Ohms Question?

[JJRHOD]

The ohms rating on a pair of bookshelf speakers I am interested in buying is labelled 4-8 ohms (the Micca MB42 bookshelf speakers) but my AV recivever is rated for 6-16 ohms (Sony STRDH550). Would these speakers be okay to use for left and right as well as surround speakers? buying on a budget plus don't have a lot of space, thank you.

 

[lovinthehd]

The ohms rating on a pair of bookshelf speakers I am interested in buying is labelled 4-8 ohms (the Micca MB42 bookshelf speakers) but my AV recivever is rated for 6-16 ohms (Sony STRDH550). Would these speakers be okay to use for left and right as well as surround speakers? buying on a budget plus don't have a lot of space, thank you.

It will work but at high volume levels the avr could shut down in self protection mode...

 

[lovinthehd]

Why the Micca MB42 speakers particularly, you like the way they sound particularly?

 

[KenM10759]

I think the speakers would sound so horrible as to be totally unlistenable long before they got to the point that that receiver could go into protection mode.

 

[yepimonfire]

I've hooked 4 ohm speakers up to receivers rated for 6 ohms before without any problem. Most speakers have varying impedance anyways. For ported enclosures impedance rapidly drops off below the tuning frequency, in sealed enclosures below the woofers fs. In a small bookshelf with a - 3dB frequency response down to 80hz it's not uncommon for it to present loads as low as 3 ohms on low frequencies. The best way to avoid this problem is to use an active crossover on the receiver and cross it over about 10hz above the - 3dB point.

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[lovinthehd]

Most speakers have varying impedance anyways.

Most? You can name some that don't?