6-16 ohm amp for 4 ohm speaker cabinet?

[Shipibo303]

Hello guys, I'm a newbie and I don't understand the speaker impedance rules well. I wanted to ask you: My amp output impedance is 6-16 ohm and I want to feed it to speaker cabinet that consists of two 4-ohm mid speakers and one 8 ohm tweeter. Is it possible to do it without damaging the amp or speakers? And if it is, what is the best way to wire them?
(The amp has 5 channels and 100W per channel)
Thanks for your help!

 

[Stumbo]

Hello guys, I'm a newbie and I don't understand the speaker impedance rules well. I wanted to ask you: My amp output impedance is 6-16 ohm and I want to feed it to speaker cabinet that consists of two 4-ohm mid speakers and one 8 ohm tweeter. Is it possible to do it without damaging the amp or speakers? And if it is, what is the best way to wire them?
(The amp has 5 channels and 100W per channel)
Thanks for your help!

Welcome to TB!

Any pics of your amp and cabs available? Pics always help your fellow TBrs think better.

 

[Stumbo]

You may want to check out: Ohms FAQ

 

[BadExample]

A surround amp and speaker? That can be very risky to the speaker.

 

[Old Garage-Bander]

A surround amp and speaker? That can be very risky to the speaker.

Yeah! Kind of sounds like you're playing through your home entertainment system.
If so, that's not going to work well for you even if you do understand speaker impedance rules.
There is a lot more going on in the design of a bass cab than meets the eye.
If you are not planning on using a legitimate bass amp and cab (or combo) then pretty much all bets are off.

 

[BassmanPaul]

First of all, welcome to Talk Bass. I, for one, am not understanding your question. It would be better if you tell us what your amp is and what the speakers cabinet is also.

 

[lz4005]

First of all, welcome to Talk Bass. I, for one, am not understanding your question. It would be better if you tell us what your amp is and what the speakers cabinet is also.

Yeah. Those are not specs that make sense for any bass-specific gear I've ever seen.

 

[BogeyBass]

Not sure but I've been playing bass keyboards and guitar through studio monitors on a 5.1 system for 10 years or more. Not really a problem
Depends on the application

If the minimum impedance is recommended to 6 to 16 ohms. 4ohms be little low and amp could get hot.

Use a channel for each speaker. How your running the source I don't know. Or the application. Our If there is crossovers for the mids and tweets cause the perceived load be different.