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Should I swap 8ohm speakers with 4ohm?

By Strummy

7 years ago



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    #4 7 years ago
    Quoted from cody_chunn:

    If you're going to install two 4 ohm speakers in place of one 8 ohm, hook them up in series so the load impedance remains the same. That would be sound board + out to speaker 1 + lug; out of speaker 1 on - lug; in to speaker 2 on + lug; out of speaker 2 on - lug; then back to sound board - return.
    This is a good way to expand the special volume of sound while maintaining the 8 ohm load it was designed for.

    I just did this with some Kickers. The end result is a big improvement in my opinion. There is a wiring diagram that was very helpful in this thread along with links to speakers that are a direct fit(Thanks to Nosro).

    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/anyone-update-the-speakers-on-their-mmr/page/2#post-3335920

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