bakerjimh Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 I have recently replaced my broken receiver with a new Yamaha receiver (RX-V730) and am will soon add a new pair of Klipsch speakers (Reference RF3 II) to the system. My problem is I want to use the crisp sounding new speakers as my main (front) speakers and also still use my old fuzzy sounding speakers (Klipsch KG4) as the rear speakers in a surround sound set-up. The rub is an impedance miss-match, as the new front RF3 IIs are 8 Ohm impedance and the old rear KG4s are 4 Ohm impedance. Unfortunately, the receiver only has two impedance settings and the recommended levels for both do not match my desired set-up with 4-Ohm speakers on the rear. Left switch position 4 Ohm or higher main speakers and 6 Ohm or higher rear speakers. OR Right switch position 8 Ohm or higher main speakers and 8 Ohm or higher rear speakers. Since I want to use the new 8-Ohm RF3 IIs as the main speakers, then the Left switch position is out. Since I must go with the Right switch position, then the old 4-Ohm KG4s have only half the required impedance. So can I simply add a 4-Ohm resistor to each KG4 speaker to correct the mismatch? If so, what kind of resistor is to be used? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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