I have a pair of small speaker units I want to repurpose, from the 90s. They were part of a mid range midfi unit. They have a tweeter and a 4" mid speaker each. They are well presented and work well with the original unit. They have 4 wires out of the back of each cab. The label on the back of the speaker cabs says "mid range 6 ohm, hi range 6 ohm". There has not been any damage to them as far as I know. Measuring the ohms on a meter gives ? 5 ohms over one pair of wires. The other pair has no needle movement in any combination with the 4 wires. This is the same on both cabs. (In mean only one pair of the 4 wires in any combination gives an ohmmeter measurement. Red and Black, if you are curious, from a choice of Red, Black, Blue and White.).
I want to replace the main amp unit due to obsolescence - no line in. I am looking to connect these speakers to an amp set up with simply L and R. I think I have determined the mid and high speakers work - sounds ok and no history of damage. I have not cut the back of the speakers open to see how they are connected, though I could.
I can see this article somewhat informs me, but not completely how one might consider wiring them. I had a look through ohmmeter design chapter, and circuit theory design chapters, but until I see how they are wired, I am just don't know. I think I need to cut the back open - so can do over the weekend. For wiring speakers up like this, is there a page I should be looking at about impedance? I can see some forums talking about making a crossover... ...seems those that know might say this is a little complex, and perhaps I should just buy some reasonable quality mid sized speakers.
Any links from your bookmarks I could look at?
I want to replace the main amp unit due to obsolescence - no line in. I am looking to connect these speakers to an amp set up with simply L and R. I think I have determined the mid and high speakers work - sounds ok and no history of damage. I have not cut the back of the speakers open to see how they are connected, though I could.
I can see this article somewhat informs me, but not completely how one might consider wiring them. I had a look through ohmmeter design chapter, and circuit theory design chapters, but until I see how they are wired, I am just don't know. I think I need to cut the back open - so can do over the weekend. For wiring speakers up like this, is there a page I should be looking at about impedance? I can see some forums talking about making a crossover... ...seems those that know might say this is a little complex, and perhaps I should just buy some reasonable quality mid sized speakers.
Any links from your bookmarks I could look at?