impedance question (1 Viewer)

[Lee Forsythe]

Hello all, I have an Onkyo TXDS595 receiver and some older mirage speakers. The speakers are rated at 8 ohms nominal/4 ohms min. My question is: Should I set the impedance selector on the receiver to 4 ohms or 6ohms and above? Thank you for any help you can give me. Lee

 

[Cees Alons]

As the speaker says: you can use both .
It may depend on your goals: set it to "6 or above" and the speakers will draw a bit more power from your receiver. Set it to "4 Ohms" and you will be (ever so slightly) more safe against overdrawing of the power amps.
I think I would choose "6 Ohms or higher". If you would frequently hear distortion, or if the amps shut down (because of "overload"), then go to "4 Ohms". But I doubt if that will ever happen!
Cees

 

[JayM]

I agree with the above post