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rknuppel
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I have a question about how this should be setup. I got a Technics receiver off of ebay the other day and it keeps overloading and shutting off on me. I think my ohms/impedance are all out of wack but it confuses the crap out of me. So i have a generic diagram below and would appreciate any feedback on how this should work better.
I'll explain my setup a bit.
8 OHM - 2 channel 100 Watt per channel - Technics Receiver.
4 50 watt impedence matching volume controls
8 total speakers (4 OHMs a piece)
Speaker A and Speaker B are connected to volume control 1 (which has a L and R input on it so 1 speaker is going into each of those).
Speaker C and Speaker D are connected to volume control 2 (which has a L and R input on it so 1 speaker is going into each of those).
Speaker E and Speaker F are connected to volume control 3 (which has a L and R input on it so 1 speaker is going into each of those).
Speaker G and Speaker H are connected to volume control 4 (which has a L and R input on it so 1 speaker is going into each of those).
All 4 volume controls have 2 18 guage speaker wires running back to my wiring closet. Now my biggest question is: How do I get this all into my amp and the correct impedance/ohm level? If I connect just one volume control in, I can turn the amp volume about half way up (which is super loud) before it shuts off and says OVERLOAD. If I connect another volume control to the amp, i can only go about a quarter of the way on the volume before it trips the amp up.
What am I doing wrong? I'm considering buying the AB8SS soon. Will that help anything? HELP PLEASE. I'm trying to get this all worked out before my drywall goes up this weekend
I'll explain my setup a bit.
8 OHM - 2 channel 100 Watt per channel - Technics Receiver.
4 50 watt impedence matching volume controls
8 total speakers (4 OHMs a piece)
Speaker A and Speaker B are connected to volume control 1 (which has a L and R input on it so 1 speaker is going into each of those).
Speaker C and Speaker D are connected to volume control 2 (which has a L and R input on it so 1 speaker is going into each of those).
Speaker E and Speaker F are connected to volume control 3 (which has a L and R input on it so 1 speaker is going into each of those).
Speaker G and Speaker H are connected to volume control 4 (which has a L and R input on it so 1 speaker is going into each of those).
All 4 volume controls have 2 18 guage speaker wires running back to my wiring closet. Now my biggest question is: How do I get this all into my amp and the correct impedance/ohm level? If I connect just one volume control in, I can turn the amp volume about half way up (which is super loud) before it shuts off and says OVERLOAD. If I connect another volume control to the amp, i can only go about a quarter of the way on the volume before it trips the amp up.
What am I doing wrong? I'm considering buying the AB8SS soon. Will that help anything? HELP PLEASE. I'm trying to get this all worked out before my drywall goes up this weekend