Ohms (Ω) (speakers and amp)

[Gershy]

Hi
Ive got an Pioneer SX-590 amp
currently hooked up to 2 Wharfedale speakers (6ohms) and i want to buy 2 more becuase my amp supports 4 speakers... i found some speakers on ebay that are 4ohms or 6ohms

my amp says
A,B ------- 4+ ohms
A+B -------- 8+ ohms

can i hook up my old speakers (6ohms) and 2 new ones (4or6ohms)

BTW that amp sounds amazing and will these speakers on ebay sound similar?? or does it depend on the speakers and not the amp...

Thanks
Gershy

 

[mickypheonix]

Hi Gershy
You should be able too hook up the 4ohm speakers from ebay to your amp , ultimately the sound depends on the quality of the woofers and tweeters within your speakers , the amp sounds good but it doesn't matter how good the amp is if the speakers are crappy the sound will be crappy , usually the lower the wattage of a speaker the more it will dostort and sound horrible under load

 

[americanaudiophile]

Your Pioneer is 20 watt per channel so it is not a a lot of power. I would suggest getting speakers of 8 ohms since your receiver is marked to indicate this. The A,B----4 ohms means that if you play one pair at a time the speakers can be 4 ohms or greater. A+B----8 ohms means that each pair must be 8 ohms when you play both pairs at the same time.
Adding bad speakers to better ones usually produces more sound but not improved sound.

 

[iam2thecrowe]

your amp pretty clearely states 8 ohm for a+b speakers, so you need 2 pairs of 8 ohm or you might overload the amp. if your using the new pair of speakers individually and not together with your current speakers then thats not a problem.