Home |  Forums |  Search |  My Profile |  Chat  Photo Gallery |  Events Calendar |  Technical Documents  No messages |  New Posts |  Watched Topics |  Register   i dont understand 2ohm 4ohm crap          Forum Index -> Audio, Visual and Communications Forum Latest ratings Highest-ranked posts Highest-ranked topics Highest-ranked posters   DMac Fordmods - Getting Side Ways Age:22 Posts: 1363 Joined: 07 Nov 2004 Location: Southeastern suburbs, Melbourne VIC, Australia View User Gallery (0) Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 8:48 am    Post subject: i dont understand 2ohm 4ohm crap hey guys. i still do not understand this 4 ohm and 2 ohm stuff. my speakers are 4 ohm and my amplifier put out 35 watt rms at 4 ohm and 50 watt rms at 2 ohm. now becuase i am running speakers will it only put out 35wattrms. could some explain how the ohm theory of amps Back to top voxace Technical Contributor Age:23 Posts: 3097 Joined: 05 Nov 2004 Location: Ivanhoe NSW, Australia View User Gallery (29) Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 8:57 am    Post subject: Ummm easier to give links then explain this stuff methinks: http://www.gcaudio.com/resources/howtos/spkramp.html http://www.rexc.com/services/ohms.htm http://wolfstone.halloweenhost.com/TechBase/spkimp_SpeakerImpedanceMatching.html And yes, your speakers will get approximately 35wrms. Although the impedance doesn't remain perfectly constant across frequencies. Back to top joolz Fordmods - Getting Side Ways Age:34 Posts: 2503 Joined: 06 Nov 2004 Location: Melbourne VIC, Australia View User Gallery (11) Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 2:20 pm    Post subject: its basically the load on the amp, the lower the ohmage the more load but louder the sound, just remember 1 ohm is almost a dead short. why car sound can go down to 2 ohms is because of the amount of amps the battery can put out as opposed to home hi-fi, the transformer and bridge rectifier would be the size of a slab of beer!! Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First             Forum Index -> Audio, Visual and Communications Forum Page 1 of 1   (c)2002-2009 Matti Jones and Brad Evans [30 queries :: 0.02792 seconds ]