is it ok to put an 8 ohms speakers to a 6 ohms receiver?

Answer 1

Disregard all previous answers. I wish people who didn't know what they are talking about would stop answering technical questions. END OF RANT.

What you are describing will not hurt any of your equipment. What would hurt is if your speaker's impedance was lower than that of your receiver. As long as your speaker's impedance is equal to or greater than that of your amplifier's rating you will be fine.

Have a nice day.

Answer 2

Virtually any speaker system rated at 8 Ohms (nominal impedance) will NOT pose any problems for an amplifier/receiver rated at a 6 Ohm impedance.

Now on the other hand, it is NOT GOOD for an amplifier rated to drive at 6 Ohms (or more commonly rated at 8 Ohms) to drive speakers that are rated at 4 Ohms. And the bigger the gap, the more you should avoid the speaker + amp combination -of course unless the receiver manufacturer says it's okay to drive a speaker system of lesser impedance (some high quality amplifiers are capable of driving low impedance loads).

The basic principle here is that the lower the Ohm rating (i.e. impedance) number of a speaker system, the more current is needed and drawn from the amp to run the system and visa versa.

Bottom line in your case, driving 8 Ohm speakers with an amplifier rated at 6 Ohms will drive them at a slightly lesser volume than an receiver at the same watts per channel into 8 Ohms. The receiver that you are using could have been rated at 8 Ohms, but no doubt has been rated at 6 Ohms as a marketing tactic to give you the impression that it has more power that it really does (some manufacturer's also measure power at 1kHz which an amplifier also typically puts out the most power at this single frequency than if measured throughout the entire audible range of 20Hz-20kHz). For example, the average amplifier/reciever may have 65 watts per channel into 8 Ohms (which is the standard by which amplifiers are most commonly measured), but if you rate the same amp into 6 Ohms, it may put out 80 watts. And higher quality amps/receivers may be able to drive speakers into 4 Ohms which this same amp would be rated at say 100 watts per channel.

In other words, many most commonly used in mainstream consumer electonic solid state amplifiers (as what are used in most home theater receivers) will increase in its power rating as the impedance (measured in Ohms) decreases. The main concerns you want to pay attention to is how much power (measured in watts per channel measured @ 8 Ohms) do I want to have, and more importantly, what is the minimum Ohms my receiver/amp can handle without the worries of overload.

Answer 3

never heard of a 6 ohm receiver, i think the bass response will be weak, and wont play as loud as the correct speakers

Answer 4

The higher impedance will put a greater load on the receiver(maybe run hotter) but will not damage it.Wattage output decreases as impedance increases

Answer 5

Listen to mrknositall; there is no harm in using a higher impedance speaker than recommended for the amp.

Answer 6

It should be okay to connect them,
but to be on the safe side, connect them with the power off. When you do turn the power on, make sure your volume is turned all the way down, and slowly turn up the volume.

Answer 7

probably not, you could blow them out or cause an electrical fire, which is a major destructivelyness thing and a waste of electricity and good speakers

Answer 8

I wouldnt

Answer 9

maybe. look for wattage compatibility, not only impedance.

Answer 10

no sire