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Old Sep 2, 2019 | 08:36 PM
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So, this whole tome I’ve been doing it wrong. I’ve been using the charts as what my amp produced, not what my speakers are rated for. That being said, since I have 4 hertz hcx wired in parallel, my resistance on the circuit is 2 ohm even though the speakers are 4 ohm. So, do I use 2 ohm as my starting point on the chart, or 4 ohm?
 
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Originally Posted by rblahetka
So, this whole tome I’ve been doing it wrong. I’ve been using the charts as what my amp produced, not what my speakers are rated for. That being said, since I have 4 hertz hcx wired in parallel, my resistance on the circuit is 2 ohm even though the speakers are 4 ohm. So, do I use 2 ohm as my starting point on the chart, or 4 ohm?
You will use the the 2 ohm column on the chart because your amp will be seeing a 2 ohm load from the speakers wired in parallel.
 
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