Newby help questions

[SMR]

Hello everyone. New here so I apologize if these questions have been asked before. So I have a Harley motorcycle and I just put a new HU, AMP and 4 speakers in it. Didn't like the speakers so I switched. I have a 700x4 amp. So I ordered my new speakers in 4ohm but was sent 8 ohm. After talking with some friends who know way more than I, they said that I could run the 8ohm speakers parallel and bridge the speakers and it would actually be louder and put less stress on the amp. Does this sound right? Thanks for any help. I appreciate it.

 

[lovinthehd]

Hello everyone. New here so I apologize if these questions have been asked before. So I have a Harley motorcycle and I just put a new HU, AMP and 4 speakers in it. Didn't like the speakers so I switched. I have a 700x4 amp. So I ordered my new speakers in 4ohm but was sent 8 ohm. After talking with some friends who know way more than I, they said that I could run the 8ohm speakers parallel and bridge the speakers and it would actually be louder and put less stress on the amp. Does this sound right? Thanks for any help. I appreciate it.

While this isn't much of a car audio forum let alone motorcycle....but 8 ohm speakers are likely just fine and it is only a nominal rating, the speakers could easily dip to 4 ohm depending on frequency. You can bridge an amp, but speakers you can run in series or parallel. Need more details on specific amp/speaker makes/models, tho. Isn't a Harley already too loud?

 

[Paul Mohr]

You can use the 8 ohm speakers and it won't hurt anything. It will actually be easier for the amp to drive. The down side is they won't be as loud because it will half the power the the amp puts out. An amp rated at 100 watts into 4 ohms will run at around 50 watts into 8 ohms. Your friend is half right. Wiring them together and bridging the amp will make them louder but it won't be less stress on the amp, it will be more.

And without knowing the exact amp you have it probably isn't bridgable. Not all amps are. Mostly its higher end amps geared at running subwoofers in car audio. We are talking motorcycles here, don't they run on 6 volts to begin with? I am assuming its two speakers? If you wire them together and run them to one channel to get a 4 ohm load they won't be stereo anymore, if that matters. If its 4 speakers ( why would you need 4 speakers on a bike?) you could wire them together in pairs and use two channels I guess.

Honeslty I would send them back and get the speakers you ordered or get a helmet with blue tooth or something.