H/K ARV225 works down to what impedance? (1 Viewer)

[matt steele]

Will the harmon/kardon ARV225 work at less than 8 ohms? I havnt been able to find anything that will tell me if it can handle less than 8ohms. Will it put out more power at lower impedances?

 

[Bob McElfresh]

Yes it will work.

But - the lower the nominal impedence of a speaker (8/6/4), the more current will be drawn. This causes heat in your receiver. Make sure you have good ventilation/space around the receiver and avoid cranking the volume way up.

Also, if you have an external, self-powered subwoofer, define the rest of your speakers as "SMALL". This will prevent your receiver from trying to produce the power-hungry low frequency sounds from all speakers.