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Ohm question

OK, first off, I doubt i would ever try this, but i was just curious about something and thought i would get everyones take on this.

Bear with me now, im a little rusty on electronic formulas, and i might have this bass ackwards.

Basic understanding of electronics dictates that if you have 2 10ohm loads and wire them up in series you have a 20 ohm load right?

And if you have 2 10ohm loads, and wire them up in parallel, you get a 5ohm load right?

So, if you stack 2 4ohm speakers, what impact would you see as a result of wiring them in series to create a 8 ohm load?

How would it impact sonics?
Amperage?
Wattage?
slappy

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elgordo
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The question of mixing speakers in parallel comes up so often and the formula is so simple that everyone should memorize it or jot it down:

R1 X R2 "R" is the speaker impedence in ohms. If the
------- Speakers were 8 ohm and 6 ohm it would be 8 X 6
R1 + R2 = 48 divided by 8 + 6 = 14 for an answer of
3.43

Write it down. Really. You'll need it sometime in the future.
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