Too much power?

To reduce impedance, you wire two speakers in parallel. That means that each speaker has its' own set of wires running to it and each speaker will operate independently of each other. To increase impedance, one would wire the speakers in series. That means that the positive terminal of the amp feeds speaker 1 and the negative terminal of the amp feeds speaker 2. You then run a wire from the negative terminal of speaker 1 to speaker 2. If you disconnect one speaker, the other one will not work any longer.

Other than this, one can use high powered resistors to simulate the second speaker in either situation. There would really be no benefit to doing such, so don't waste your time. Sean
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Do you take the + from channel 1 of the amp to the positive of speaker 1. Then take the - from channel 2 of the amp to the negative of speaker 2. Then connect the two open terminals on the speakers together(which would be the - of speaker 1 and the + from speaker 2)? Is that how you do it? Thanks

NO, do not do that. You are in effect cross-connecting the two channels of the amp. Some amps may respond in various manner, but i don't see any of them really liking such a connection.

If you are asking about bridging an amp, that is different from altering the load impedance by connecting speakers in a different manner. What i mentioned above was done using only one channel of the amp with two speakers.

Out of curiosity, what are you attempting to achieve ? Sean
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I just bought an Aragon, it's in shipping right now. I had planned on getting the 4004(200 wpc) but I wound up buying a 2002(100 wpc). I'm just hoping it's going to be loud enough. But I've never heard an amp of that caliber. I was just wondering about how people drop to 4ohm so that the amp puts out more juice. Thanks.

They either run low impedance speakers or run two pairs of 8 ohm speakers. If you are worried about the power, i would not be too concerned. While you pick up twice the current at half the impedance, your voltage is what makes the biggest difference in terms of "cleanliness" and that doesn't doesn't change when shifting impedances. The drawback to lowering the impedance of the speaker load is that you cut your damping factor in half, which can result in the amplifier having less control over the speakers and / or allowing the speakers to more easily influence the overall performance of the amp. Stick with what you have and optimize your system for the amp that you just bought. It should work fine so long as you don't want rock concert levels in your listening room. Sean
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