6 ohm speakers into 8ohm amp

[pondej]

i have just bought these nice big powerful speakers from wharfedale xarus 5000 whivch have 6 ohm will they run off this marantz amp which runs at 8ohm that i am about to buy?

 

[guitarplyrstevo]

i have just bought these nice big powerful speakers from wharfedale xarus 5000 whivch have 6 ohm will they run off this marantz amp which runs at 8ohm that i am about to buy?

I've heard that you shouldn't mismatch ohms because it would put a lot of stress on the amp but generally it is OK if you have the cab ohm on step higher than the amp.

ex: 8ohm amp -> 16 ohm cab OK
16ohm amp -> 8ohm cab NOT OK


By the way, I leaned all that for my guitar amp and cab so I'm not 100% sure if its the same for home audio.

 

[AVRat]

Most receivers can handle 6 ohm speakers without a problem, 4 ohms is more of an issue. Which specific receiver do you have?

 

[avaserfi]

Rat, its not just a receiver its an amp, Id hope the amp could push atleast 6 ohm speakers if not 4.

Pondej, check the instruction manual for the amp you are looking at normally a range of supported resistance is given so it wont just be 8 ohms it will probably be something like x-xx.