My receiver has a selector, the L/R are 6ohm the center is 8ohm. I set the receiver to 6ohm thinking I was matching the lowest resistence? Let me know thanks Donnie

Halfbaked357:

My receiver has a selector, the L/R are 6ohm the center is 8ohm. I set the receiver to 6ohm thinking I was matching the lowest resistence? Let me know thanks Donnie

Don't know your AVR but I would probably use the 8 ohm for all 3.

Cheers 

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Russ

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Pioneer Elite VSX92TXH, I've convinced myself that with lower resistance the L/R should get more power

Halfbaked357:

Pioneer Elite VSX92TXH, I've convinced myself that with lower resistance the L/R should get more power

Some AVRs add resistance when you select 6 ohms so you might in fact be sending less power to the L/R.  Like I said I don't know the internal workings of your receiver.  One of the Aperion guys may know the answer.  They are real smart.

 

Cheers 

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Russ

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good call russ, obviously not sure either

It depends on whether the amp is burly enough to be 6 ohm stable.  As Russ mentioned, if it isn't the only thing that the 6 ohm setting does is to enable protection circuits that keep the amp from overheating so in that scenario you actually get less power to the speakers. 

With a 130 wpc Elite I would think that it should have no trouble dishing out enough power, so I would recommend the 6 ohm setting, but you might experiment with both to see what difference you notice. 

If you have a chance to let us know your findings that would be appreciated, thanks!

 

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Jason Hicks
Aperion Audio Guru