Hi everybody,
I just got my Yamaha HTR-5860 and am very happy with it.
As I am grossly underpaid, I have sort of had to piece together my system slowely, using hand-me-downs where possible. Right now I only have a 2 speaker (stereo) system .... 2 Sony 6 ohm bookshelf speakers from an old Sony "shelf" stereo.
I have 2 6.3 ohm floor speakers from my first stereo system ever (a panasonic component system circa 1986). I thought of using these as the surrounds.
I can grab a center speaker from another "shelf" stereo that broke. I'm not sure what it's impedence is.
I was thinking I could just buy a sub and have 5.1 !
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Some notes:
I primarily use this system as a stereo system ... the cinema 5.1 experience is secondary.
I don't listen to music very loud anymore.
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My questions are:
Is it ok to mix n match like this ?
I thought of going out and buying 2 nice new 8 ohm speakers and a subwoofer, since I usually just listen to music. But I'm worried when in 5.1 mode with the 6 ohm speakers things might go haywire.
I was also thinking of setting up 2 "B channel" speakers for my room/bathroom, and it's no telling where i will get these from or what their impedance might be.
Would I be better off just buying some nice 8 ohms and a sub, and listen to 2.1 ? Wait a while till I have more money.
Can I damage my amp by having such a wacky speaker setup ?
Also, this Yamaha tells you to configure the system for 8 ohm or 4 ohm when first setting it up. The manual says:
Set to 4 ohm if:
Your center and all surround are 6 ohm or higher ! (yeap, that's 6).
Your fronts are 4 ohm or higher, if you use only one set.
Your fronts are 8 ohm or higher (you use 2 sets .... A and B, presummably both simultaneouslY).
Set to 8 ohm if:
If only using one set of fronts - they are all 8 ohms or higher.
If using 2 fronts, they need to be 16 ohms ! Holy smoke. I didn't even know there were 16 ohm speakers.
From looking at this, it looks like right now I should have the yammy set to 4 ohm.
To make things even more complicated, I can see myself having front channel B speakers at a different impedence than my front channel A.
I simply can't afford 7 new speakers and a sub !
Any advice welcome.
