speaker RMS question

**Yevmeister** · 03-01-2007, 04:46 PM

i have got 2 of MBQaurt discus with power handling between 30-70watt

i would like to put them to use, i have found a small radioshack amplifier on ebay which is rated @ 40 watt @ 4 ohm.

question?

if you have to of those speakers. obviously i will have to connect them as an 8 ohm, but the the RMS would be reduced from 40 x 1 to as 20 x 2 , would this small amplifier power those 2 speakers, i am not looking for loud, but rather a small stereo build up

Yev

**durwood** · 03-01-2007, 04:50 PM

Is it 40Wx2? or 40Wx1?

If its 40WX1 and you are going to wire them in series, then it will reduce power output to 20x1 and then dived that by 2 again so each speaker would see 10W.

**spoonraker** · 03-01-2007, 06:07 PM

is your amp rated at anything other than 4ohm? With a 2 ohm load they would be each seeing 40W.

**Yevmeister** · 03-02-2007, 09:46 AM

the amp can be @ 4, 8, 16 ohms

so if i am hooking up 4 ohm speakers, i will need to use 8 ohm plug
this is a link for amplifier
http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...&tab=techSpecs

this is a link for speakers
http://www.mbquart.com/en/produkte/c...php?nr=rua_210

Yev