Sony receiver from the 90's with mismatched speakers?
My receiver says to use 8-16 ohm speakers but I have a set of sonys that are 3 ohm. Clearly I should be using them, but I was just wondering if its going to blow up my set. I don't really care too much about either, I got them pretty cheap and it's only temporary. The system works fine and the sound I am getting is pretty good, so there didn't seem to be any issues.
Posted Jul 9, 2014, 3:18 PM UTC
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3 ohm speakers? That's an odd impedance. If you crank your system up, at some point your receiver will cook.
If you only listen at low volumes it may be fine. I would recommend placing a cooling fan in top to exhaust heat.
i got them off of craigslist from a woman who said they were part of a set that connected to her TV. they came with little clips at the end that presumably plugged into the TV, I just clipped them and plugged them into my receiver.
here is a pic of the back.
Id recommend getting better speakers.
apparently you didn't see my post... "I don't really care too much about either" and "it's only temporary"
Oh damn I missed that.