These have 6-ohm impedance. Most outdoor speakers are 8-ohm. Does it matter? Compatible with most amps/receivers, I would assume.
1982018
I'm no expert - I bought for the music lover in my family. These replaced a decent set of Polk speakers and he thinks these sound a lot better and carry very nicely to our pool and back yard which is very good size. My son turned them up as high as they could go and it sounded alittle tinny but we never listen to them that loud - the cops would be called. Whether the ohm matters depends upon the area you want to cover. We are more than satisfied.
1982019
I was able to change the impedance on my receiver to 6 ohm. They sound great on my back patio!!
1982020
Either 6 or 8 ohms should not make a difference. Any home receiver will be compatible. These speakers are used as satellite speakers in my application since they do not produce a lot of bass.
1214415
I have not tried this but from the manual it describes utilizing both the A and B speaker sets. If this is similar to the stereo receivers of the 70s-80s, you would not want to use 4 ohm rated speakers as what normally happens is the speakers get paralleled and the resistance/impedance drops to 2 ohms and that the amp would never be able to handle without shutting down. If I remember, I will test this and comment further but everything I have read says this should work with 8 ohm rated speakers.
1553876
All speakers can be connected in series but you will have to add the impedance of the speakers that are in series. In this case, 4 ohms + 4 ohms = 12 ohms. The new impedance load for the amplifier would now be 8 ohms. You can easily check this stuff on google.
963169
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!
428912
They're supposed to be 4 Ohms even though the back says "4/8 Ohms" but in reality they're less than 4 Ohms - a tad under 3.5 Ohms. unless your amp/reciver can tolerate resistance of 2 Ohms which very few can, don't wire them in parallel with an 8 Ohm speaker. I did and it almost fried my receiver.
685193
I belive they are a 8 ohm. But I wouldn't buy them the poorly constructed. You have an issue where the bracket and speaker are bolted by the knob. The internal nut that is glued on the in side breaks loose when you tighten the knob and the only way to fix it is to pull the screen offand reatreattached the screw with stronger glue. My buddy bought a pair also a week later and had same issue.
1027844
They will work fine. They are 2 ohm but it's more for power purpose. They will sound loud with lower wattage. Don't expect bass. They have crisp highs and they are a good rear fill speaker.
1022061
My understanding is 2 OHM is better. I would however recommend you install the amp to get the proper sound that the speakers are capable of. I have not done this but I need to.
2027471
These are passive speakers .All you are required to do is connect speaker wire from a receiver or amplifier. The electrical resistance of each speaker or ohms. I never really checked. HOWEVER ,due to the cheap cost of these speakers I am confidently predicting that they are 8 ohms. Only if they are connected in parallel with the receiver will the electrical resistance be change to 4 ohms.
1301544
8 ohm. I couldn't be happier with these as surround speakers. I think for the price you just cannot beat them. Mounted high on the wall with the grills off, they look pretty sharp in all black. I have 4 of them in a 7.1 system.
677341
They are 8 ohm, check about a third of the way down the amazon page you will see product specifications where it is listed as well. They are amazing speakers for the money.
270144
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
2027470
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.
2064090
I believe you mean would the impedance (resistance) would be too low. The lower the impedance, the higher the current flow. These are 2 ohm rated speakers which means you need a 4 ohm amp/head. I have no problem running these from my stock Toyota JBL system. If you want deeper, stronger bass than I would recommend a subwoofer.
307335
Not sure. Got mine plugged into an Onkyo receiver, and they work well for outdoor speakers.
1464129
yes, just make sure they are 8 Ohm... Wattage is really the top end of how much power they can handle, the ohms is the impedance (think like resistance) if the impedance is too low, it is like shorting out an amplifier. Almost all speakers made today are 8 ohm. and 100 W of audio is way more power than is comfortable to listen to in any home setting.
141523
The receiver can easily drive 4 ohm speakers. The RMS power rating of 80W applies to 8 ohm speakers, so the power output for 4 ohms will be somewhat greater.You can change the speaker impedance from the default setting of 8 ohms to 4 ohms using the "Advanced Setup" menu as described on page 37 of the owner's manual.