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Panasonic digital amps and 4 ohm speakers

I've been looking at buying one of the new Panasonic XR digital receivers (SA-XR50 or SA-XR70), but the XR50 specifies 6-16 ohms. Anyone tried using one of these (or the older XR45) with a 4 ohm speaker?

I've got some GMA Europas on order, and was hoping to mate them with one of the new Panasonic receivers. Any reason not to?

My room is only 12 x 19, I listen mostly to 2 channel, and mostly listen at low to moderate levels. Definitely want to be able to crank it up every now and then, though. Thanks for any help.
ragan

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eldartford
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I have a XR25 (same amps as XR45) and I tried it out with Dynaudio speakers that measure about 3.7 ohms dc. It sounded fine and didn't get hot. However I can't say how things would go long term. Panasonic must have a reason for the 6-8ohm spec. But perhaps that is related only to maximizing power output...don't know.

One thing you can do is use a subwoofer (powered by its own amp) to take some of the load off the Panny.
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