Questions about 6 ohm speakers.

[Nick2010]

Hello all, my question is about 6 ohm speakers. I just got to hear the JAMO C-803 bookshelf speakers and was totally amazed by sound!! But on closer inspection i saw these speakers are 6 ohm and that confuses me. What avr would i need to power these speakers? Any danger of hurting receiver or speakers if i get a 80 watt rated receiver. Plan on a 5.1 surround system, starting with L/R and center speakers. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Daylightdon]

Hi Nick, You will not hurt anything by connecting those 6ohm speakers to any AVR that has an 8ohm output.
Enjoy!!!

[MrBoylan]

Hello all, my question is about 6 ohm speakers. I just got to hear the JAMO C-803 bookshelf speakers and was totally amazed by sound!! But on closer inspection i saw these speakers are 6 ohm and that confuses me. What avr would i need to power these speakers? Any danger of hurting receiver or speakers if i get a 80 watt rated receiver. Plan on a 5.1 surround system, starting with L/R and center speakers. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

As Don mentioned, you should be fine using these with just about any receiver. 6 ohms is a little less resistance than 8 ohms but most decent receivers can handle a load as low as 4 ohms in certain frequency ranges. You will actually probably get slightly more than the receiver's 8-ohm pwoer rating when driving 6 ohm speakers.

-CB