when wiring four speakers in series parallel using four wires do I hook up two wires into the positive and two

Question

into the negative terminals of the amp?

Answer 1

your question has two wiring circuits and contradics itself, if you wire your speakers in series two of your speakers will get a weak signal, if you wire them in parallel the speaker closer to the amp will be louder and the one farthest away will be softer, it is better to wire eacj speaker directly to your amp, this way each speaker will get the same signal, it is tough to answer your question because i dont know how many channels your amp has. but there are many factors to making a good system, consult an installer for best performance

Answer 2

If I understand your question, you want all four speakers to carry the same sound. If that is so, you want two pairs of series-connected speakers connected to the amp terminals. The following diagram should indictate the connections:

A+
| |
+ +
S S
- -
| |
| |
+ +
S S
- -
| |
A-

EDIT: Series/parallel connection for multiple speakers have been used for years to get large area of sound emission. Hoever, it is important for all the speakers to be identical. In the 50's a very popular speaker consisted of a large number (I think 36) of small (6"x9" oval) speakers connected in series/parallel so that the overall impedance was that of only one. It was an excellent speaker because each speaker cone's amplitude was very small (keeping distortion low) and for its "wall of sound" effect.

Answer 3

R(SERIES0=r1+r2=8+8=18 ohms R(paraLLEL)=r1r2/r1+r2=64/16=4 combine with like load to provde for maximum power tranfer loads should be same.