My Reciever turns off at low volumes , why?

Question

ok dont say im crazy but i have about 25 home speakers that are hooked to my reciever . ( now im sure your saying im insaine but just keep reading before you judge me . ) now i can turn it up to about 20 which is less than half of what its capable of doing . now i dont want to turn it up all the way , ( that might kill me ) but i do want to have my music lould . now please dont tell me to get rid of some of my speakers because i know that its possible to hook that many up to a reciever . Basicly my reciever is 100 watts and my speakers probley are atleast 100 watts each . but someone please give me good advice . i already tried buying a new amp but it turns off at even lower volumes . should i look for an older reciever or something . what should i do . thanks

Answer 1

it is called impedance which stands for ac resistance.
at audio frequencies u can use dc resistance.

the way u have your speakers connected is putting too low an impedance on the amp and it is trying to tell u something. It doesn't like it, it is drawing too much current and shutting down.

u need to connect your speakers so that u present an 8 ohm load to the amp. (some amps can handle 4 ohm-check the specs)

if u connect 10 - 8 ohm speakers to one channel in parallel then the load is going to be 0.8 ohm. NOT good.

u need to dust off OHM's law and arrange them so that the amp sees 8 ohms and each speaker sees the same power (current).

9 speakers connected 3 sets of 3 in series and each set in parallel will present 8 ohms to the amp and each speaker will see the same current / power.
12 in 4x4 will do the same. total 24 speakers for 2 channels - leave the last one out or connect it to a center channel.

Answer 2

Wrongo! what's the impedance of the audio kit? potential of the amp has now not some situation to do with why the amp is shutting down VS the audio kit. A 60 watt amp related to a speaker that has a 300 watt score is organic and organic peanuts. connect the audio kit to the dazzling output terminals of the amp. as quickly as you have 8 ohm audio kit related to the 4 ohm output of the amp, the kit will close down at intense stages. If the audio kit are 8 ohms, connect them to the 8 ohm output of the amp.

Answer 3

Bill R is right. Your amp is turning off because it thinks the output is shorted. You need to rewire the speakers so the load impedance is at least close the the correct impedance.