I have a pair of ADS car speakers I was thinking of using as surround
speakers in my home system. My question is; can I damage my amplifier
running 4 ohm speakers? My receiver has the capability of switching
impedances, but it only toggles between 8 ohm and 6 ohm loads. Can I
just get some 4 ohm resistors and solder them inline to bring the
speaker impedance up to 8 ohms?

thanks, bruce

"bruce racicot" wrote in message
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I have a pair of ADS car speakers I was thinking of using as surround
speakers in my home system. My question is; can I damage my amplifier
running 4 ohm speakers? My receiver has the capability of switching
impedances, but it only toggles between 8 ohm and 6 ohm loads. Can I
just get some 4 ohm resistors and solder them inline to bring the
speaker impedance up to 8 ohms?

thanks, bruce

If it is a single amplifier driving both surround speakers you could wire
the speakers in series to give 8 ohms. Check the amp's configuration first.

Paul P.