4ohm speaker for rear, bad for receiver?

[Spiffyfast]

I found an older pair of bookshelves, no brand on them, just a sticker that says 4ohm and the wattage. They sound pretty good and I plan on using them for the rear channels. Can I drive these with my 1015tx without putting too much of a strain on it? I figure they are only rear channels so they won't get much of a use anyways, its not like they are mains and are used constantly. But, if this is something I shouldn't do, I'd like to know if I need to run a seperate amp for them as I have a 100x2 kenwood amp I could use, but don't really want to. I don't have enough speakers to run 7.1 without them as I am selling my old HTIB system to pay for my new cadence sub, and 5.1 just doesn't cut it anymore.

 

[MacManNM]

I found an older pair of bookshelves, no brand on them, just a sticker that says 4ohm and the wattage. They sound pretty good and I plan on using them for the rear channels. Can I drive these with my 1015tx without putting too much of a strain on it? I figure they are only rear channels so they won't get much of a use anyways, its not like they are mains and are used constantly. But, if this is something I shouldn't do, I'd like to know if I need to run a seperate amp for them as I have a 100x2 kenwood amp I could use, but don't really want to. I don't have enough speakers to run 7.1 without them as I am selling my old HTIB system to pay for my new cadence sub, and 5.1 just doesn't cut it anymore.

No problem. That unit can drive those all day long.

 

[Blundaar]

No problem. That unit can drive those all day long.

I'll remember that when I drop my resistance to 6 ohms on my entire set-up !! (begins crazy, mad scientist-type, laughter )

 

[j_garcia]

I'm running 4 ohm surrounds too, and moved to them from smaller 8 Ohm versions from the same line. I was concerned about it being an issue when I bought them, but my receiver doesn't seem to get much hotter than it did before, so I think you should be OK. Running with an 80Hz x-over.