Abe_Parbhunath
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Hi all.
Help/Advice needed urgently here!
I have the Yamaha 767 with a 5.1 AR 900 speaker setup. This amp is rated for 8ohm speakers and the AR's are 8ohms. I am going to be moving into my new place shortly and now have space for the 2 rear surrounds. I came across a pair of Wharfdale Diamond 10.1 speakers which are 6ohms. The price is right, so i would like to integrate this into my current setup. I phoned the Audio Vision branch where I bought my stuff from and they said I should not mix speakers of different impedance (it would damage the amp)
I then called another branch of AV and they said it would not affect the amp as it has built in protection. Ive now done some googling and read through a bit of the manual.
One can change the amp from min 8ohm to minimum 6ohm (but it does this as a generic setting, not per speaker- as far as I can understand). On min 6ohm you can also run 4ohm. On my proposed setup, I will be running 5.1 8ohm and just the rears on 6ohm.
Is this fine? What are the implications or should I rather shop around for 8ohm speakers?
Thanking you AV pros in advance
Abe
Durbanville
Help/Advice needed urgently here!
I have the Yamaha 767 with a 5.1 AR 900 speaker setup. This amp is rated for 8ohm speakers and the AR's are 8ohms. I am going to be moving into my new place shortly and now have space for the 2 rear surrounds. I came across a pair of Wharfdale Diamond 10.1 speakers which are 6ohms. The price is right, so i would like to integrate this into my current setup. I phoned the Audio Vision branch where I bought my stuff from and they said I should not mix speakers of different impedance (it would damage the amp)
I then called another branch of AV and they said it would not affect the amp as it has built in protection. Ive now done some googling and read through a bit of the manual.
One can change the amp from min 8ohm to minimum 6ohm (but it does this as a generic setting, not per speaker- as far as I can understand). On min 6ohm you can also run 4ohm. On my proposed setup, I will be running 5.1 8ohm and just the rears on 6ohm.
Is this fine? What are the implications or should I rather shop around for 8ohm speakers?
Thanking you AV pros in advance
Abe
Durbanville
