6 ohm receiver 8 ohm speakers. Will that work?

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Also, if there is a problem when you plug in these speakers your amp will most likely cut out when there's a problem so i guess if this starts to happen stop using the speakers, if not and your happy with the sound then carry on. Posts are for general information, are not intended to substitute for informed professional advice medical, legal, veterinary, financial, etc. If you are having two zones two pairs of speakers or four speakers then you will select the x2 on the back of the volume of the control.

There's no 6 ohm load present. A well designed 4 ohm speaker can be a better load than a badly designed 8 ohm speaker. For a practical discussion on how to wire just 2 speakers to an amplifier 4 speakers to a stereo amp , see my article on. Geoff Your website is extremely useful, but still have a question.

Is it OK to hook up 8 ohms speakers to.... - First, treat each channel the same.

I wanted to use with 2 sets of speakers 2 different rooms. Concern is with the 4-6 ohm pair not matching up to the 8ohm receiver. It would increase the impedance on the 4-6 ohm to at least an 8ohm? Not quite sure I can reach those wires as going through some walls. Seems as if the disconnect would only affect the 'left' speaker of each set. Base on your response, I guess it is quite likely that I damaged the 'old' amp as speaker wiring was traditional. Bottom line - do you think I should just avoid messing with the series wiring and just replace the 'A' 4-6 ohm set of speakers? I don't want to run the risk of damaging the 'new' amp -- You don't know how much I appreciate your help in this -- floundering for last few days hesitant to hook up new amp. Also assume if A wired serial and B wired paralleled, can I at times just play the A or just the B ie just play music in 1 room? On receivers that cannot handle a 4 ohm load the A+B position puts the speakers in series to prevent damage. If the receiver can handle 4 ohms then it would put them in parallel to provide greater power. You can add an outboard speaker selector with impedance matching to maintain an 8 ohm load to the receiver. You can also use an impedance matching volume control for each pair. These allow you to set the impedance that the receiver sees as well as allowing control of the volume of each pair. Might be useful to do that when you run both pairs together. If the receiver can handle 4 ohms then it would put them in parallel to provide greater power. You can add an outboard speaker selector with impedance matching to maintain an 8 ohm load to the receiver. You can also use an impedance matching volume control for each pair. These allow you to set the impedance that the receiver sees as well as allowing control of the volume of each pair. Might be useful to do that when you run both pairs together. Americanaudiophile - Thanks so much for your help! Will having one set 2 speakers of speakers wired in 'serial' and the 2nd set of speakers wired 'traditional' cause any harm or likely to cause any harm to receiver? Not really looking to maximize output. Sorry if I appear thick headed, I am sure my use of terminology may be confusing things. You can't connect 2 speakers in series and get stereo. The diagram that jsmithepa posts is for a single channel not a pair. You could hook both lefts in series and both rights in series then connect them to the same A speaker terminals. That would raise the impedance to 12-14 ohms which is safe for a receiver with an 8 ohm minimum. Both pairs would have to play all the time. It would degrade the bass quality of both pairs. Get an impedance matching speaker selector or get 8 ohm speakers to replace the 4-6 ohm pair.

Wiring an 8-Ohm Audio System
The speaker outputs are typically heavier binding posts or wire clamps. If the receiver can handle 4 ohms then it would put them in parallel to provide greater power. Here are people asking for help in the forums. But, if the impedance of the speakers is lower than the amplifier is rated for, the current will be excessive, and the amplifier or the speakers themselves can burn out. The minimum impedance is approximately 6 Ohms, and the maximum is over 20Ohms, and the impedance changes across the entire frequency spectrum. With a load impedance speaker of 4 ohms, the amplifier needs to deliver 5 amps to produce the 100 watts of power. The nominal input impedance Zload of a loudspeaker can be measured to be 8 ohms. I feel you need a sub woofer in the system somewhere.