[Arny Krueger]

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On Jun 2, 10:36 pm, "Soundhaspriority"

Makes a lot of sense. I
assume anything that's not custom made, but made and sold
in bulk is a mass- market HT receiver.

Petty much so.

I am wondering if
I am already on the wrong track. I think the receiver is
rated 8 ohms and the pair of speakers that I am using are
rated 4 ohms. It's been like that for several months
without any deterioration in sound quality that I can
tell.

As long as you don't play the speakers too loud, most receivers that are
rated at 8 ohms, can drive 4 ohm speakers indefinately without damage. The
most common situation is that someone decides to demonstrate how nice and
loud their system can play, or tries to run a dance party with this marginal
system, and destroys the receiver. If the receiver is destroyed by abuse,
and it does not do a good job of protecting the speakers, you may damage the
speakers as well.


In fact, I recently replaced the 16 gauge wires
with 14 gauges, and think they sounded better than ever.

This can happen if the speaker cables are rather long, such as a receiver in
the family room, and the speakers on the patio.

The best solution for having good sound with a second pair of speakers at a
remote location, is to simply get a second receiver.