ohm settings

Mossy · 06-24-2002, 01:23 PM

My Yamaha RXV-800 reciever has different ohm settings on the back panel....which setting should I use. I am running Polk SDA 2's for fronts, r10's for surrounds, cs400i, and psw 450. Would I have more power running fewer ohms? Thanks for the help.

06-24-2002, 05:17 PM

Does anyone know of an a/v link that explains this recurring topic? First of all, your receiver's owners manual should say something about this. My guess, and keep in mind that it's a guess, is that if any of your speakers are less than 8 ohms, you should use set the switch to 4 ohms. If all of your speakers are 8 ohms or more, set it to 8. The purpose of the switch, as far as I know, is to keep you from overloading your receiver and causing clipping damage to your tweeters if you are driving speakers rated below 8 ohms.

schumach · 06-24-2002, 05:46 PM

Here are a few links that I have on file.

http://www.colomar.com/Shavano/spkr_wiring.html
http://www.colomar.com/Shavano/spkr_wiring_sp.html
http://www.colomar.com/Shavano/speaker.html

06-24-2002, 01:23 PM	#1
Mossy Polkie Member Sales Rating: (0) Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 21	ohm settings My Yamaha RXV-800 reciever has different ohm settings on the back panel....which setting should I use. I am running Polk SDA 2's for fronts, r10's for surrounds, cs400i, and psw 450. Would I have more power running fewer ohms? Thanks for the help.

06-24-2002, 05:46 PM	#3
schumach Polkster Member Sales Rating: (0) Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 199	Here are a few links that I have on file. http://www.colomar.com/Shavano/spkr_wiring.html http://www.colomar.com/Shavano/spkr_wiring_sp.html http://www.colomar.com/Shavano/speaker.html __________________ Fronts: Polk RT1000p Center: Polk CS400i Rears: Polk F/X300i Receiver: HK AVR500 DVD: HK DVD50 TV: Sony 36" Wega Greg

06-24-2002, 05:17 PM	#2
meestercleef Guest Posts: n/a	Does anyone know of an a/v link that explains this recurring topic? First of all, your receiver's owners manual should say something about this. My guess, and keep in mind that it's a guess, is that if any of your speakers are less than 8 ohms, you should use set the switch to 4 ohms. If all of your speakers are 8 ohms or more, set it to 8. The purpose of the switch, as far as I know, is to keep you from overloading your receiver and causing clipping damage to your tweeters if you are driving speakers rated below 8 ohms.

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