Can 8 ohm and 6 ohm speakers be run simultaneously?

[Louis]

I have a Yamaha 5960 receiver currently running with some old satellite speakers. I am looking to upgrade my main and center next month (can't upgrade the whole set so I'm starting with these) with some av123 X-ls or x-cs.
My question is , both these speakers are 8 ohm, my satellite speakers are 6 Ohm. Does this mean I cannot run both simultaneously after the upgrade? I was planning on leaving the satellites as surround until i can upgrade those.
I had to set the Yamaha for 6 Ohm when I first set it up because right now they're all 6 Ohm speakers...but after I upgrade I'd be left with 3 8 Ohms and 2 6 Ohms....


Thanx!

 

[markw]

If you've got a multi-channel receiver and you want to connect one pair to the front right and left channels, and the other pair to the rear surrounds, then you should be fine. You're connecting each speaker to a different amplifier channel.

The only time you need to concern yourself with that impedance stuff us when you connect more than one speaker to the same amplifier channel. That's when that parallel impedance stuff comes into play.

It's nice to see you're paying attention, though. Your time here wasn't wasted. well...

 

[zumbo]

Everything will be fine. Your receiver needs to always be set to 8ohm. Setting it to 6ohm cuts the output.

 

[Louis]

Thanks for the info guys!