Will I burn my house down

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I am new to audio/home theater setup and am getting ready to buy new speakers that will work with my existing Panasonic SA-HT280 receiver.

I think I have found an attractive speaker set (yes, it has to look good in my living room, as well as sound good), however I am a little concerned about the sub that comes with the ONKYO SKS-HT240 Home Theater Speaker Kit I am looking to buy.

Here are the important specs (or at least I think they are important)

Receiver: Panasonic SA-HT280
* 20HZ-20kHz both channels driven
* 100 W per channel (8 ohmz)

Output at 1kHz each channel driven
* .9% total harmonic distortion
* Front 2 X 100W (8ohmz)
* Center 2 X 100W (8ohmz)
* Surround 2 X 100W (8ohmz)
* Sub (100 Hz) 100W (8ohmz) - The original sub that came with the receiver does not have its own power supply (passive?)

Speakers I want to buy: ONKYO SKS-HT240
* 2-way - Active subwoofer, passive satellites
* Response Bandwidth 27 - 35000 Hz
* Active subwoofer - 150 Watt - 27 - 150 Hz - 15 KOhm - Wired
* Right/left channel speaker - 2-way - 100 Watt - 55 - 35000 Hz - 8 Ohm - Wired
* Right/left rear channel speaker - 2-way - 100 Watt - 65 - 35000 Hz - 8 Ohm - Wired
* Center channel speaker - 2-way - 100 Watt - 65 - 35000 Hz - 8 Ohm - Wired
* In one of the reviews for the set it says "Since the subwoofer's connectivity is limited to just a single RCA line-level input, it can be used only with receivers that have a line-level subwoofer output." But I don't know what this means.


So, does anyone have any concerns with me hooking these speakers up to the receiver? I don't want to burn my house down or anything.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me. I am looking forward to my big-boy TV and theater setup!!!

Thanks!!!

 

[no. 5]

I don't want to burn my house down or anything.

Your house will remain flame free.

The speakers are 8 Ohm, that's an easy load for a home theater receiver.

 

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The subwoofer connectivity blurb means you have to have a subwoofer output RCA connector on the back of your receiver to connect via RCA cable to the subwoofer input RCA connector. The blurb is saying you do not have the option of connecting the subwoofer with speaker wire output connections from the receiver to the subwoofer like some other subwoofers do. The RCA connection from receiver to subwoofer is preferable and simpler. You shouldn’t run into problems if you follow the instructions that come with your receiver. You should pay attention to the phasing when connecting the speakers. By this I mean run + to + and – to- connections between the amplifier and speakers.