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Article #5376My impedances don't match!
From: John C. Mackey
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 01:06
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 01:06
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Hmmm... Okay, I, the audio fool, have yet another seemingly basic audio question... I just bought a Paradigm center channel speaker which is rated at 6 ohms nominal impedance, 4 ohms minimum impedance. My Sony STR-D1090 receiver says it "accepts speakers of 8-16 ohms." (Elsewhere in the specs it gives dynamic power output ratings for 4 or 8 ohms. Does that mean the amp will accept speakers at 4 ohms, or should I just ignore that?) Anyway, since my center speaker is only rated at 6 ohms while my amp is designed for 8-16 ohm speakers, what's going to happen? I'm not hearing any audible distortion, but I have neither $600 for a new amp, nor $180 for a new speaker. Should I be concerned, or should the speaker be able to handle an 8 ohm input even though it's rated for "6 ohms nominal impedance." Thanks again, everybody... Hopefully you won't tell me that I need to exchange the speaker for an 8-ohm-er. I really like the Paradigm... -John -- John C. Mackey - Music Composition major at Cleveland Institute O' Music -----------------
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!po.CWRU.Edu!jcm11 From: jcm11@po.CWRU.Edu (John C. Mackey) Newsgroups: rec.audio Subject: My impedances don't match! Date: 2 Jan 1993 01:06:08 GMT Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA) Lines: 20 Message-ID: <1i2pq0INNh9b@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> Reply-To: jcm11@po.CWRU.Edu (John C. Mackey) NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu