4 or 8 Ohm speakers


I have a SR Marantz 8200 receiver in a 5.1 speaker home theater. I am planning on using the multiroom feature from the receiver and set up a two channel system in my living room. Will the reiver have enough power to drive a 4 Ohm speaker, like the Totems, or should I go with an 8 Ohm speaker like the Paradigms?

Any other recommnedations?
aniesen
It's not having enough power, it's about too low of impedance. Driving your main room and the second room all at 8ohms may be too low for the receiver. Check your manual.
I would suspect it has the power, at 120wpc. you say it has zone controls too.

If the zone controls afford powered signals to a second area, the consideration then would be speaker imp and length & conductor size of the speaker cables themselves.

Keeping up conductor size should help and there are some other threads currently asking the same thing which have links that might help you figure out what is best for your circumstances.

A high speaker impedance is likely going to be best for this effort..