I have read that underpowering a speaker can cause issues, not just in terms of lower max volume, but actually damaging the speakers in the long run.

For many reasons, the route of a stand alone receiver (rated at 6-8ohms) has shaped up to be the right choice. Now just gotta pull the trigger (actually, gotta decide on a TV first).

I have a small surround sound system in my living room, around $300 years ago. Have had it in the past few, actually. It's definitely improved movie viewing and missed when I don't have it. You may want to rethink skipping it if the cost is minimal in the overall scheme of things.

I know that under powering by wattage can cause damage over time: did you see something about too low of resistance (Ohms) affecting the speakers?

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Too low a resistance (Ohms) may not affect the speakers, but it could blow the amp.

Opposite. Too high resistance = reduced power to the speakers = clipping = damage.

Our current tower speakers, while not surround, have an incredible range and truly excellent sound. It's not worth giving those up just for surround. Plus, by holding off on sound we can afford a better quality receiver that will offer more flexibility and higher quality when we do eventually go to surround.

That makes sense. I was replying to your thoughts that your living room was too small for surround-sound.

Вы уверены, что это не Клингонский?

Sigh. And a financing snag is probably going to scrap the whole plan.

Nothing to see here folks, move along.

As I understand it, the resistance in and of itself usually doesn't cause the problem, it is the resulting wattage that comes from mixing resistance. For example, an amp with a 100 watt per channel based on 8Ω would be putting out 200 watts at 4Ω. If the speaker is rated at 100 watts at 4Ω, you could be overdriving the speaker when playing at full volume which overheats the coil and does the damage (or just blows the whole damned driver). I could be wrong on this, but this is how I understand it.

However, with this configuration (8Ω amp output into 4Ω speaker), if you are keeping the volume level of the amp at 1/3-1/2 capacity maximum, the chances of a problem are greatly diminished. This is not a scientific statement, just a general statement from experience.

Not even this? Its MSRP is only $5,499.95

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