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Speaker question

tred · 2010-10-28 15:11:57

If I run a speaker cable form a source room to another via suspended ceiling, Can I split the cable for 2 speakers or.....should I run 2 seperates?

28-10-2010 3:11pm

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tred

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If I run a speaker cable form a source room to another via suspended ceiling, Can I split the cable for 2 speakers or.....should I run 2 seperates?

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#2 28-10-2010 6:20pm

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If you "split" the cable into two you half the impendance seen by the amplifier. If both your speakers are 8 ohm, that will result in 4 ohm nominal load (+ impendance of the wire itself) seen by the amp. If your amp can take that, you're good.

A way to be sure is to wire the speakers in series.

Why not 2 cables? (at least you'd get stereo)

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