I've got a pair of pioneer S-T500's and a pair of DCM
TP260's and want to stack the DCM's on top of the pioneer and run them both in series for a ohm load of around 14ohms. Is this harmful to the AV receiver or the speakers(they are different resistances too a 6ohm and 8ohm per pair).
If not should I hook up the 8 ohm speakers first or the 6 ohm ones first I know not to run them in parallel as it would be a 3.6 ohm load and could possibly overload the receiver. Will this affect the speakers too negatively in the sound response department aswell?
If stacking them is a bad idea should I run them next to each other?
The reason for wanting to do this is my receiver is a 7.2.2 system but cannot use front wide speakers and surround back speakers simultaneously and I would like to use all 9 speakers I have connected. If the only option is a new receiver that supports 9.2 simultaneous channel playback I would like a recommendation for around a grand maximum price.
Thanks in advance