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Yea, Theres a tap on the face of the speaker for voltage selections, and one of the selections is 16 ohm, which supposedly bypasses the transformer. I'm not able to get inside the enclosure to verify if that's actually the case or not because they are sealed enclosures. Im almost wondering if the transformer is soaking up some of the power.

Hello everyone, a while back I posted some questions about some ceiling speakers I acquired. They are commercial IC-6t model 6 inch 70v or 16 ohm speakers. My problem is that when these speakers were removed from a retail outlet they were very loud and had plenty of bass. However for some reason when connected in bypass mode to a 220w pioneer reciever they sound weak and distort at low volume and have no bass at all. The woofers barely move, I'm starting to think the amp does not like the 16ohm aspect. I want to get these speakers sounding good, I would have expected that my current amp was ok, since it powered my old 8ohm 12 inch speakers just fine. However I am starting to think I will need to invest in a 70v system, or change out the 16 ohm speakers for a 8 ohm set of speakers. I have them set up so there is 2 speakers per channel. http://www.klipsch.com/products/ic-6t-in-ceiling-speaker does anyone have any ideas for me to try prior to buying a new amp/reciever?

Hi Guys, I finally got a few of these connected. I found there was a bypass switch to bypass the transformer and run them directly. It states on them that they are 16 ohm. So I tested them with my old pioneer 240 watt receiver which usually is pretty powerful when only connected to a few speakers, however the speakers sound is rather weak. They distort easily and just sound like they have no power, bass or very hollow sounding. I ran them parallel and checked the ohms at the receiver and with two speakers on a channel I get 8 ohms. Is it a bad idea to run them parallel at 8 ohms? and is that why they distort and such?

Hi guys, I was not sure what the proper classification of my topic would be considered, so I am posting it as general. I have acquired several excellent condition klipsh ceiling speakers from a large retailer that went out of business and was demolished. The speakers are in excellent shape, they sounded really good, they are model IC-6t commercial grade recessed speakers. I also got 3 rather large commercial outdoor speakers as well. I currently have two other in ceiling speakers in my bedroom that are just monoprice 8 inch speakers. My goal is to get a full house audio system and use the klipsh IC-6t in my office and other living spaces. I am going to mount the 3 outdoor speakers up under the sofit in my pool area. My question is, how do I power these speakers? Is there a special commercial amp I will need? They all... including the outdoor set have built in 70v transformers of some sort. How do I power those? and I assume they act as an amp? so would I only need a signal to the speakers, such as an rca type connection? or do I actually need to run speaker wire from a receiver to them? I plan to combine these with other recessed non powered speakers, hopefully using only one reciever. Thanks!!