Moochman55 Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 I am setting up a Home Theater with new speakers . Because of my space limitation on mounting my large TV above the fireplace, can I include two center speakers installed on either side of the TV, both attached in parallel to the center channel? For now it will be powered by a Sony STR DN840. The speakers are all 8 Ohm. I am not sure this will work, reduce performance or burn out any amp? So far my plan includes: two Klipsch R 5800 WII two Klipsch R5650-Sll One or two Klipsch R5502 WII Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frzninvt Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 No comb filtering will come into play. Use a single for best results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Hi @Moochman55, welcome to the Klipsch forums! A worthy first question. The quick answer is "yes" you can wire two speakers together in parallel for a center speaker. It will put a greater strain on your amp and lesson the performance of each center speaker. A single center speaker will be more dynamic, each of the pair of center speakers will be a little more dull sounding. If you wire two 8 Ohm speakers in parallel you divide the impedance by half. The amp will see a 4 Ohm load. This puts a greater strain on the amp but most modern amps can handle 4 Ohm loads. You will reduce the power to each speaker by 50%. https://geoffthegreygeek.com/calculator-speakers-in-parallel/ Mr. @Frzninvt gave you the best answer ^^^, comb filtering is an undesirable audio characteristic. In this case one is better than two. Still, you can try it and see if it sounds good to your ears. If a dual center channel sounds better in your application, then that's what's best for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moochman55 Posted February 9, 2018 Author Share Posted February 9, 2018 Gentleman Thank you both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Series and parallel are your two choices... both work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbox Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 I've done this before with two heresy's. worked fine in parallel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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