4 vs 8 Ohm isnt really a power thing. if you close your eyes you can hear the difference between them. its not volume, its tone and texture of the different ranges. the 8 ohm sounded "thicker" at the lower ranges, but muffled the mids and highs. where as the 4 ohm lost some of the meaty bass, but gained more crisp sound in the mids and highs. when I put together a system a couple decades ago, I used 8 ohm subs and used 4 ohm mids and tweeters, I would have taken the tweets to 2 ohm but they just werent around back then really. but I had an incredibly rich sounding stereo. heavy base that you could feel passing through you, and crystal shattering highs. now I wish I could get something other than 2 or 4 ohm speakers for my motorcycle :(
Its the best comment on this video, Ive heard that too yesterday doing car audio and switching between 8 and 4 ohm subwoofer, 8 ohm just crashed it, you could close your eye and just relax deeping through that smoothness of bass vibrations, that meat! Difference in night and dat!!!! Even by not an audiophile person next to me. Otherwise wiring 4ohm speaker the bass was easier controlled right and louder, but it was only loudness and not quality itself it was not comparable, maybe some mids and highs would be better at 4ohm but not for a bass, it needs to be hell thick and dynamic which only maybe top high end 4ohm speaker give you, comparable to casual 8ohm. Peace out! And have a good 8ohm subs in ur trunk!
Thanks this helped me how to design a sound setup for a pinball machine..understanding the output. Now are those driving by individual amps? If I remember on my home theater amp I can set the ohm ratings per channel though. I also bike too.. ride safe
It took me a while to finally find this comment. I have a pair of beautiful PHD AF 12" 4ohm each, that will be pushed by RF T20001BD. The amp should give them enough power at 8ohm load. What you think?
@@sebastianfonk1281 I havent dealt with Rockford Fosgate a whole lot. especially this high of wattage as most my experience with them is in the motorcycle applications. they are good but they always seemd to be a bit "meh" on note for note quality, but they have among the best for controls. being as you are using it for base, it would fall more to type of music. Rock/metal should have a decent snappiness to it. overly muted "rap" style base will likely be snappier, but thats not the general goal of rap style music where it tends to be long low notes. but would def suggest getting a good crossover to delete the ranges you dont want pushed through subs. even if you dont hear those notes anyways, if the signal contains those ranges it will reduce your clarity of the notes you want coming from them. make sure the box is properly built whether ported or un-ported. I wouldn't go with off the shelf boxes unless the box is specifically built by the maker of the speaker. the boxes off the shelf will 99.9% of the time be the wrong size and give to much air or not enough and/or have the wrong port sizes. you should be fine over all as long as you don't try to rush from the point you are at to a finished system.
The less ohms the more power it draws from the amp mike it might not be noticeable at low volume but crnk that volume up and youll smell some smoke from the 4ohm speaker first.if you have really good amp and you want more speakers you can have 4 8ohm speakers per channel to a final load of 2 ohm per channel vs only 2 4ohms tht make the same 2ohms final load per chanel so you tell me if 8 speakers vs 4 speakers makes diference with 8 speakers if you have the room you.can have way more punchy middbass or nice and clear vocals
well said. running higher impedance speakers also allows amp relax and be more efficient less current draw and cleaner sound 2 ohm vs 4, 4 sounds cleaner amp runs cooler and efficiency goes up less taxing on the poor at best electrical system most have. once you go full retttard and spend thousands you care much less about this and just want the sound you like no concern given to the price or efficiency. small sacrifice of db allows for cheaper build too for beginners who cant afford big 4 and 4/0 and mechman alts and... it never ends but a budget multi amp system can be built on stock electrical if done right and using these options to your advantage. at the sacrifice of a little spl but you can always buy more later. car audio does not have to be for the wealthy alone just read more books and stop believing everything you read in forums 90% is hogwash you dont need 155db @ 30hz to have fun with this hobby but it does help ;P
and i band pass my mids they get mids only if you have too large of a range per cone it gets muddy and builds more destructive heat ( your number 1 enemy is clipping number 2 is heat ) and i can grossly over power my mids by keeping them this way you want highs get some tweets never full range mids with real power once the magic smoke comes out its a paper weight
Hi I have a small doubt. please give your expertise,I am planning to build a diy soundbar with 2.0 amplifier board (stereo left n right channel), can I add 1 woofer to the amp,(thereby total 3 speaker for a two channel amp). the impedance of amp is min 8ohms..
@@fusion_fever1592 im not expert but if the amp is capable of bridge mode i think you might be able to ger away with it but keep in mind you must add something that cuts the mids and hight only to the subwoofer.. i sugest get a 3 or 4 channel amp and play it safe if you dont know what youre doing or do some more reserch before damaging your equipment
@@michaelsegarra2709 thanks for the reply, the way my mind is thinking after watching lots of RUclips video on impedance is as following,the amp is a 2 channel stereo with 8ohm impedance,so I will a 8ohm speaker for the left channel,and now I will add my 4ohm woofer and a 4ohm speaker to right channel in series, thereby giving a total impedance of 8ohm on right channel (4+4 =8),thus meeting the requirements of the stereo amp at 8ohms..
Ok all amps are rated to do power at certain ohm loads eg the amp will says 500 at 4 ohm and 1000 at 1 ohm the speakers will tell the amp what power to put out so yes the 4 ohm will play louder than the 8 ohm on the same amp anyway great video watching from trinidad and just a little advice doubling the power on a speaker doesnt mean it will play twice as loud it doesn't work that way
My friend the difference is if you take 2 and 8 ohm speakers are that you can bridge them together that will make 4 ohms impedance so if you have a 4-ohm amp you can hook two speakers to one channel and stay at 4 ohms, or if the amplifier is a 2 ohm amplifier you can hook 4 speakers on each channel.
Glad you don't hear much of a difference so you don't regret it. For me, there is a huge difference. The 8 ohm is much more clear. I am also rocking a nice sound system, so that probably makes it so I can hear more.
The only difference i hear is frequency response is way better on the 8ohm…the 4 ohm is kind of beaming at certain frequencies. As an audiophile i choose the 8ohm for clarity reasons but for power and noise value i say choose the 4ohm. Its cheaper to make given watts @ 4 ohm than @ 8ohm to make 200w rms @ 8ohm is probably 4x the price. Amp to speaker matching is very important as well.
They're both 250 watt drivers/speakers. They should produce same quality sound in design. It's totally depend on how much the powered amp can produce in 8 ohm or 4 ohm channels, and the wiring here too. Please check the amplifier power outputs in manual or specs! It's missed leading fact or myth busted!
8 ohms run cooler than 4 ohms , another words less heat will save your amps and speakers. 2 ohms takes more power which lead to bigger amp and more money for the same sound . that's something that manufacture want you to believe, that's why they are pushing 2 ohms amp and speakers. they cost more and look bigger. waste of money, you don't see high end speakers that are 2 ohms.
Amps deliver twice the output power when a speakers resistance is halved so no you dont need a more powerful amp. The difference is the lower impedance will be 3dB louder. 3db is slightly louder but not twice as loud. Its not a myth its a lack of understanding.
guys .an 8 ohm speaker is 3db more efficient than a 4 ohm..it this amp is 250w at 4 ohms it means at 8 ohms is 125 watts.even the 8 ohm driver receives half the powet it plays the same loudness with the 4 ohm.this means that with 8 ohms the amp will be much less stressed than with 4 and it will play cleaner. an additional benfir is the damping factor of the amplifier will be double at 8 iohms.of course the current demand from the cars electrical system will be half for the same loudness.if you add two 8 ohms drivers in paralel eveything will be as a 4 ohm one but it will be 6db louder which is a huge difference
Your speakers were 8 ohm and louder than your friends 4ohm speaker. .I always thought 8 ohm was more clear and .the 4 ohm wil distort first at higher volume @@michaeltursack5470
8 ohm means there's a rest between each bass kick(making it a clean kick like "Boom" - "Boom" - Boom"), the lower the ohm the more the bass overlaps without a break in between each hit(Booommmbooommmbooooommmmmmm no break between each bass Kick more of a continuous bass sound overlapping one another, this is usually at 1 ohm or half ah ohm, this is also why it causes the amps to run so much power/so hot that you could smell the speaker coils because there's no rest just continuous overlapping bass) hope this helps ..........
One more thing a amp running 5000 watts rms at 8 ohm is a hell of a powerful amp, compared to a 5000 watt RMS amp running at 1 ohm or half ah ohm, the 8 ohm is going to be way louder, more like concert speakers with ever kick of the Bass, The one ohm or half ah ohm will only win if the bass is a set continuous synthesizer bass in the music you're listen to, if not you won't even notice!!! One thing to remember though running a 5000w RMS at 8 ohm is way more expensive than running it at 1 ohm or below and the 8ohm will sound 1000% better and louder )......... ✌❤🙏
Thanks for the great videos. I look forward to the competitions. The difference in 4 ohm and 8 ohm speakers is the ohm load they put on the amplifier. The 4 ohm speaker will make the amplifier run in 4 ohm mode which is usually twice the power as it puts out in 8 ohm. So if you have two speakers a (4 ohm and 8 ohm)on the same amp but different channels, the 4 ohm channel is putting out double the watts as the 8 ohm channel. That means the 4 ohm speaker will be louder than the 8 ohm speaker but only by a few decibels. Also, when the amplifiers ohms are dropped from 8 to 4 to 2 or even 1 ohm the distortion levels usually increase in output. So using a 4 ohm speaker would double the power and increase distortion when comparing it to the 8 ohm. When comparing speakers the ohms need to be the same. Thanks again you've helped me choose which mids I'm going to purchase!
Thank you for your advice but I got a question I can't get answered. Surely it is simple. A 8ohm speaker rated for 150watts rms will always need 150watts rms, even when wired down to 4ohm right? Or when wiring it down to 4ohm should I only give it 75watts now?
@@RandoManFPV Yes. That is what is rated doesn't matter wether you are in 8 or 4 ohm. Ohms are for figuring out which way you will run the speakers for the AMP. The AMP will tell you what OHM to run the speakers in for best or max output.
@@jadm4850 thanks man!I thought I had all this figured out haha. Heck I already knew the answer to my own question but the more I thought about it the more unsure I felt 😅
I like this vid. So many people misunderstand ohm law etc. and how a 2 omh speaker is not automatically louder than a 4 ohm or even an 8ohm of the same speaker. 8 ohm is actually easier on the components and amps, etc., and 8 ohm also is easier to control the flow of power than either 4 ohm or 2 ohm. The lower the ohm rating of a speaker, etc., inherent is a reduction in clarity, etc.--quality--and the power is also harder to control and the ohm rating goes down.
majority of car stereo amps (stock stuff) do not boost the voltage in the amp section (good amps do), so they only have 12V, 4Ω easily wins to drive more power in this situation. This is why there is 4Ω speakers. And as Resonant Engineering said, lower ohms can be higher power rating, its not just ohms law, its also the power law.
@Jim Catanzaro Ya. I was building systems back in the '90s. Maybe I'm getting old, but every system I hear runnint A/B amps always sound better than even the best class D; although, plenty of people will disagree. And that's fine. they can disagree all they want until they hear a sub running off a/b and same for door speakers. a/b amps push-pull by their design. It's more dynamic, they are faster, which means speakers run faster, and subwoofer sounds amazing on an a/b.
A couple of factors. First off, it will depend on speaker efficiency, if you have a 4ohm driver with a lower efficiency rating than a 8 ohm drive that has a higher rating, then the amount of output will be close. Also the amplifier has a part in it. Not all amps produce double the power when you cut the impedance in half. Some will, some won’t. So it depends on the amp’s out put on impedance and the efficiency of the speaker’s Thiel small parameters. That’s why some speakers sound louder than others with the same amplifier. Efficiency = power output
"NOT ALL AMPS DOUBLE THE POWER WHEN YOU CUT IMPEDENCE IN HALF" i would recomend you to take a look again at ohms law, the amplifier doesn't "doubles" the power when you go from 8 ohms to 4. The power is already there and it will not be doubled, it's simple ohms law and it states that "the power decreases if the resistance increases". So if you go from 4 to 8 you are increasing IMPEDENCE hence power decreases. And every amp in the world does this and not just few amps like you mentioned. Peace.
@@burhanuddin127 hello i have a question and hope i get an answer and is that i have a taramp 800x4 2ohms and i have installed already 4 prv neodymium that are 4 ohms with 2 PRV super tweeters that are 8ohms and i’m planning changing them to another prv model and i wanted to know which speaker is better for me an 8ohms or a 4ohms?
The 4 Ohm play 3 DB louder than the 8 Ohm, they both play equal top voloume. but the 4 Ohm draw more power out of the same amplifier, thats the way it work...
Ok I don't get what you mean about same power same channel. So an amp that does 125w at 4 ohm and 65w at 8 ohm will not the 8ohm sound drastically under powered while the 4ohm is full and punchy? Or will the still sound the same? Just curious
I always enjoy watching your videos. In the beginning of the video you said that one is 4 ohms and the other is 8 ohms. You also stated that they are on the same channel and if that's the case you will have a 12 ohms load on that Channel. If you have a 4 channel amplifier connect each speaker to a separate channel like 1,2 channel or 3,4 channel because those channels will have the same tuning. The amplifier will put out it separate power due to the load impedance of each speaker. Thar way the test will be more fair. I am not expecting double the power, double loudness from the 4 ohms speaker at all. And for the people who are commenting about 8 ohms lasting longer than 4 ohms. The truth is it really doesn't matter. If you match your amplifier properly with your speaker's impedance and rms wattage output then you shouldn't have any problems of amplifier overheating or speakers burning.
Impedance matched amp to load will not have any difference. The problem is when people expect an amplifier rated for 4 ohm to drive an 8 ohm load. Its like trying to power a 220v light bulb using 120v. Same with a 4 ohm amp driving an 8 ohm speaker. You will be supplying the 8 ohm speaker with about half the voltage it requires for an expected power ouput of the 4 ohm amplifier.
@@LIFEINSPEED www.amazon.com/dp/B01F74C722/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_dxTZFbYB1QV59?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1.....I use this...it only goes up to 130db....but works well
same loudnes but 4 ohms is slightly liter than 8 ohms in producing sound quality.. and also maybe in the range level of volume will give more push on 8 ohms. same loudness but not same punch on the sound.
First of all the 8ohm and 4ohm speakers are literally EXACTLY THE SAME... the difference comes from the amplifier. An amplifier is going to put out more power at 4ohm than at 8ohm. It's half the resistance if you were to put the 8ohm speaker on an amp that does 200watts at 8ohm and the 4ohm speaker on an amp that does 200watts at 4ohm there will ABSOLUTELY ZERO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 2 SPEAKERS... 8ohm speakers are there so that you can run 4 of them on 1 channel of an amp in parallel to get a 2ohm load. Most full range amps do not handle a 1ohm load per channel...
I think more of your differences and whether one set is 8 on or 1 set is 4 homes it's an amplifier this amplifier thing is the amplifier in parallel or is it wired in serious internally that would make your different. Example if you have 2 sets of 8 on speakers and you play one at a specific volume the big volume and it will be the same volume it will be the same but don't touch the volume and put a and B together and the volume will cut down. That has to do with the way the amp is wired take white bulb for example. Your chandeliers are all wired parallel show all of your light bulbs are at 60 W if they were wired in series you would get 60 W out of one bulb and the more bulbs you screw in the demo the other ones will get and they will all get to be the same brightness about a 1/2 or a 3rd of bright as they should be depending on how many lights you have on that string in series. So if they told you that forum's play louder than Adams that was a lie. However it does take more energy to run a 2 homes speaker or a 4 homes speaker than an 8 or a 16 om
Why Only Test 1 Of Each, People Usually Buy Speakers In Pairs I Think The Real Test Should Be Testing 2 4OHM And 2 8OHM And Even Going Above And Beyond And Explaining OHM Loads, Great Videos BTW Thank You
8ohm is for Sound Quality 2Ohm for POWA so it can get more power out of amp sacrificing sound quality. You lose power at the amp not the speaker. When the amp sees the resistance it changes the power.
8ohm sounds cleaner, end of story. The amp has more control over the speakers running 8ohm if you would run 8ohm vs 1ohm you could even hear the difference on RUclips clearly. At 1ohm or even lower the bass starts, i call it „wobbly“, at 4ohm and higher the bass will be always be clear and crisp. ❤
The 8 is more clear. A 16-32 ohm produces exceptionally clear audio without watt draw. The 8 and 4 paired delivered a whole sound but the 4 on its own is hallow almost like it's in a tin can. But it's lower ohm draw means you need way more watts to push it but produces more bass. This is why all audio systems need powerful tweets to compleat with the lack of clarity.
Pro and home speakers tend to be 8 ohms. Car speakers are almost always 4 ohms. Why? Because an amplifier is more efficient when driving a 4 ohm load. You get more power at 4 ohms. Car amps and head units would be twice their size if they were 8 ohms. That 14 watt per channel car head unit would drop down to 7 watts if driving an 8 ohm speaker. In your test you didn't really push your amp to high levels. So at low levels both speakers will perform well. Midrange speakers tend to be very efficient so most of the time there is no need to push them hard with lots of power. Where there will be a difference is in driving speakers that would benefit from the extra power which would be woofers and subwoofers. Generally you are going to see a +3db difference in spl between these two speakers. Often this small amount is hard to hear. +6db is very noticeable.
Probably you have ALC on while recording. Normally it should sound louder with 4 ohm but putting on both, we hear the same level which shows the ALC is on.
In my experience, it's better to run less efficient higher ohm speakers and more power. 8 ohm speakers have more accurate bass and mids from what ive found building speakers.
you got peoples attention teach them about ts parameters and using crossovers to play the exact sound range the mids are made for so they do not ruin them. like your content but i suspect this will do you some good too. anyway keep it up man.
pretend we are all brand new to this because those that are will be discouraged from the hobby when they duplicate what you are doing and there precious new speakers give up the ghost. take it or leave it i will still watch anyway
Let me see 👀 this straight, depending upon your speakers, is what determines amplifier output, by what theory or formula . It's like saying the madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk becomes . I checked . It's impossible .
Myself personally, just me I'm going to stick with the 4ohm,2ohm,1ohm,3/4ohm 1/2ohmand "oh shit",no ohm loads. Sounds great, ultra low distortion. With sound quality of the upmost importance. (Sorry I believe class D Topology is blasphemy) lol
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It could be the type of music left was definitely getting more power the voice coil was really moving compared to the right but it was still just barely louder. On the second track the right side was player louder made no sense. I was listening through 6 four inch mids with tweets house system and I could barely tell the difference.
not a myth because 8ohms is higher resistance, than 4 oms ie 1000 watts rms in 8ohms, would be 2400 watts rms at 4ohms becuse of a lower resistance to power output you put 2 8ohm speakers wired im parallel you get more power because it becomes less resistant to the power without damaging the speakers but the amp has to be capable of handling ranges from 4 to 16 0hms you havent bust any myth thats the law of physics
If we have use a 100w class A bjt transistor amp: it outputs current. And the speakers were the same except 4ohm 8ohm then the amp could put out 8.33 amps . Then 4ohms needs 5 amps for a 100w speaker, and 8ohms needs 3.5 amps for a 100w speaker. The higher the amps the harder the amp has to work gets hotter. Get a bigger amp and run 4 ohms or less they do sound better. Random: car amps have DC step up. Might look like 78VDC inside of car amp with 2 ohm output for 3000w.
Me: whats louder 4 ohms or 8 ohms? Google: A 4-ohm speaker requires more power from an amplifier than an 8-ohm speaker to produce the same loudness of sound. This is due to the relationship between voltage, current and resistance in electronic circuits; for a given voltage, a lower impedance means a greater current. A higher impedance means a lower current.
i like sound full 8 ohm sound hi end and powered amp car class ab & d & td high voltage 55 0 55v 65 0 65v dc = spk 8 ohm 12v ic tda7384 powered speaker 4 ohm
That’s not how that works bro. 4ohm puts twice the strain on the amp than 8ohms which makes it put out more power therefore playing louder. That’s not a myth that’s fact.
there is more to this than the speaker the amp capability to play 8 ohms plays a role it won't be twice as loud the amp can produce more power playing at 4 ohms even if it give it twice the power it won't be twice as loud that's not how it works to play twice as loud you need 4 times the power
the 8 Ω is so bettter Bro the sound look come from soo deeep so all the musique come to us bettter filtredd so so e hear in good sweet sensation (thak you for the video now i can visuelise dfferance between the)
This test probably would have been more effective using a jl or Rockford amp with the regulated intelligent power supply where it plays same power out put no matter what ohm is used I don’t think Orion made a amp with that technology I could be wrong but if that’s not what’s going on here then at 8 ohms the amp would put out less power but more efficient then the 4 ohm thus the 4 ohm being louder
intelligent power supply is just the opposite, so when your boxes impedance drops at the ports tuned frequency the "intelligent power supply" is going to see the lower ohms and cut back power? That's a stupid power supply! If you know what an impedance curve is you would realize how dumb those amps are. It's not intelligent, it's there way of making a cheap amp that won't overheat at low ohms and then trying to give it a fancy name to trick a buyer into thinking they are getting something new/cool
Haha that's Im asking always Any time I upload videos 4phm vs 8ohm speakers 10% of viewers crying hard, 4ohm double power blah blah blah that's why I did this video
The one on your right (my left looking at the video) seems more clearer but I can't say either one is more louder than the other. 🤜🏾🤛🏾 Great video I'm impressed. Now... The reason why the ohm load is different is (depending on the application) to help pull the maximum amperage out of the amp and also allows the ability to have more than one speaker on an amplifier. And don't necessarily help them be louder but more powerful yes somewhat in a way louder but it is more about power handling capability and SPL and Xmas and a few other factors that is the reason why there is a 2 ohm and 4 ohm and also an 8-ohm version of speaker or driver or subwoofer etc.
Ummm... WHAT? Impedance has ZERO affect on XMax, certainly (that's a mechanical design limitation). "To pull the maximum amperage?" You don't "pull" amperage. Period. The amplifier "makes" amperage (but some people correctly refer to it as "current"). When a lower impedance or larger load (not ohm load) is presented to the amplifier, it's going to make more current. A power amplifier is a voltage device, and their tendency is to keep the output voltage as close to its design specification as it can, by producing more current in the situation. Halve the impedance, double the current. Double the current, while maintaining the same voltage equals a doubling of power. Into an otherwise IDENTICAL driver (where absolutely nothing but the impedance changes, which requires and rewinding and rewiring of the voice coil, to keep the same inductance, mass, and XMax, this doubling of power will net a theoretical 3dB of output increase. I don't even know how to respond to the last line of your comment. There are oftentimes multiple impedance versions of a given driver to facilitate multiple wiring configurations in different situations. Wiring schemes include series, parallel, and series-parallel, where multiple drivers of different impedances are necessary to arrive at a given, desired, impedance. Impedance also has zero to do with the power handling of a device, nor does it really affect the SPL potential of the device.
So that was because the amp was designed for 8ohm speakers, right? Now if the amp was for 4ohm speakers, you would get away using the 8ohm wired in parallel, right? 😁 I feel like my mind is playing tricks on me. Lol
Yes, he is basiacly using a way over powered amp to do this test, not really fair at all, I also wanted to see a wattmeter on them to show they are truly the same wattage. Majority of car stereo amps (stock stuff) do not boost the voltage in the amp section (good amps do), so they only have 12V, 4Ω easily wins to drive more power in this situation. This is why there is 4Ω speakers. And as Resonant Engineering said, lower ohms can be higher power rating, its not just ohms law, its also the power law.
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4 vs 8 omh does not make the speaker play any different. The only thing that ohms effect is what the amp sees as resistance.
4 vs 8 Ohm isnt really a power thing. if you close your eyes you can hear the difference between them. its not volume, its tone and texture of the different ranges. the 8 ohm sounded "thicker" at the lower ranges, but muffled the mids and highs. where as the 4 ohm lost some of the meaty bass, but gained more crisp sound in the mids and highs. when I put together a system a couple decades ago, I used 8 ohm subs and used 4 ohm mids and tweeters, I would have taken the tweets to 2 ohm but they just werent around back then really. but I had an incredibly rich sounding stereo. heavy base that you could feel passing through you, and crystal shattering highs. now I wish I could get something other than 2 or 4 ohm speakers for my motorcycle :(
Its the best comment on this video, Ive heard that too yesterday doing car audio and switching between 8 and 4 ohm subwoofer, 8 ohm just crashed it, you could close your eye and just relax deeping through that smoothness of bass vibrations, that meat! Difference in night and dat!!!! Even by not an audiophile person next to me. Otherwise wiring 4ohm speaker the bass was easier controlled right and louder, but it was only loudness and not quality itself it was not comparable, maybe some mids and highs would be better at 4ohm but not for a bass, it needs to be hell thick and dynamic which only maybe top high end 4ohm speaker give you, comparable to casual 8ohm. Peace out! And have a good 8ohm subs in ur trunk!
Thanks this helped me how to design a sound setup for a pinball machine..understanding the output. Now are those driving by individual amps? If I remember on my home theater amp I can set the ohm ratings per channel though. I also bike too.. ride safe
It took me a while to finally find this comment. I have a pair of beautiful PHD AF 12" 4ohm each, that will be pushed by RF T20001BD. The amp should give them enough power at 8ohm load. What you think?
@@sebastianfonk1281 I havent dealt with Rockford Fosgate a whole lot. especially this high of wattage as most my experience with them is in the motorcycle applications. they are good but they always seemd to be a bit "meh" on note for note quality, but they have among the best for controls.
being as you are using it for base, it would fall more to type of music. Rock/metal should have a decent snappiness to it. overly muted "rap" style base will likely be snappier, but thats not the general goal of rap style music where it tends to be long low notes.
but would def suggest getting a good crossover to delete the ranges you dont want pushed through subs. even if you dont hear those notes anyways, if the signal contains those ranges it will reduce your clarity of the notes you want coming from them.
make sure the box is properly built whether ported or un-ported. I wouldn't go with off the shelf boxes unless the box is specifically built by the maker of the speaker. the boxes off the shelf will 99.9% of the time be the wrong size and give to much air or not enough and/or have the wrong port sizes.
you should be fine over all as long as you don't try to rush from the point you are at to a finished system.
Finally, someone getting rid of all the hypotheticals and actually testing it. Last guy was talking about a golf ball and air speed
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The less ohms the more power it draws from the amp mike it might not be noticeable at low volume but crnk that volume up and youll smell some smoke from the 4ohm speaker first.if you have really good amp and you want more speakers you can have 4 8ohm speakers per channel to a final load of 2 ohm per channel vs only 2 4ohms tht make the same 2ohms final load per chanel so you tell me if 8 speakers vs 4 speakers makes diference with 8 speakers if you have the room you.can have way more punchy middbass or nice and clear vocals
well said. running higher impedance speakers also allows amp relax and be more efficient less current draw and cleaner sound 2 ohm vs 4, 4 sounds cleaner amp runs cooler and efficiency goes up less taxing on the poor at best electrical system most have. once you go full retttard and spend thousands you care much less about this and just want the sound you like no concern given to the price or efficiency. small sacrifice of db allows for cheaper build too for beginners who cant afford big 4 and 4/0 and mechman alts and... it never ends but a budget multi amp system can be built on stock electrical if done right and using these options to your advantage. at the sacrifice of a little spl but you can always buy more later. car audio does not have to be for the wealthy alone just read more books and stop believing everything you read in forums 90% is hogwash you dont need 155db @ 30hz to have fun with this hobby but it does help ;P
and i band pass my mids they get mids only if you have too large of a range per cone it gets muddy and builds more destructive heat ( your number 1 enemy is clipping number 2 is heat ) and i can grossly over power my mids by keeping them this way you want highs get some tweets never full range mids with real power once the magic smoke comes out its a paper weight
Hi I have a small doubt. please give your expertise,I am planning to build a diy soundbar with 2.0 amplifier board (stereo left n right channel), can I add 1 woofer to the amp,(thereby total 3 speaker for a two channel amp). the impedance of amp is min 8ohms..
@@fusion_fever1592 im not expert but if the amp is capable of bridge mode i think you might be able to ger away with it but keep in mind you must add something that cuts the mids and hight only to the subwoofer.. i sugest get a 3 or 4 channel amp and play it safe if you dont know what youre doing or do some more reserch before damaging your equipment
@@michaelsegarra2709 thanks for the reply, the way my mind is thinking after watching lots of RUclips video on impedance is as following,the amp is a 2 channel stereo with 8ohm impedance,so I will a 8ohm speaker for the left channel,and now I will add my 4ohm woofer and a 4ohm speaker to right channel in series, thereby giving a total impedance of 8ohm on right channel (4+4 =8),thus meeting the requirements of the stereo amp at 8ohms..
Ok all amps are rated to do power at certain ohm loads eg the amp will says 500 at 4 ohm and 1000 at 1 ohm the speakers will tell the amp what power to put out so yes the 4 ohm will play louder than the 8 ohm on the same amp anyway great video watching from trinidad and just a little advice doubling the power on a speaker doesnt mean it will play twice as loud it doesn't work that way
Exactly what Im trying to explain whole my life )
In my experience the more ohms the cleaner,. The less ohms the louder,. 4 will be louder than 8 but the 8 will sound more crisp
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It does not matter about ohms. Ohms only determines how much resistance the speaker is. 4 ohm is easier to move than 8 ohms
My friend the difference is if you take 2 and 8 ohm speakers are that you can bridge them together that will make 4 ohms impedance so if you have a 4-ohm amp you can hook two speakers to one channel and stay at 4 ohms, or if the amplifier is a 2 ohm amplifier you can hook 4 speakers on each channel.
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Thank you for doing these tests I bought some 4 ohm mids and was wondering if I made the best decision I'm glad there is no big audible difference.
Glad you don't hear much of a difference so you don't regret it. For me, there is a huge difference. The 8 ohm is much more clear. I am also rocking a nice sound system, so that probably makes it so I can hear more.
@@kalypso4133no difference to me my 4ohm ds18 speakers is pretty clear here the 8ohm version and there’s literally no difference
@@luisbrain7011 gotta stop listening on full blast my guy. ear damage is a serious thing.
The only difference i hear is frequency response is way better on the 8ohm…the 4 ohm is kind of beaming at certain frequencies. As an audiophile i choose the 8ohm for clarity reasons but for power and noise value i say choose the 4ohm. Its cheaper to make given watts @ 4 ohm than @ 8ohm to make 200w rms @ 8ohm is probably 4x the price. Amp to speaker matching is very important as well.
Beaming is a function of speaker size and shape, not impedance.
THIS!! ^ Thank you. I was looking for the "mash forehead on keyboard" button... Some of the ideas people get...
A DB meter could've shown the loudness of each driver
They're both 250 watt drivers/speakers. They should produce same quality sound in design. It's totally depend on how much the powered amp can produce in 8 ohm or 4 ohm channels, and the wiring here too. Please check the amplifier power outputs in manual or specs! It's missed leading fact or myth busted!
So whats better 4ohm or 8 ohm? idc about anything else. would just like to know whats better for clear sound.
8ohm better for clear sound
I heard the 4ohm just a tad bit louder i would rock that 4ohm
Finally! Most channels will run through equations, show SPL curves, spout out technical jargon. You just simply played the music. Thank you.
@@theinvisibleman2070 You don't sciece art. But thanks for the condescension.
4ohm has a lil bit of a tweet sound over the 8ohm
tweet sound oh dear god.........
its actually the opposite
8 ohms run cooler than 4 ohms , another words less heat will save your amps and speakers. 2 ohms takes more power which lead to bigger amp and more money for the same sound . that's something that manufacture want you to believe, that's why they are pushing 2 ohms amp and speakers. they cost more and look bigger. waste of money, you don't see high end speakers that are 2 ohms.
Amps deliver twice the output power when a speakers resistance is halved so no you dont need a more powerful amp. The difference is the lower impedance will be 3dB louder. 3db is slightly louder but not twice as loud. Its not a myth its a lack of understanding.
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guys .an 8 ohm speaker is 3db more efficient than a 4 ohm..it this amp is 250w at 4 ohms it means at 8 ohms is 125 watts.even the 8 ohm driver receives half the powet it plays the same loudness with the 4 ohm.this means that with 8 ohms the amp will be much less stressed than with 4 and it will play cleaner. an additional benfir is the damping factor of the amplifier will be double at 8 iohms.of course the current demand from the cars electrical system will be half for the same loudness.if you add two 8 ohms drivers in paralel eveything will be as a 4 ohm one but it will be 6db louder which is a huge difference
I like 8ohm more for voice nd loudness’s i noticed in my experience and they are less likely to burn . Had a lot of 4ohms burn
Yes I run 8 ohm and my buddy has 4 ohm mine are way louder then his and he even has a bigger amp on them then I do
Your speakers were 8 ohm and louder than your friends 4ohm speaker. .I always thought 8 ohm was more clear and .the 4 ohm wil distort first at higher volume @@michaeltursack5470
8 ohm means there's a rest between each bass kick(making it a clean kick like "Boom" - "Boom" - Boom"), the lower the ohm the more the bass overlaps without a break in between each hit(Booommmbooommmbooooommmmmmm no break between each bass Kick more of a continuous bass sound overlapping one another, this is usually at 1 ohm or half ah ohm, this is also why it causes the amps to run so much power/so hot that you could smell the speaker coils because there's no rest just continuous overlapping bass) hope this helps ..........
One more thing a amp running 5000 watts rms at 8 ohm is a hell of a powerful amp, compared to a 5000 watt RMS amp running at 1 ohm or half ah ohm, the 8 ohm is going to be way louder, more like concert speakers with ever kick of the Bass,
The one ohm or half ah ohm will only win if the bass is a set continuous synthesizer bass in the music you're listen to, if not you won't even notice!!!
One thing to remember though running a 5000w RMS at 8 ohm is way more expensive than running it at 1 ohm or below and the 8ohm will sound 1000% better and louder ).........
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Thanks for the great videos. I look forward to the competitions. The difference in 4 ohm and 8 ohm speakers is the ohm load they put on the amplifier. The 4 ohm speaker will make the amplifier run in 4 ohm mode which is usually twice the power as it puts out in 8 ohm. So if you have two speakers a (4 ohm and 8 ohm)on the same amp but different channels, the 4 ohm channel is putting out double the watts as the 8 ohm channel. That means the 4 ohm speaker will be louder than the 8 ohm speaker but only by a few decibels. Also, when the amplifiers ohms are dropped from 8 to 4 to 2 or even 1 ohm the distortion levels usually increase in output. So using a 4 ohm speaker would double the power and increase distortion when comparing it to the 8 ohm. When comparing speakers the ohms need to be the same. Thanks again you've helped me choose which mids I'm going to purchase!
So are you saying @jadm the 8ohm would be better when you consider vocals?
@@dgfresh92 go for 6 ohm
Thank you for your advice but I got a question I can't get answered. Surely it is simple. A 8ohm speaker rated for 150watts rms will always need 150watts rms, even when wired down to 4ohm right? Or when wiring it down to 4ohm should I only give it 75watts now?
@@RandoManFPV Yes. That is what is rated doesn't matter wether you are in 8 or 4 ohm. Ohms are for figuring out which way you will run the speakers for the AMP. The AMP will tell you what OHM to run the speakers in for best or max output.
@@jadm4850 thanks man!I thought I had all this figured out haha. Heck I already knew the answer to my own question but the more I thought about it the more unsure I felt 😅
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I like this vid. So many people misunderstand ohm law etc. and how a 2 omh speaker is not automatically louder than a 4 ohm or even an 8ohm of the same speaker. 8 ohm is actually easier on the components and amps, etc., and 8 ohm also is easier to control the flow of power than either 4 ohm or 2 ohm. The lower the ohm rating of a speaker, etc., inherent is a reduction in clarity, etc.--quality--and the power is also harder to control and the ohm rating goes down.
majority of car stereo amps (stock stuff) do not boost the voltage in the amp section (good amps do), so they only have 12V, 4Ω easily wins to drive more power in this situation. This is why there is 4Ω speakers. And as Resonant Engineering said, lower ohms can be higher power rating, its not just ohms law, its also the power law.
@Jim Catanzaro Ya. I was building systems back in the '90s. Maybe I'm getting old, but every system I hear runnint A/B amps always sound better than even the best class D; although, plenty of people will disagree. And that's fine. they can disagree all they want until they hear a sub running off a/b and same for door speakers.
a/b amps push-pull by their design. It's more dynamic, they are faster, which means speakers run faster, and subwoofer sounds amazing on an a/b.
@@RobHTech so if my dead unit is a class d is it worth using an a/b amplifier?
@@RobHTech a/b is the best, yes, some people can't hear the difference, I definitley can, I've been doing systems since 1980
@@RobHTechi agree with you..an a/b has sound quality ...
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The question that should be asked is why are the majority of car speakers 4 ohm and not 6 ohm or 8 ohm which you find in most home hi fi speakers?
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Ive never herd this myth. Ohm is resistance only. It has to do more with the amps performance than the speakers.
A couple of factors. First off, it will depend on speaker efficiency, if you have a 4ohm driver with a lower efficiency rating than a 8 ohm drive that has a higher rating, then the amount of output will be close. Also the amplifier has a part in it. Not all amps produce double the power when you cut the impedance in half. Some will, some won’t. So it depends on the amp’s out put on impedance and the efficiency of the speaker’s Thiel small parameters. That’s why some speakers sound louder than others with the same amplifier. Efficiency = power output
"NOT ALL AMPS DOUBLE THE POWER WHEN YOU CUT IMPEDENCE IN HALF"
i would recomend you to take a look again at ohms law, the amplifier doesn't "doubles" the power when you go from 8 ohms to 4. The power is already there and it will not be doubled, it's simple ohms law and it states that "the power decreases if the resistance increases". So if you go from 4 to 8 you are increasing IMPEDENCE hence power decreases. And every amp in the world does this and not just few amps like you mentioned. Peace.
Very good answers - you would choose your speaker based on the amplifier's output rating i.e. 4 ohm / 300 W RMS 2 ohm / 600 W RMS and so on.
@@burhanuddin127 hello i have a question and hope i get an answer and is that i have a taramp 800x4 2ohms and i have installed already 4 prv neodymium that are 4 ohms with 2 PRV super tweeters that are 8ohms and i’m planning changing them to another prv model and i wanted to know which speaker is better for me an 8ohms or a 4ohms?
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4ohms @350-450 rms
2ohms @300-350 rms
From 700 watts rms amp designed for 2ohm.
I can hear a difference in frequency response
The 4 Ohm play 3 DB louder than the 8 Ohm, they both play equal top voloume. but the 4 Ohm draw more power out of the same amplifier, thats the way it work...
The difference is not in the speakers is in the output of the amp 🤦🏻♂️
Ok I don't get what you mean about same power same channel. So an amp that does 125w at 4 ohm and 65w at 8 ohm will not the 8ohm sound drastically under powered while the 4ohm is full and punchy? Or will the still sound the same? Just curious
Amp output changed when ohm rating changes.
I always enjoy watching your videos. In the beginning of the video you said that one is 4 ohms and the other is 8 ohms. You also stated that they are on the same channel and if that's the case you will have a 12 ohms load on that Channel. If you have a 4 channel amplifier connect each speaker to a separate channel like 1,2 channel or 3,4 channel because those channels will have the same tuning. The amplifier will put out it separate power due to the load impedance of each speaker. Thar way the test will be more fair. I am not expecting double the power, double loudness from the 4 ohms speaker at all. And for the people who are commenting about 8 ohms lasting longer than 4 ohms. The truth is it really doesn't matter. If you match your amplifier properly with your speaker's impedance and rms wattage output then you shouldn't have any problems of amplifier overheating or speakers burning.
Yes im running on 1 channels and buttons is separating them its not parallel only if I press both itll be parallel
Still not a fair comparison you need to make sure the euch speaker is getting the same amount watts
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Impedance matched amp to load will not have any difference. The problem is when people expect an amplifier rated for 4 ohm to drive an 8 ohm load. Its like trying to power a 220v light bulb using 120v. Same with a 4 ohm amp driving an 8 ohm speaker. You will be supplying the 8 ohm speaker with about half the voltage it requires for an expected power ouput of the 4 ohm amplifier.
Next time try using a spl meter....lets get some numbers....
What is best spl meter and where to get Im looking good spl meter
@@LIFEINSPEED www.amazon.com/dp/B01F74C722/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_dxTZFbYB1QV59?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1.....I use this...it only goes up to 130db....but works well
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Yeah bro I have 4 of them Im looking some professional version where I can display on real-time wattage and spectrum diagramming on the video )
Bro, Can i use 3-ohm jbl gto 629 coaxial speaker on 4-ohm stock head unit? their any damage happen to the head unit?
I also would like to know, have the same situation over here 👍 thx
Great channel. New to your videos. Anytime i need info i check out your channel
Are both speakers running on the same amp?
Yes
same loudnes but 4 ohms is slightly liter than 8 ohms in producing sound quality.. and also maybe in the range level of volume will give more push on 8 ohms. same loudness but not same punch on the sound.
First of all the 8ohm and 4ohm speakers are literally EXACTLY THE SAME... the difference comes from the amplifier. An amplifier is going to put out more power at 4ohm than at 8ohm. It's half the resistance if you were to put the 8ohm speaker on an amp that does 200watts at 8ohm and the 4ohm speaker on an amp that does 200watts at 4ohm there will ABSOLUTELY ZERO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 2 SPEAKERS... 8ohm speakers are there so that you can run 4 of them on 1 channel of an amp in parallel to get a 2ohm load. Most full range amps do not handle a 1ohm load per channel...
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I think more of your differences and whether one set is 8 on or 1 set is 4 homes it's an amplifier this amplifier thing is the amplifier in parallel or is it wired in serious internally that would make your different. Example if you have 2 sets of 8 on speakers and you play one at a specific volume the big volume and it will be the same volume it will be the same but don't touch the volume and put a and B together and the volume will cut down. That has to do with the way the amp is wired take white bulb for example. Your chandeliers are all wired parallel show all of your light bulbs are at 60 W if they were wired in series you would get 60 W out of one bulb and the more bulbs you screw in the demo the other ones will get and they will all get to be the same brightness about a 1/2 or a 3rd of bright as they should be depending on how many lights you have on that string in series. So if they told you that forum's play louder than Adams that was a lie. However it does take more energy to run a 2 homes speaker or a 4 homes speaker than an 8 or a 16 om
Why Only Test 1 Of Each, People Usually Buy Speakers In Pairs I Think The Real Test Should Be Testing 2 4OHM And 2 8OHM And Even Going Above And Beyond And Explaining OHM Loads, Great Videos BTW Thank You
YO BRO ! PLEASE TRY THE DS18 PRO-NEO6r? I think what you just try in your other video is the Pro-FR6neo.. thanks watching from uae!
A DB meter could've shown the loudness of each driver
8ohm is for Sound Quality
2Ohm for POWA so it can get more power out of amp sacrificing sound quality.
You lose power at the amp not the speaker. When the amp sees the resistance it changes the power.
I love the set up bro. I have 2 12'midbass 4ohm and 2 12'midhigh 8ohm
2 10' vocals 4 ohm 2 8' midbass 4ohm 2 8' midhigh 6 tweeters 3 horns
Do the same test and use a smd to verify the rms coming out to each speaker
8ohm sounds cleaner, end of story. The amp has more control over the speakers running 8ohm if you would run 8ohm vs 1ohm you could even hear the difference on RUclips clearly. At 1ohm or even lower the bass starts, i call it „wobbly“, at 4ohm and higher the bass will be always be clear and crisp. ❤
The 8 is more clear. A 16-32 ohm produces exceptionally clear audio without watt draw. The 8 and 4 paired delivered a whole sound but the 4 on its own is hallow almost like it's in a tin can. But it's lower ohm draw means you need way more watts to push it but produces more bass. This is why all audio systems need powerful tweets to compleat with the lack of clarity.
Old video but what sounds better . 2x 16 ohm in parallel for 8 ohms total or 2x 4ohm wired in series for 8 ohm?
Pro and home speakers tend to be 8 ohms. Car speakers are almost always 4 ohms. Why? Because an amplifier is more efficient when driving a 4 ohm load. You get more power at 4 ohms. Car amps and head units would be twice their size if they were 8 ohms. That 14 watt per channel car head unit would drop down to 7 watts if driving an 8 ohm speaker.
In your test you didn't really push your amp to high levels. So at low levels both speakers will perform well.
Midrange speakers tend to be very efficient so most of the time there is no need to push them hard with lots of power.
Where there will be a difference is in driving speakers that would benefit from the extra power which would be woofers and subwoofers.
Generally you are going to see a +3db difference in spl between these two speakers. Often this small amount is hard to hear. +6db is very noticeable.
Probably you have ALC on while recording. Normally it should sound louder with 4 ohm but putting on both, we hear the same level which shows the ALC is on.
In my experience, it's better to run less efficient higher ohm speakers and more power. 8 ohm speakers have more accurate bass and mids from what ive found building speakers.
you got peoples attention teach them about ts parameters and using crossovers to play the exact sound range the mids are made for so they do not ruin them. like your content but i suspect this will do you some good too. anyway keep it up man.
pretend we are all brand new to this because those that are will be discouraged from the hobby when they duplicate what you are doing and there precious new speakers give up the ghost. take it or leave it i will still watch anyway
Let me see 👀 this straight, depending upon your speakers, is what determines amplifier output, by what theory or formula . It's like saying the madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk becomes . I checked . It's impossible .
Myself personally, just me I'm going to stick with the 4ohm,2ohm,1ohm,3/4ohm 1/2ohmand "oh shit",no ohm loads. Sounds great, ultra low distortion. With sound quality of the upmost importance. (Sorry I believe class D Topology is blasphemy) lol
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It could be the type of music left was definitely getting more power the voice coil was really moving compared to the right but it was still just barely louder. On the second track the right side was player louder made no sense. I was listening through 6 four inch mids with tweets house system and I could barely tell the difference.
not a myth because 8ohms is higher resistance, than 4 oms ie 1000 watts rms in 8ohms, would be 2400 watts rms at 4ohms becuse of a lower resistance to power output you put 2 8ohm speakers wired im parallel you get more power because it becomes less resistant to the power without damaging the speakers but the amp has to be capable of handling ranges from 4 to 16 0hms you havent bust any myth thats the law of physics
If we have use a 100w class A bjt transistor amp: it outputs current. And the speakers were the same except 4ohm 8ohm then the amp could put out 8.33 amps . Then 4ohms needs 5 amps for a 100w speaker, and 8ohms needs 3.5 amps for a 100w speaker. The higher the amps the harder the amp has to work gets hotter. Get a bigger amp and run 4 ohms or less they do sound better. Random: car amps have DC step up. Might look like 78VDC inside of car amp with 2 ohm output for 3000w.
Me: whats louder 4 ohms or 8 ohms?
Google: A 4-ohm speaker requires more power from an amplifier than an 8-ohm speaker to produce the same loudness of sound. This is due to the relationship between voltage, current and resistance in electronic circuits; for a given voltage, a lower impedance means a greater current. A higher impedance means a lower current.
I wouldn't say one is louder just the 8 ohm projects the sound with more depth and is a little clearer and frequencies are more pronounced .
People brag about 1/4 ohm and half ohm,but their amps sit in the repair lab alot😂
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i like sound full 8 ohm sound hi end and powered amp car class ab & d & td high voltage 55 0 55v 65 0 65v dc = spk 8 ohm
12v ic tda7384 powered speaker 4 ohm
I don’t see how this video explained the difference between 4ohm and 8 ohm. Both speakers were flexing but both speakers were disconnected. 🤔🤔🤔
Of course the 4ohm version will play louder because amplifier gives more power in 4ohm than 8ohm🤦♂️
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Do 2ohm vs 8ohm ... 2 4ohm in parallel vs Series.. for sound quality
That’s not how that works bro. 4ohm puts twice the strain on the amp than 8ohms which makes it put out more power therefore playing louder. That’s not a myth that’s fact.
Does it not mater how man ohms your allowing to pass to the speaker like are you only using a 4 ohm amp with both speakers vice versa
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there is more to this than the speaker the amp capability to play 8 ohms plays a role it won't be twice as loud the amp can produce more power playing at 4 ohms even if it give it twice the power it won't be twice as loud that's not how it works to play twice as loud you need 4 times the power
the 8 Ω is so bettter Bro the sound look come from soo deeep so all the musique come to us bettter filtredd so so e hear in good sweet sensation (thak you for the video now i can visuelise dfferance between the)
In my opinion the 8 ohm is louder because it makes it easier to hit that “4ohms bridged” sweet spot.
Our ears both side probably don’t function the same. Instead of dependent on our ear I think you should invest in a db meter
No if that's a car amplifier some of those will go down to a 1/2 home and the Apple gets hot enough you could fry eggs on it
Yeah go play the forum in the 80 at the same time at that volume if your amplifier will only go down to a foreign load you will be replacing it
Nah i would take the 4 it sounds a little different nothing crazy but if you really have an ear for music your gonna take the 4
You need more power and more bass useless clip 👎👎 i want to see it pumping until it can't handle it. Not something like a mini stereo sound
4ohm a tad bit louder
Soooooo, what’s gonna be louder in my truck with an amp??????
This test probably would have been more effective using a jl or Rockford amp with the regulated intelligent power supply where it plays same power out put no matter what ohm is used I don’t think Orion made a amp with that technology I could be wrong but if that’s not what’s going on here then at 8 ohms the amp would put out less power but more efficient then the 4 ohm thus the 4 ohm being louder
intelligent power supply is just the opposite, so when your boxes impedance drops at the ports tuned frequency the "intelligent power supply" is going to see the lower ohms and cut back power? That's a stupid power supply! If you know what an impedance curve is you would realize how dumb those amps are. It's not intelligent, it's there way of making a cheap amp that won't overheat at low ohms and then trying to give it a fancy name to trick a buyer into thinking they are getting something new/cool
Who did make that stupid mith?????
Haha that's Im asking always
Any time I upload videos 4phm vs 8ohm speakers 10% of viewers crying hard, 4ohm double power blah blah blah that's why I did this video
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The one on your right (my left looking at the video) seems more clearer but I can't say either one is more louder than the other. 🤜🏾🤛🏾 Great video I'm impressed.
Now... The reason why the ohm load is different is (depending on the application) to help pull the maximum amperage out of the amp and also allows the ability to have more than one speaker on an amplifier.
And don't necessarily help them be louder but more powerful yes somewhat in a way louder but it is more about power handling capability and SPL and Xmas and a few other factors that is the reason why there is a 2 ohm and 4 ohm and also an 8-ohm version of speaker or driver or subwoofer etc.
Ummm... WHAT?
Impedance has ZERO affect on XMax, certainly (that's a mechanical design limitation). "To pull the maximum amperage?" You don't "pull" amperage. Period. The amplifier "makes" amperage (but some people correctly refer to it as "current"). When a lower impedance or larger load (not ohm load) is presented to the amplifier, it's going to make more current. A power amplifier is a voltage device, and their tendency is to keep the output voltage as close to its design specification as it can, by producing more current in the situation. Halve the impedance, double the current. Double the current, while maintaining the same voltage equals a doubling of power. Into an otherwise IDENTICAL driver (where absolutely nothing but the impedance changes, which requires and rewinding and rewiring of the voice coil, to keep the same inductance, mass, and XMax, this doubling of power will net a theoretical 3dB of output increase.
I don't even know how to respond to the last line of your comment. There are oftentimes multiple impedance versions of a given driver to facilitate multiple wiring configurations in different situations. Wiring schemes include series, parallel, and series-parallel, where multiple drivers of different impedances are necessary to arrive at a given, desired, impedance. Impedance also has zero to do with the power handling of a device, nor does it really affect the SPL potential of the device.
What if you put a 4 ohm speaker on a 8 ohm transmitter?
Sounds like the 8 ohms was slightly louder.
Less ohms will heat up your amp, I had a 4 ohm speaker that kept shutting down my amp. 8 ohms doesn't heat up my system.
So that was because the amp was designed for 8ohm speakers, right? Now if the amp was for 4ohm speakers, you would get away using the 8ohm wired in parallel, right? 😁 I feel like my mind is playing tricks on me. Lol
it looked like the 4 o was movin alittle bit more then the 8 and the 4 had a bit of higher pitch
It’s not rocket science, just follow the manufacture specs.
Heard zero difference lol
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Very nice video, but I would like to see you doing some testing with crescendo audio.
4ohm play finer then 8 ohm.............? for base 8 ohm good choice....
I'm listening on my phone.. the 4 ohm sounds sharper in the top end.
Lower ohms just means easier to drive
Please don't put an 4 ohm on an 8 ohms amp you will blow the 4 ohm
Maybe next time use real music. Instead of boring noises
I think 4 sounds better for you which one sounds better?
Depends on amp.
Yes, he is basiacly using a way over powered amp to do this test, not really fair at all, I also wanted to see a wattmeter on them to show they are truly the same wattage. Majority of car stereo amps (stock stuff) do not boost the voltage in the amp section (good amps do), so they only have 12V, 4Ω easily wins to drive more power in this situation. This is why there is 4Ω speakers. And as Resonant Engineering said, lower ohms can be higher power rating, its not just ohms law, its also the power law.
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