How does this present a problem? I have never seen this raised as an issue before.
Like I said in layman's terms.....
It presents a disjointed and uneven demand on the power supply of any Receiver/Amp. And cheap, poorly designed Receivers/Amps with cheap, poorly designed power supplies have a difficult time handling the differential load demands.
I've heard several people say it doesn't ....shouldn't matter. And I've also heard ECE's state that it does matter, when you're using a component with a cheap, poorly designed power supply.
In my my real world experience, I find that the ECE's are right on the money.
I mean hell, even that piece of trash Anthem MCA-50 (a dedicated seperates 5 channel amplifier) I used to own, couldn't handle the power demands of 5 speakers.
Which was a huge disappointment considering that was a $2,000 amp at that time. Biggest piece of garbage amplifier I ever owned. Damn thing clipped all the time at moderate listening levels, went into shutdown all the time and had an annoying tranformer hum not only audible from the exterior of the chasis; but seeped into the speakers.
Anthem basically told me to go **** myself, even though it was completely under warranty, paid full MSRP price and I had just bought the piece of trash from a respected authorized dealer. The only other option Anthem cared to offer, was for me to pay over $800.00 to ship it to them, have it put on the bench and for the work to try and fix it. Over $800.00 for an amp barely a few days old, completely authorized and fully warranted.
A lesson well-learned early into my higher-end juorney.
Needless to say, Anthem nor Paradigm will ever grace my systems.......ever again. I wouldn't spend one single penny on their trash ever again.
My comments are based on people I know using 700,800 and 900 series Dennon receivers to drive their 4 Ohm speakers.
Maybe the 600 series is different. I have had no experience with them.
Bu that's not what you said, is it.
You said.....
" Its never a good thing to lump all manufacturers together particularly in the bottom catagory. I know a lot about Dennon because the speakers I own are 4 Ohm and not all receivers will drive them. Dennon is the only company who's offerings top to bottom have consistantly been able to drive a 4 Ohm load. If you look at any of the Denon reviews, they always exceed their power ratings, sometimes by a lot.
If you look at Denon's design strategy, they consistanlty trade off features for more capable power supplies.
So you made an all encompassing general statement about Denon Receivers, covering all their receivers...."Top to bottom"
Now you admit not being familiar with the Denon 600 Series. Yet, the OP's Receiver is a 600 Series Receiver
The impedence is relevant because it presents a more difficult load for the electronics to handle pushing receivers with weakers amps/power supplies into shutdown.
Heeeeeello. Is that not what I was saying?
Ummmmm......remember when you said this....
There is no need to match the impedence of your speakers. Any receiver will handle 6-8 Ohms just fine. Lower efficiency like 84db might become an issue in larger rooms, but not in the OP's..
And that's not a given with any Receiver. In theory, yes. Any Receiver "should" be able to handle any 6-8 ohms speakers.
In the real world. No. Absolutely not! Because when they go cheap.....they go real cheap. Not only in parts, but in design.
Most of these companies don't even design their bottom of the barrel Receivers. They OEM them from some cr@p manufactor (usually in China) and slap their name brand all over the chasis.
I mean, I paid $2,000 for an Anthem amp and they went cheap on their design and parts. Imagine what these bottom of the barrel Receivers are built like.
