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Does anyone rember how to calculate impedance?

In the old days when amps and receivers had only one set of speaker outputs, if you wanted to to run more than one pair of speakers you either had to run them in parralell or in series. This varied the amplifierload. Say if I were connecting two eight ohm speaker in paralell, what load would the amplifier see? If I connected them in sereis what load would the amplifier see? The person with the correct answer will receive a vintage slide rule.
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imin2u
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For multiple resistors in parallel:

1 1 1 1
- = - + - + - ...........
Rt R1 R2 R3

therefore four 8 ohm speakers in parallel equal 2 ohms.

I love answering electrical questions BUT remember, sound has NOTHING to do with spec's!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just listen.
imin2u
392 posts
 
So Gregadd, you're telling me that you either 1) don't trust your hearing, or 2) worry about what you can't hear.
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