Looking for speakers to pair with a Harmon Kardon 330c, rated 20 wpc at 8 ohms. Is that woefully small to drive these?
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I successfully use an NAD D3020 amp with 30 watts per channel is a living room with adequate loudness. A smaller room or close speaker placement should work with a 20 watt amp as long as you don't need to play it loud.
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Hi,My husband drives his with a 30wpc NAD3020. They Sound great. Good luck!
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Harmon Kardon 330c should be fine. 20 wpc thirty years ago was much more powerful than 20 wpc nowadays. Not sure why, but I am playing mine through a H/K 330b and they sound great.
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I haven't set them up yet -- waiting for the remodel to complete. I bought a Sonos Connect:Amp to pair them with -- it's rated at Class-D (2x 55W, 8 ohms). The Sonos Amp is extremely versatile, can't wait to hear it with the Wharfedales. Should be very good. http://www.sonos.com/shop/products/connectamp
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I haven't set them up yet -- waiting for the remodel to complete. I bought a Sonos Connect:Amp to pair them with -- it's rated at Class-D (2x 55W, 8 ohms). The Sonos Amp is extremely versatile, can't wait to hear it with the Wharfedales. Should be very good.http://www.sonos.com/shop/products/connectamp
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I wouldn't say woefully. Depending on your preferred volume and source material, it might suit you. I'm using an Emotiva a-100, rated @ 50w/8 ohm and 80w/4 ohm. It's got a lot more power than I need with the 10.1s.
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Hi,I wanted to add that he bi-wired them and they sound much better after bi-wiring. They also require some break in time.
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These speakers are 6 ohm, and I'm not sure what the Harmon Kardon 330c can actually handle. My guess is that it would actually be alright. The wharfedale diamond 10.1 speakers do sound great to me.
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Not a problem! These speakers can be easily over driven with a clean signal.I had them on a Sony 4 channel x 50 watt rms head unit with no issues as they are a 70 watt rmv speaker. I then added a kenwood 300 watt per channel rmv amp and again, no problems or even any significant distortion. They blow away any coaxial or triax type speakers I have ever heard. ENJOY!!!!
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I don't see why not? I'ts only 2 ohms below 8 ohms. A little bit harder to drive those BS41's but yes, you can; particularly if you're just using these speakers for surround.
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The 6 Ohm setting on the amp should work okay for your nice 8 Ohm speakers. Higher impedance speakers should dissipate less power and consequently might sound a tiny bit quieter than lower impedance speakers at the same volume setting. But I doubt you will notice any difference.
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If you are going to power these with an amp and spend money on an enclosure for them, you should research a subwoofer instead of these. Performance from 8-12 inch speakers will be much better. However, if you must use these as subwoofers the speaker boxes can be found by searching on amazon, looking for sealed enclosures would suit these speakers best. Explore the 8 or 10 inch subwoofers for more bass with relatively the same price after all is said and done.
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i am not familiar with those speaker / i use Klipsch Heresey but they are inefficient so check the power rating for the cerwins online.
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The impedance with the high and low range terminals connected in parallel with supplied connectors (recommended default setting) is 8 ohms. The speakers can be driven with an 8 or 4 ohm amplifier. Most receivers are 8 ohms. I am driving them with an amplifier designed for 8 ohm speakers and they sound great. There should sound just as good connected to a 4 ohm amplifier. Basically the impedance of the speaker should be equal to or greater than the minimum rated impedance of the amplifier.
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No problem at all. Also for future reference, say if you have an amp with four and eight ohm binding posts, just wire the 6 ohm speakers to the 8 ohm posts and rock and roll!
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I have a Harmon Kardon. It's awesome I also have the Klipsch quintet with these floor speakers with the 10" sub. Sounds excellent!
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I have a pair of Infinity P363's connected to this receiver. Based on reviews for these speakers, they can hit 4ohms. Haven't had any issues at up to moderately high volume levels.
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I'd leave the selector at 8ohm and run the mix of 6 and 8 ohm speakers. It should be fine. The only way you'd run into a problem is with 4ohm speakers, and in that case you should be using a discrete amplifier.
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The manual says the speakers should be between 8 and 6 ohms impedance. You probably would run the risk of frying the output amplifier by overloading it at 4 ohms.
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I see that the ohms and amps of the receiver meets the speaker requirements, so I dont see an issue with the combination. The speakers are good for any low end setup, check out others such as Bose, Definitive technology,Energy around the same price range. Listen to sound from these speakers, the preference varies from person to person, some look for low frequency specifically, some look for overall performance...it depends!
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No way ! U need 300w per channel at 8 ohm to drive these beasts , unless u don't wanna use their full capacity . U can get preamp + amplifier (cerwin cv1800)... Not a receiver for these !
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Yes, you should be able to power your 8 ohms speakers. Just don't daisy-chain another set of speakers.
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These run at 4 Ohms. If you're looking for something with a little more wattage, try the GMI 9030 Audio Stereo Speakers, these carry 4 - 8 Ohms with 300 watts for the pair and the price is just slightly more. Reason I say this is the Pyle's were good, but my son cranked the receiver on them and blew the speakers about a week ago so I fot the GMI's to replace them and I'm happier with the GMI's than I was with the PYle's.
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Yes. Make sure you set receiver speaker settings to 6 ohm. Most receiver default setting is 8 ohm. Refer to your manual if you are not sure where or how to change setting. Get these speakers. You will love them. Make sure you have a sub to go with it.