
Can I do two on each terminal. Two bookshelf speakers on the left two on the right ?
Depends on the impedance of each and how they are connected, you have to watch the video
@@AudioTalk ye I decided against it - my amp can take 8ohms and it already has a speaker on each side which is 4-8. I’ve got two more bookshelf 8 ohms speakers lying around but I think I need to buy a 16ohm amp to get the working and not attach them to the set up I already got !
@@youwhoniverse16 ohms is a smaller load than 8 ohms. Lower ohms = higher load. 97% of amps is designed for 4 to 16 ohms of what we consumers think of regular amps, but really is what is classified as low impedance amps, and then a few of those can take 2 ohm load. So you can load your amp just fine with 16 ohms by connecting in series.
@@AudioTalk wow thanks for replying! my amp has a load impedance of 4Ω-8Ω (not 16... does that matter?). I wanted to connect 4 bookshelf speakers. 2 of them have impedance of 4Ω-8Ω, and 2 of them have 8Ω impedance. So if on each channel i wire up one of each bookshelf speaker in series as you showed in the video is should be fine..?
Do you think I can wire multiple speaker wires together and put them in one port in an amplifier? I have 7 speakers in total and I want to wire them all to one amp that has only 4 ports for wires. Will doing that damage it or what?
Great job explaining
how about 5 +5 6ohms connection?
Excellent explanation thank you
this is amazing, can anyone recomend an amplifier for home?
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So how would one connect 4 wired speakers to a sonos amp? You are supposed to use 2 but can use upto 4? What do I need to tell the installer to do?
What about if i my speakers have 1/4" ts connection and they are connected to bare wire amp?
thank you sir
Beauty info. I looked for hours haha
people here saying they learnt something..
this is actually high school physics, but kids are never taught real life implementation so they grow up into unaware adults with some text book knowledge. m telling you, if you have gone to school you have definitely solved questions on series and parallel resistance.
True, but that goes for any subject in school, and if you don't use it for decades or social anxiety kept you in the dark on this subject as a kid, its never to late revisit, and start new on it, certainly better late than never. A lot of people have trauma particularly in their youth + surrounded by adults with the same trauma, lets welcome them too.
@@AudioTalk i agree !!
Want this guy to be my science teacher 😩
How should you wire just two speakers per channel? In series or parallel?
Its depended on 2 things. 1) what is the impedans of each speaker? 2) what is the lowest impedans the amplifier can take? Lets take the most likely scenario, that all speakers are 8 ohms speakers and your amplifier can take 4 ohms load, then it will be parallel. But if your speakers are 4 ohm impedans you would need to go in series.
how do you count when you put a speaker between + from left and - from right (central from a 5.1)?
Uh...you don't count, anyone that doesn't do something different than that, doesn't count anymore.
Thank you very much.
U made it simple and well explained tysm sir
Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge. I learned allot and I will try this method to connect 2 speakers on the left and two on the right channel.
Very nice, Spot on. Going through this right now with my boat.
When you got 4 ohms at the end, you did not really talked about how is that going to affect the imledence🤔
So, from your video I assumed that I can deal with the system as if I added a single speaker only. Am I right?
The 4 ohms is the impedance, and if you have more speakers being connected to same amplifier output you will need to use ohms law to consider how you are going to connect them depending on each speakers impedance and how many speakers, because they will all be a part of the same circuit from being connected to the same amplifier output.
@@AudioTalk thanks for your comment. One more question please; if you connected the speakers in series and the first speaker blown up or failed, will it damage the amplifier or the other speakers?
Again, thank you a lot for your help❤
@@oqhr the speaker can blow in 2 ways melt into a short-circuit or melt the wire to a open circuit, either way in series it wont affect the other speaker and if these are the only 2 speakers on that amplifier output then it wont affect the amplifier either, granted the output of the amp can handle the impedance of the one speaker and doesnt need both speakers in series, an example of that would be an amplifier that is only stabil down to 6 ohms, and if you connect 2 speakers in series with each 4 ohms and now the one speaker out of those blow with a short-circuit so that now you have 4 ohm load on the amp and you might hurt it. But if you are experiencing no sound after blowing the speaker, its likely the one speaker blew and left a open circuit and all you need to do is either replace the speaker or connect the other speaker directly.
Super helpful! thanks
Thank you. Think i got, it a bit
for the negative part do you connect the negative to last speaker only or does it need to go in the other ones also
kidMagneto12 yea it looks like the first two speakers of the 4 he doesn't have the negative on them this seems wrong
Good question, plus from the amp goes to plus of the first speaker, then from its minus to plus on the next speaker and then the last speaker will have minus from the amp, and that will be a correctly phased serial connection
Thank you , yes i can totally see your first method would fry your AV receiver at the 1ohm load, it would be damn hot !!!
You would have to buy an AV receiver that was capable of doing a 1 ohm stable load to achieve this, and that would be a lot of money for most to fork out!
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@@sammyjenkis4791 yes
I want mono connection
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thank you sir ji god video
Great explanation much appreciated, wanted to know the definition of “death” to the amplifier that u mentioned at 4:45 does that mean damaged ? or just no sound and its fine ?
In this situation ,, death" mean damage to the amplifier
As in I connected 2 speakers to side a that were 4ohm and 2 speakers to side b and that in turn made like 2ohm loads per channel and the receiver sparked and blew up after 2 hrs of use. That my friend is "death"
So if I have 6 speakers (2 6x9) (2 6.5) (2 Tweeters) and a 2 channel amp....
I can use parallel to hook left side +/- and right side +/- as long as everything is matching ohms and seeenough wattage for recommend?
Matching ohms doesnt matter, what matters is the finale impedans. So lets take the two 6x9 and i assume they each are 4 ohms since its a typical car stereo size. With two of those in parallel you will load the amp with 2 ohms, and then the tweeter on top, then you will have from whatever frequency that plays and up, and its a 4 ohm tweeter, you will now how 1,33 ohms impedans in that part of the frequency range. So the amplifier would need to be able to take that kind of low load not to fry.
I connect as many speakers i want..as long as it produces sound, i think im good 😄 counting ohm is too complicated
well if it meets your expectation, by all means! But I certainly dont recommend that, unless its spendable equipment to just play around with
Smarthouseelectric i have 100watt 8ohm amplifier connected to 2pcs 8ohm floorstand speaker, 3pcs 6ohm speaker, 2pcs 6ohm/8ohm center speaker, 1pc 6ohm subwoofer..is it safe??
Which model/brand amp and how did you wire it up?
Ohmmm fuck it I do the same 😂
S0 what if the speakers were say 3,4,6, and an 8 ohm speaker per channel. How do you wire them in?
Unless you have mad skills, you do them one at a time
Correct procedure in a long method way