6 ohm- 8 ohm speakers, receiver Please help, I have a Yamaha receiver with a 6 and 8 ohm switch. I just bought a subwoofer 6 ohm impedance, do i have to get 6 ohm speakers as well? The problem is i can't find any. I have these old 6 ohm speakers but i would like to replace them in the future. 6 ohm- 8 ohm speakers, receiver Please help, I have a Yamaha receiver with a 6 and 8 ohm switch. I just bought a subwoofer 6 ohm impedance, do i have to get 6 ohm speakers as well? The problem is... » Read More 6 ohm- 8 ohm speakers, receiver Please help, I have a Yamaha receiver with a 6 and 8 ohm switch. I just bought a subwoofer 6 ohm impedance, do i have to get 6 ohm speakers as well? The problem is i can't find any. I have these old 6 ohm speakers but i would like to replace them in the future. « Show Less
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6 ohm stuff I think usally comes with home threatre in a box type kits - I know the sony all in one box solutions are 6 ohm. I'm not sure, but I don't think you should mix the ohm ratings, but I think the worse thing that will happen is either your receiver or speaker will break.
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i had a 6-ohm receiver with 8-ohm speakers, center, left, and right channel speakers and the most it did was the receiver would get a little hot sometimes, just try not to use it for more than 2 hours if the ohms are mixed and you should be ok. or if you want to be safe buy a powered sub.
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Speaker impedance limits are really determined by your amplifier / receiver. The switch should not care whether your speakers are 4, 6, or 8 ohms. However, you may notice, if mixing speakers with different impedances, that when played simultaneously, one pair is louder than the other.
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The impedance with the high and low range terminals connected in parallel with supplied connectors (recommended default setting) is 8 ohms. The speakers can be driven with an 8 or 4 ohm amplifier. Most receivers are 8 ohms. I am driving them with an amplifier designed for 8 ohm speakers and they sound great. There should sound just as good connected to a 4 ohm amplifier. Basically the impedance of the speaker should be equal to or greater than the minimum rated impedance of the amplifier.
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I tried an old set of (I believe) 8 ohm speakers on the front right, left, and center channels and notice a marked improvement in sound quality. Do you have more information on this? Will the amp be damaged? Any idea where I can get better quality 3 ohm speakers?
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HI Sir, Just little inquiry about the product itself. I have BOSE Acoustimass 5 Series 3 i wonder if it's capable of handling the receiver itself. Since it has a subwoofer stated 10-200W/Channel, 4-8 OHMS may i know if it's compatible with the BOSE and receiver itself. Thanks a lot!
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February 2016 ... you have an excellent question here. The photo on the Parts Express site displaying the current B652 speaker (now made by a different manufacturer), clearly shows the speaker impedance as 6 ohms. Sales deception will not exist in a manufacturer's speaker impedance, 6 ohms should be 6 ohms. An exception would be a fortune cookie impedance. Did a previous manufacturer of Dayton B652 speakers label them as 8 ohms ? I don't think so, a youtube video shows both the old, and the new, labeled as 6 ohms.
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The manual specifies 6 ohm or higher. Mine are 8 ohm and work well with this amplifier. I don't know how well 4 ohm speakers would work.
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Yes it will work fine. If anything going up in ohm ratings is easier and safer than going down. You are taking a 6 ohm rating and going up to 8 which uses less power to drive the speaker. If you were trying to go from 8 ohm rating on the receiver and drive a 4 ohm speaker I might say look out you could cause your amp to switch off from overheating or tripping a fuse. You will be fine and if anything you'll have a little bit more presence from your middle channel now and maybe adjust it down a tad in your setup if it's too much.
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I'd leave the selector at 8ohm and run the mix of 6 and 8 ohm speakers. It should be fine. The only way you'd run into a problem is with 4ohm speakers, and in that case you should be using a discrete amplifier.
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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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This unit is built for output impedance 4-8 Ohm. By using 2 Ohm speakers you are risking to burn unit amplifier; this is not really high end equipment. This unit has RCA output and option to attach an amplifier; that would be better way to go.
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I went through a steep and maybe incomplete learning curve when I wanted to add multiple speaker pairs to my setup but I do not believe you have to have speakers to all of the inputs for 8 ohm output. This switch is auto impedance matching. My system is 4 ohm amplifier and I've had 1, 2, 3 and 4 pairs of speakers connected at various times and have never had 6 pairs, the switch has worked great and I use it all the time when I am at home. One thing I would caution on is that while description says that you can use two sources at the same time I've found that you get bleeding from one source to the other side. I went through a steep and maybe incomplete learning curve when I wanted to add multiple speaker pairs to my setup but I do not believe you have to have speakers to all of the inputs for 8 ohm output. This switch is auto impedance matching. My system is 4 ohm amplifier and I've had 1, 2, 3 and 4 pairs of speakers connected at various times and have never had 6 pairs, the switch has worked great and I use it all the time when I am at home. One thing I would caution on is that while description says that you can use two sources at the same time I've found that you get bleeding from one source... » Read More I went through a steep and maybe incomplete learning curve when I wanted to add multiple speaker pairs to my setup but I do not believe you have to have speakers to all of the inputs for 8 ohm output. This switch is auto impedance matching. My system is 4 ohm amplifier and I've had 1, 2, 3 and 4 pairs of speakers connected at various times and have never had 6 pairs, the switch has worked great and I use it all the time when I am at home. One thing I would caution on is that while description says that you can use two sources at the same time I've found that you get bleeding from one source to the other side. « Show Less
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I have mine connected to 4 ohm Polk speakers and it works perfectly. You should not have any problems with 6 ohm speakers. The Motiva is a lot of power for a reasonable price.
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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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I don't own this but am considering this. The manual shows an audio out so you could go into an amp with that. The speakers are 3 ohms and have a jack on the side that would allow you to power a speaker, if you could get or make the same connector that they have. The issue will be the 3 ohm 7 watt rating. typically speakers are either 4 ohms in smaller units or 8 ohms in larger speakers. You will see less volume with speakers with a higher impedence with 8 ohm speakers being only about 1/2 as loud as the 3 ohm speakers that are supplied with the unit. There could be other problems with impedence mis-match but I haven't tried it to know.
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You should have no issues with hooking up your 6 ohm speakers. We have multiple speakers set up in ourhouse and in my shop. I have two of these units and they work great.
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I measured them when I got them and they were something like 2.6. These are designed that way to accommodate OEM wiring, which I smaller gauge than aftermarket, and low powered radios. Installed the resistance is over 3, but that is less than using 4 ohm speakers. Actually, amps get more control, but require more power with higher resistance. That is way home stuff is 8 ohm. In a car power is limited by the alternator output. For matching, look at the RMS Watt rating of the amps and speakers and try to match 75% to 150% of the amp rating. Speaker sensitivity will also be a clue. A 3 dB difference means twice or half as loud. So a proper Watt RMS and as high a sensitivity possible is a good general rule. These are rated at 93 dB so they are better than most. Sensitivity is the measure of sound at 1 Watt power from 1 meter away.