Mixing speakers, 6 and 8 ohm?


Hi All,

Is it possible to mix 8 ohm speakers with 6 ohm speakers in a home theater (5.1) set up, or will that do bizarre things to my receiver? I'm looking at Quad speakers (6 ohm) to mix with KEF speakers at 8 ohms.

Please advise.

Thanks as usual,
the rustler
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Showing 1 response by slv

As long as your receiver can drive both 6 and 8 ohm speakers you will be fine. You will compensate for the impedance difference when you set the speaker levels - if you used different amps with different gains, it would be a different situation.

The issue with mixing speakers has more to do with the sonics of the different speakers, which has already been mentioned. The goal is a seamless soundstage throughout the channels, the most important being the fronts (LF, C, & RF). The rears are less important but they do work best if they match the fronts as well.

Hope this helps. :o)