4ohm and 8ohm


Hi!

So, I'm still a newB here - you'll see by my question ))
please bare with me:

I have a pair of B&W 602 S3 that I use for the fronts. Their specs say they are 8ohm speakers. I have them connected to a Marantz home theater amp via bi-wired cables.

I have a KEF center channel that I borrowed from a friend of mine and am trying to hook it up, but it says it is a 4ohm speaker and I am basically wondering how to connect it to my marantz wo breaking anything. Any advice?
vladsky

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Thanks, guys!

Face, my Marantz does not seem to have anything written on the back regarding impendance, but I remember when I was buying it, I specifically matched it to the speakers and the speakers are - apparently - 8ohm (at least that's what the B&W manual and the plate on the back of them say). Should I be digging for the manual for the Marantz?

I just wanted to try out the Kef to see if it will "voice match"(meaning, they'll have similar enough reproduction to blend in together) the B&Ws. - Is that what is generally called timbre-matching? (from the little bits of info I dug up online, it is). And is timbre-matching related to impendance? Aside from the power output, which I'm hoping I can negate by adjusting the gains.