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Most stereo receivers need to see an 8ohm load for speakers. If your speakers are all hooked up on one terminal (2 speakers to the left side + and - and two speakers to the right side + and -) your receiver is seeing a 4ohm load and will turn off due to the protective circuit built in to most newer units. Adding a fifth speaker will drop the ohm (resistance) load even more, to some where in the area of 2.6 ohms. This is all providing that your speakers are rated at 8ohms. Try using just 2 of the same speakers to see if the unit still turns off when turned up past 3. If it stays working this is your problem. Using a speaker selector box will allow you to hook up multiple speakers to one stereo speaker output on your stereo receiver providing that the selector box is impedance matching. You may acquire one of these at a local audio store. Just for your information: Speaker ratings for watts are the amount of wattage or power a speaker is rated to handle. These wattage ratings have nothing to do with anything other than that.
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mine has a 1000 watt amp and 3 subs hooked up and it shuts off when i turn it up loud on songs with heavier bass.. what could that be?
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