Yamaha v2500, 6 or 8 Ohm setting?

[alpharetta]

Dear all Experts,

I have Axiom M60 front speakers has 8 Ohm, the Axiom vp-150 Center speaker has 6 Ohm. The Yamaha v2500 receiver either can be set 8 or 6 ohm. I cannot find the way to setup Ohm for each speakers.

So what I should set on the receiver? Mismatch Ohm between receiver and speakers will do any harm to equipment?

Thanks

 

[mulester7]

Dear all Experts,

I have Axiom M60 front speakers has 8 Ohm, the Axiom vp-150 Center speaker has 6 Ohm. The Yamaha v2500 receiver either can be set 8 or 6 ohm. I cannot find the way to setup Ohm for each speakers.

So what I should set on the receiver? Mismatch Ohm between receiver and speakers will do any harm to equipment?

Thanks

.....Alpharetta, I believe I'm right on this....a 6 ohm speaker will automatically pull more current from the transformer than an 8 ohm speaker will automatically pull....you just will have to play with different volumes from the center and the fronts....look in your book about raising and lowering the volume of each speaker individually......happy adjusting......

.....and, a center speaker being 6 or 4 ohm rated against 8 or 6 ohm fronts would probably be a very musical effort with some watts....

 

[j_garcia]

A single 6 Ohm center shouldn't make much overall difference to the reicever. I'd leave it on 8.

 

[mulester7]

A single 6 Ohm center shouldn't make much overall difference to the reicever. I'd leave it on 8.

.....so you CAN set the receiver for whatever ohmage speaker and where it is located?....wow....I gotta' quit winging answers......

 

[j_garcia]

.....so you CAN set the receiver for whatever ohmage speaker and where it is located?....wow....I gotta' quit winging answers......

There's a couple of brands out there that do allow this via a switch on the back. My understanding though, was that with Yamaha, the way it is done actually reduces the amount of available current to keep the receiver from being overloaded so it isn't a good idea. It's also a global setting, not per speaker, AFAIK. A single 6 ohm speaker should be no problem for the average receiver; I'd only be concerned if ALL the speakers were 6 or 4 Ohm.