Paralleled LM1876's

[xeclipse]

Hi guys,
Am planning to go bi-amp with lm1876 for mid+high.I chose these because of low distortion levels and easy construction.
For lows,i run into a problem:i have 2.7 ohm woofers,and am considering paralled 1876s to drive them.Can this work out?I read somewhere that paralleled amps 'drive each other' ,how do i go about this?

[AndrewT]

Since you don't already know the answer nor the problems that you will face, I strongly suggest you are not ready for paralleling of chipamps.

2.7ohm driver is quite low impedance and an unusual value. Where did it come from?

[xeclipse]

Originally Posted by AndrewT

Since you don't already know the answer nor the problems that you will face, I strongly suggest you are not ready for paralleling of chipamps.

Its just 20 wpc,not bad to start of with.

Originally Posted by AndrewT

2.7ohm driver is quite low impedance and an unusual value. Where did it come from?

Most of you wont consider them as woofers,i got them from a panasonic boombox.

[Arty]

you should not jump into that conclusion, it is still a bass driver, i bet many peeps here used even worse ones in their life at least one time.
and who knows, they might actualy be suitable for your needs, in that case its a pefect unit.

2.7 ohm is realy low, and the problem of using chipamps in paralell is a wee bit complicated. You can with ease destroy both amps, and the speakers them self.
If i was You, i would just find out what is the power handling of Your panasonic speakers.
It may well happen that You can get away with a simple amp. Prehaps the output voltgae (and therefor current) can be limited with a simple resistive voltgae divider at the input, this can protect Your amp from overloading accidently.

Can You post some -any- information about the speaker unit it self?

[xeclipse]

Originally Posted by Arty

find out what is the power handling of Your panasonic speakers.
>Can You post some -any- information about the speaker unit it self?

I already pushed 22w (full range frequency) and it held up,just too much distortion.The magnet is 3" diameter and 0.4".There is nothing else printed on the magnet apart from the impedance.The original amp was a 6.5wpc at 3 ohm 10% thd.Despite the high thd,my dad swears the boombox is the best music system he has ever heard!
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[ElecronicsEdC]

It's a dual Power amplifier
and if you bridge it and heat sink it real good


and an use 2 appropriate output filters
Rl

.6uH in parallel with 10 OHms
it will work with work fine with your 2.whatever ohm load

[xeclipse]

Originally Posted by ElecronicsEdC

Here is the App for your
chip in Bridgemode

There is a big difference between 'bridged' and 'paralleled' amps.

[ElecronicsEdC]

OK

your chip is a dual amp
to get the most out of a single dual you should Bridge
to Parallel I would use real low value summing resistors
.1 ohm high wattage

the resistors will dissipate off any differences

[ElecronicsEdC]

You really need to use an lm3886
68watts

real clean

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