Yamaha RX-V1700 Impedence setting

I have my Yamaha receiver hooked up to bose speakers with a passive
sub (cube style) , a Cambridge soundworks center, and two rear bose
141's. They all say 4-8 ohms on the back. My question is, Will it be
better to run the Amp on 4 ohms or 8? It has a setting for 4, 6 or 8
ohms. Thanks!

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I have my Yamaha receiver hooked up to bose speakers with a passive
sub (cube style) , a Cambridge soundworks center, and two rear bose
141's. They all say 4-8 ohms on the back. My question is, Will it be
better to run the Amp on 4 ohms or 8? It has a setting for 4, 6 or 8
ohms. Thanks!

Which sounds better to your ears? Oh, wait a minute,
they are Bose! You don't know what good sound is!
Sorry, but I just had to say it.

Chip

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On Mar 21, 7:50 pm, wrote:
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I have my Yamaha receiver hooked up to bose speakers with a passive
sub (cube style) , a Cambridge soundworks center, and two rear bose
141's. They all say 4-8 ohms on the back. My question is, Will it be
better to run the Amp on 4 ohms or 8? It has a setting for 4, 6 or 8
ohms. Thanks!

Which sounds better to your ears? Oh, wait a minute,
they are Bose! You don't know what good sound is!
Sorry, but I just had to say it.

Chip

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Okay, That didn't answer my question.

Just out of curiosity which speakers would you recommend?

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On Mar 21, 7:50 pm, wrote:
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I have my Yamaha receiver hooked up to bose speakers with a passive
sub (cube style) , a Cambridge soundworks center, and two rear bose
141's. They all say 4-8 ohms on the back. My question is, Will it be
better to run the Amp on 4 ohms or 8? It has a setting for 4, 6 or 8
ohms. Thanks!

Which sounds better to your ears? Oh, wait a minute,
they are Bose! You don't know what good sound is!
Sorry, but I just had to say it.

Chip

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Okay, That didn't answer my question.

There are alot of good speakers out there. I have Definitive Technologies.
Paradigms are real nice. Higher up are the Thiels and Vandersteens.
Go to a good store and listen. That's how you find the good ones.

Chip

Just out of curiosity which speakers would you recommend?

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If you don't want to spend big bucks can't go wrong with
the SVS system. I've installed 2 for friends and they are impressive
for the price and includes a legendary SVS sub. For a couple bucks more
you can upgrade to the 12in Sub.

http://www.svsound.com/products-sys-sbs_black.cfm

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On Mar 21, 7:50 pm, wrote:


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I have my Yamaha receiver hooked up to bose speakers with a passive
sub (cube style) , a Cambridge soundworks center, and two rear bose
141's. They all say 4-8 ohms on the back. My question is, Will it be
better to run the Amp on 4 ohms or 8? It has a setting for 4, 6 or 8
ohms. Thanks!


Which sounds better to your ears? Oh, wait a minute,
they are Bose! You don't know what good sound is!
Sorry, but I just had to say it.

Chip

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Okay, That didn't answer my question.

Just out of curiosity which speakers would you recommend?




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Your speakers aren't voice/timbre matched and will lack the extra
soundfield cohesiveness everyone strives for.

8ohms won't run the amp section of your receiver as hard.
Try both and see if you can hear a difference, is the best way.

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I have my Yamaha receiver hooked up to bose speakers with a passive
sub (cube style) , a Cambridge soundworks center, and two rear bose
141's. They all say 4-8 ohms on the back. My question is, Will it be
better to run the Amp on 4 ohms or 8? It has a setting for 4, 6 or 8
ohms. Thanks!




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On Mar 22, 12:33 pm, wrote:
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On Mar 21, 7:50 pm, wrote:
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I have my Yamaha receiver hooked up to bose speakers with a passive
sub (cube style) , a Cambridge soundworks center, and two rear bose
141's. They all say 4-8 ohms on the back. My question is, Will it be
better to run the Amp on 4 ohms or 8? It has a setting for 4, 6 or 8
ohms. Thanks!

Which sounds better to your ears? Oh, wait a minute,
they are Bose! You don't know what good sound is!
Sorry, but I just had to say it.

Okay, That didn't answer my question.

There are alot of good speakers out there. I have Definitive Technologies.
Paradigms are real nice. Higher up are the Thiels and Vandersteens.
Go to a good store and listen. That's how you find the good ones.


Definitive Technologies?

You don't know what good sound is!

Try, Gryphon Tridents.

Sorry, but I just had to say it.

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Definitive Technologies?

You don't know what good sound is!

Try, Gryphon Tridents.

Sorry, but I just had to say it.

At 70,000 euros/pair I think I will pass.
The DT's are a decent speaker, a bit of
a compromise, but still a solid choice.
Like I said, there are alot of good ones.

Chip

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On Mar 22, 12:33 pm, wrote:
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On Mar 21, 7:50 pm, wrote:
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I have my Yamaha receiver hooked up to bose speakers with a passive
sub (cube style) , a Cambridge soundworks center, and two rear bose
141's. They all say 4-8 ohms on the back. My question is, Will it
be
better to run the Amp on 4 ohms or 8? It has a setting for 4, 6 or
8
ohms. Thanks!

I have no idea what the real impedences of the speakers you have are
unfortunately. A speakers impedence varies with frequency, and some can get
surprisingly low in places. The reason you have a switch is that the
amplifiers in the receiver are not that robust, which surprises me for
Yamaha. I'm not familiar with that model or where it sits in the Yamaha food
chain/lineup though. A robust, well designed amp is stable into impedences
below 4 ohms, down to at least 2 ohms. What these amps do is add a series
resistor as you select lower impedences, to keep the amp from seeing a low
impedence load and going unstable or otherwise damaging itself. You
obviously have two settings below 8 ohms, so there are probably two series
resistors per channel of different values to bump the total impedence of the
speaker plus the resistor to a value where the amp can handle it. The best
sound would undoubtedly be with the amp in 8 ohm mode, as the resistors
reduce damping factor and usually don't help the sound.

I'd try the thing on 8 ohms, play some music or movies fairly loud and see
how hot the amp gets, then repeat with things set at a 6 or 4 ohms. 4 ohms
will undoubtedly be safe though. 6 would split the difference I guess. You
might google the speakers and see if there is an online review or such where
the impedence was actually measured.

Here is some information that will help sort out the confusion.
I have a yamaha amp and followed this advice a couple of years
ago with no problems. Hope it helps.

scroll down to.... "What Doesn't Matter?"

http://www.audioholics.com/buying-gu...dance%20switch



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