“I am interested in this receiver and it states that the AMP is listed at 185 watt at 6 ohm. The speakers im interested in are 8 ohm speaker RP-8060FA Klipsch. What do i do to make these compatible.”
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They are already compatible and should be fine together. See: http://www.audiogurus.com/learn/speakers/speaker-impedance-rating/1092
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.You don't have to do anything. The 8 ohm speakers are already compatible, but you won't get the full 185 watts, since 8 ohms will present a larger "load" on the amp. Either way, you'll be fine.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.kytech - Don't worry. The speakers will work fine. The receiver output is a measurement of Power, with the speakers rated using a measure of impedance. Like Einstein's equation for energy (E=mc2), there are a number of laws regarding electricity. What you care about is...will it work. The answer is yes. The lower the impedance, the higher the power output (for most simple applications). In this case, if you're using 6 ohm speakers, the maximum power output for the receiver will be 185 watts. If you're using speakers with a lower impedance, the power output will be higher. Using a receiver with speakers with too great of an imbalance will cause problems, especially if the receiver compensates by sending more power to speakers not rated for that level of current. There's a pretty good article on Wiki that explains it here: https://www.wikihow.com/Measure-Speaker-Impedance There are also other articles that discuss ways to offset the power imbalance by using speakers in parallel (connecting two sets of speakers to the same terminals to add up to the proper impedance level). You'll notice a difference in the sound output, but this Denon system allows you to make some adjustments in power to various speakers and can compensate in most cases. (Note: I'm using this system with 6 sets of Definitive 5.5" bi-polar speakers, a 6.5" bi-polar center channel speaker and a Denon AVR-X1000 sub-woofer. All sound great.)
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.8 ohm speakers will work fine. The receiver might put out a little less power running on 8 ohm but I wouldn’t worry about it. Anything with an impedance of 6 ohms or higher will work. For example don’t try to run some 4 ohm car audio components with it, it would likely cause the amp to get hot and damage it.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Nothing, it works with 6 ohm and 8 ohm speakers. They choose the 1 channel driven = 185 watts at 6 ohms because it sounds more impressive than 2 channels driven = 90 watts at 8 ohms. I have 8 ohm Klipsch speakers and it sounds amazing.
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