Using 6ohms speakers on 8-16ohms receiver? (1 Viewer)

[Phil_Lunar]

I am planing to buy Axiom set of speakers

curently looking for :

M22ti
VP100 or VP150
QS4 or QS8

but I am concern about the 6 ohms rating of the VP150 and QS8.

I have a Kenwood VR-410 5X100W and on the back of my receiver, under each speaker connector I can read "8-16 ohms"

now does that mean that I should not use 6 ohms speaker with this receiver?

or this mean that I will get poor performance out my speaker because my receiver won't be able to handle those 6 ohms speakers?

 

[Jeremy Stockwell]

Proceed with caution, but FWIW, I've been running 6 ohm mains (Pioneer) off of Kenwood A/V receivers for years without any problems.

JKS

 

[Bry_DD]

I have the Vp150 and it's running by Denon 3801 with no problem at all.

 

[Nathan J]

A lower impedance usually increased amplifier power, unless the amp is a regulated design.....at least in car audio....I doubt that you would have any problem with it.

 

[LarrySkelly]

It all depends on the quality of the amplifier section in the receiver. For 18 months I've been running 4 ohm B&W's and Martin-Logan's that drop to 2 ohms and are impossible to drive, using a Marantz SR-8000 receiver that says 8 ohms or greater. Not a problem, however that's not to say that at some point in the future it won't go up in a puff of smoke.

 

[Chu Gai]

I wouldn't worry about your combination. 6 ohms, 8 ohms...we're not talking about a big thing and truth be told, there are 8 ohm speakers out there that might more properly be classified as 6 or 7.

 

[Shane Martin]

Perusing their webiste shows that the Axiom M22's are 89db at 8 ohm. Those are easy easy to drive. You should have zero issues.

 

[Phil_Lunar]

Well in that case I think I will go with this combinaison:

M22ti
VP150
QS4

in another tread, someone with the same room size as me(12X15) got this package advice from Axiom directly so I think I will follow this way!

thanks for your advice.