Wiring 4 speakers to beomaster 5000

Hi guys,

I've got another little nagging issue that I hope someone can help with....

I currently have 4x speakers connected to my beomaster 5000 (pizza box) as follows - 

2x mirage m290s (nominal 6 ohm's minimum 4 ohm's) - connected to speaker socket 1

and 2x JBL E60s (8 ohm's) connected to speaker socket 2

This works well except when I want to use headphones due to the muting circuit relay only being on socket 1. 

Would I be safe to connect both sets of speakers to socket 1 or will this be too much load on the amp? And would it be better to connect them in series or parallel?

Thanks in advance,

Lee

 

The muting of the second set of speakers was really intended to be done through the relay box. The 5000 can have up to 10 relay boxes tied to it, so handling low impedance loads is not a huge issue for it. I assume the relay boxes and additional wire keep the impedance from getting too low. I've had four sets of speakers tied to my 5000 for a couple of years now, although I only run them all simultaneously once in a while.

Lee:

Would I be safe to connect both sets of speakers to socket 1 or will this be too much load on the amp? And would it be better to connect them in series or parallel?

The way you have them now connects them technically in parallel (when both pairs are playing), so connecting two speakers in parallel to Speakers 1 won't change anything as far as the amp is concerned. As DMacri said, the amp is well prepared for that (and more).