4 ohm nom. and HK (1 Viewer)

[Ryan Leemhuis]

Will a HK 335 or 435 be able to handle driving 4 ohm speakers decently loud? Anyone have any experience with this?

If you visit the DIY forum you already know that this question would be in regards to a MTM design bookshelf I would like to build.

 

[John Garcia]

Though they put out plenty of current, I don't think the H/Ks are

 

[Scott Oliver]

My easy to drive, 4 ohm, JM Reynaud speakers, that are singing away just fine with 13 watts powering them currently, shut down and blew the fuses on both channels of an HK Sig 2.1 even though I was only using 2 out of 5 channels, and I had only hit about 75-80 decibel levels. That's my experience, so I would proceed with caution.

 

[Shiu]

As far as I can remember, HK has always claimed high current, but not 4 ohm stable capability. I think the 7XXX series will likely do fine but as others has said, be careful with the lower priced models such as the 335.