jrmeyer Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Hi -- I have a Yamaha RX-V661 amp. The front left, right and center speakers, and subwoofer, are 8 ohms. I have five additional small SONY speakers I can use for rear left, right and center speakers, and left and right presence speakers, but they are all 6 ohm speakers. Is that a problem? If not, do you set the amp for 8 ohm speakers, or 6 ohm speakers? Thanks in advance for your help. (NOTE -- I just edited this post because I previously and stupidly used the word AMP instead of OHM) James Meyer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian_Dude Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Do you mean amps or ohms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 My Yamaha you set the OHMS to either 6 or 8 on the front channels only................rear channel just wire them up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrmeyer Posted June 15, 2007 Author Share Posted June 15, 2007 I'm sorry -- I meant OHMS! (I've been working on some electrical problems too and just wasn't thinking.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay481985 Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 It should work fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyboy Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Shouldn't be a problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest " " Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 caution an 8 ohm speaker and a 6 ohm speaker in parallel returns an impedance of 3.43 ohms. This is not a problem if your amp can drive a load less than 4 ohms. Also consider that the 8 ohm speaker and 6 ohms speaker may be an average which includes impedance that drops far below 8 or 6 ohms. Sometimes amps have switches, config settings, or transformer taps to select 8 , 6 or 4 ohms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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