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As for the amp it's 80w X2 into 8ohm. No benchmarks figures as pretty old. So can't guess really what happens with four 6 ohm speakers (total load 3 ohm)
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Been running like this for a number of years, nothing has failed, as said sounds fine.
Amp is old put it's from the golden period of Pioneer when they made better stuff.
Also are you really sure that amp is running those speakers at 3ohm? Pioneer use to make optional speakers for that amp (so you could run 4 speakers), and they were all 8ohm.
Also those speakers don't sound like there in 3ohm, they have the same characteristic as when i'm running just 2 speakers.
Amp is old put it's from the golden period of Pioneer when they made better stuff.
Also are you really sure that amp is running those speakers at 3ohm? Pioneer use to make optional speakers for that amp (so you could run 4 speakers), and they were all 8ohm.
Also those speakers don't sound like there in 3ohm, they have the same characteristic as when i'm running just 2 speakers.
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It states 8 ohm load minimum
You are driving 3 ohm load when both are on.
You are driving 3 ohm load when both are on.
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Wtf you are driving six speakers????
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If so 1.5 ohm load.
It's a stereo amp + surround support, it's designed for 4 mains, and 2 rear surrounds.
The surrounds don't effect the main speakers.
It's an early surround type system, it's similar to the tweeters you get in cars in corner of dash. You can think of it as stereo surround, certain frequencies are sent to the surrounds. It works really well despite it's age.
For example, on Steve Mcqueen's Le Mann film, there is a section where he is looking at the track with only birds tweeting in background. Well those bird tweets I can hear on the surround speakers. I don't fully understand how Pioneer did this as it's taking only a 2 channel source, but somehow it works, whats more amazing is I can still listen to regular music and it all sounds good even with the surrounds still on. Pioneer were the most advanced in digital in this period from their work with laser disk in the 1980's.
Again I know my stereo system sounds odd, but it sounds totally fine. Everyone that listens to it says it's really good system. I even put the system into 2 speaker mode with them listening, or disable the surrounds, and everyone agrees with me it's the 4 mains + 2 surrounds thats bests.
The surrounds don't effect the main speakers.
It's an early surround type system, it's similar to the tweeters you get in cars in corner of dash. You can think of it as stereo surround, certain frequencies are sent to the surrounds. It works really well despite it's age.
For example, on Steve Mcqueen's Le Mann film, there is a section where he is looking at the track with only birds tweeting in background. Well those bird tweets I can hear on the surround speakers. I don't fully understand how Pioneer did this as it's taking only a 2 channel source, but somehow it works, whats more amazing is I can still listen to regular music and it all sounds good even with the surrounds still on. Pioneer were the most advanced in digital in this period from their work with laser disk in the 1980's.
Again I know my stereo system sounds odd, but it sounds totally fine. Everyone that listens to it says it's really good system. I even put the system into 2 speaker mode with them listening, or disable the surrounds, and everyone agrees with me it's the 4 mains + 2 surrounds thats bests.
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That amp has an impedance switch, which is used when you drive two sets of speakers. That switch limits the output of the amp, normally current-limiting, in order to protect it when driving lower impedances. If you've got that switched on then it'll probably be just fine. If not then I'm amazed the amp hasn't imploded yet.
Forgive me if I'm wrong but it doesn't do any trick processing on the mains does it? It just drives two sets of speakers? Use whatever works but if you find two sets of mains sound better than one then there would be a lot of room for improvement there. You can't really get better stereo imaging with multiple sets of fronts unless something else is wrong.
Forgive me if I'm wrong but it doesn't do any trick processing on the mains does it? It just drives two sets of speakers? Use whatever works but if you find two sets of mains sound better than one then there would be a lot of room for improvement there. You can't really get better stereo imaging with multiple sets of fronts unless something else is wrong.
The switch is set for A + B speakers, not A or B, I think this is what you are referring to.
There is no trick processing on the main speakers, they work in a regular stereo way, but there is some basic processing on the surround speakers.
I would like some Yamaha Soavo but there expensive. However as said the sound from my existing speakers is pretty good.
There is no trick processing on the main speakers, they work in a regular stereo way, but there is some basic processing on the surround speakers.
I would like some Yamaha Soavo but there expensive. However as said the sound from my existing speakers is pretty good.
With surround outputs specced for 16 ohms or higher and main outputs for 8-16 ohm load.
Pages 48 and 50:
http://lastmanuals.com/manual/PIONEER/A-Z570
Lower impedance means higher load because of less resistance for current and higher drawn power.
Hence if you start cranking up volume you can certainly burn main channels by speakers drawing more power than it's designed to output.
Rear/"surround" speakers are safe, but that 3 ohms in main channels is too heavy load even if impedance stated in manual is per speaker.
(statement somewhat vague "speaker system having nominal impedance...")