Relative Sound Level

[Mr Mark]

Does two seperate Amplifiers running two 8ohm loudspeakers from the
same sound source, sound as loud as two 8ohm loudspeakers wired in
parallel from one of the amplifiers (relatively speaking)?

 

[Ian Stirling]

Mr Mark <Mark@mark.co.uk (spoof email address)> wrote:

Does two seperate Amplifiers running two 8ohm loudspeakers from the
same sound source, sound as loud as two 8ohm loudspeakers wired in
parallel from one of the amplifiers (relatively speaking)?

YUes.
If the amplifiers are typical solid-state ones with ~0 output impedance.

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[Baphomet]

"Mr Mark" <Mark@Mark.co.uk (spoof email address)> wrote in message
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Does two seperate Amplifiers running two 8ohm loudspeakers from the
same sound source, sound as loud as two 8ohm loudspeakers wired in
parallel from one of the amplifiers (relatively speaking)?

All other things being equal (which of course they never are in the real
world) and assuming that you are talking about a solid state amplifier with
a near zero output impedance, and wire with a near zero resistance, my guess
would be yes (relatively speaking) because with the two speakers in
parallel, you are doubling the output power but it is equally divided
between the two speakers yielding the same power per speaker. Of course, I
have been known to be wrong before (more often than I care to admit and
climbing ;-)