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Unbalanced Speaker Wattage Tapping
Zone Speaker Wattage Tapping
Basic Speaker Wattage Tap Settings (cont.)
Figure 7.
Figure 8.
SPEAKER OUTPUT
COM
70V 100V
4Ω
8Ω
16Ω
+
- - -
+ +
a. b. c.
30 Watt Amplifier
5W 10W5W5W 10W
Room #1 (Zone 1)
Room #2 (Zone 2)
SPEAKER OUTPUT
COM
70V 100V
4Ω
8Ω
16Ω
+
- - -
+ +
a. b. c.
30 Watt Amplifier
5W 10W5W5W 10W
Room #1 (Zone 1)
WRONG
30 watt maximum output
- 20% headroom buer
24 watt optimal wattage output
5 watt + 5 watt = 10 watt (zone 1)
+ 10 watt (zone 2)
20 watt total speaker draw
24 watt optimal wattage output
- 20 watt speaker draw
4 watt extra
(6 watt headroom)
Example Shown (gure 8.)
Speakers in the same room (zone) should always be tapped to the same
wattage. When speakers are not tapped correctly, higher tapped speakers
will produce a louder sound and can interfere with the audio of surround-
ing speakers.
Each zone can be tapped according to desired wattages so long as they
are tapped evenly within each zone and fall within the optimal wattage
output.