I am considering this speaker (6ohms) to be powered by a Yamaha RX V-573 receiver (8ohms). Can they be paired? I had seriously been considering the Polk CS20 until I was advised to keep my fronts and center consistent. My fronts are Yamaha ceiling...
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There is a setting on the 573 to set speaker impedance to 6 Ohms. See p 80 of the owner's manual. http://download.yamaha.com/api/asset/file/?language=it&site=it.yamaha.com&asset_id=54064
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It can be used with 4 ohm speakers see:http://faq.yamaha.com/us/en/article/audio-visual/av-receivers-amps/rx/rx-v671_black_u/5795/6799
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Not sure of the specification of your vintage receiver. But these speakers works with my 6 ohm output (sort of vintage as it is 15 years old now) 120 Watts per channel amplifier even if the impedance of these speakers is 8 ohms. In a nut shell if your vintage receiver is producing anywhere between 40 Watts to 120 watts , I THINK these speakers would please you. Worth a try but no guarantees.
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I had a similar question. I even emailed Polk to ask them and never heard back. You will need an amplifier because the subwoofer is passive. It has its own crossover built in, but the receiver should only be sending high sounds to your other speakers and low sounds to your sub. I just attached both positive wires from the sub to the single positive wire coming from the amp (and the same for the negative wires). It seems to work great and I have had it in for at least a year.
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I connected my Polks in to Onkyo 80watts per channel ( RMS) high current amplifier .works great ..I have JBL Floor standing speakers as well .but really like my Polks
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You can mix impedance but you'll need to mess with levels to make sure they blend properly (although, you won't be able to overcome the different types of sound produced by the LSi's vs the TL350's). Regardless, your receiver just isn't up to par to properly drive your LSi9's. I had a 100wpc Yamaha RX-V659 which put out a very-good 170wpc RMS at 4 ohms and it still wasn't up to snuff. Once I hooked up an Emotiva XPA-3 (300+wpc RMS @ 4ohms), it was like I was listening to a whole different pair of speakers. Get a good dedicated amp. It will make them sing!
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Although 6o watt is a bit light, it is a powered sub. It is smooth, full without being over boomy. I think it will sound great with your Polks. You can "dial it" to match perfectly.
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The 675 does support 6 ohm speakers. You will have to go into the setup menu to specify 6 ohms. FYI you can download the user manual from Yamaha if you need more details on the setup.
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Impedance it selected at the Amp or Receiver, I don't see why not. I have all 8 Ohm speakers, so this is not an issue for me. You can't mix/match 8/6/4 Ohm. Hope this helps!
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These are really good sounding speakers but beware of the 100 watt limit. I have a little bit larger family room than noted and really like to crank up the sound at times. I am using a Yamaha RX-475 which is 115 watts and I have now blown two of the satellite speakers and I have had to replaced them with Yamaha speakers that can handle the wattage. So make sure your receiver wattage does not exceed 100 watts!!!
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I have paired Polk Audio RtiA series speakers with this unit and they sound great. I have a pair of Polk RtiA5s for fronts, the CSIA6 for the center adn RTia1s as my rears/surrounds. Couldn't be happier.
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I like what I read about the Polk so far. I think the price is reasonable. What do you suggest is a good receiver\amp to go along with this from Amazon? Are there any other items I need to modify for my turnatable? I just want to get a total on what I need to spend for the whole set to make it sound good?
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If I understand you correctly, you are asking if you can run a mixed front R+L Bic 52 opposite a 62? They each have 8ohm impedence, so no major damage is likely to occur. But I wouldn't do it because they are two very different speakers. The 62 is bigger and has more power handling capacity, and would be a nightmare to tune to sound like the speaker opposite.
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Bill, I doubt anything "went wrong", but the Yamaha may not deal with potential impedance differences between your main speakers and your sub. Luckily, Yamaha allows you to set up levels for each set of speakers (front, center, back, sub) from within the setup menus. Using the remote, do the following: setup -&gt; speaker -&gt; level -&gt; scroll down to "sub" and raise the level (default is flat (0db)) until you like how it sounds. hope this helps, gfd
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Hi,Am in the same boat. Other differences I see are receiver is 6ohm for 6200 vs. 8ohm for 5300 with speakers being 6 ohms...somewhere read that 6 ohm driving 8ohm is not that good..(I am not a techy)Any of you decided yet?Also does anyone like the sexy Energy 5.1 speaker set (will have to buy receiver separately)...any comparisons?
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As long the impedance match or at least it's in the functional range you should not have any problem, this speakers are 8 oms . If you receiver it's 8 oms or work from 2 to 8 oms you are good to go . However is not recomended connect speakers with different impedance together . With that say it if you others speakers are 8 oms too you won't have any problem at all
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I don't see that being a problem. But I have never tried to run any speakers with that impedance. I did a little research and found this sentence in a post:"Marantz doesn't officially rate their receivers for 4ohms either, but they do just fine with 4ohm speakers. Marantz reps will tell you that its OK with most speakers. A lot of Yamaha receivers are rated for 4ohms, so the 667 would be another option at the $500 price point." I found this on: http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=162749Good luck!