AMP with 6 ohm and 8 ohm speakers

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I have moved into a new house that has 2 outdoor in-cieling speakers (6 ohm) and 2 external speakers (8 ohm) are already in place and wired back to a central point. I am not sure what the last guy used to power but I would like to use the Sonos AMP.

Can I wire a 6 and 8 ohm speakers in parallel? Same total impedance on left and right?

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buzzAnswer

Grand Maestro

The original owner might have been using two amplifiers.

The impedance of these speakers is a little low to attach both pairs to an AMP. Impedance matching Volume controls could be inserted for each pair or an A/B switch if you only want to use one pair at a time.

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Niall MAuthor

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The speakers are:

Jensen EHT 9 https://www.jensenspeakers.com.au/collections/in-ceiling-speakers/products/eht-9-in-ceiling-speakers

B&W AM-1 https://www.bowerswilkins.com/en-au/product/integrated-solutions/am-1

buzzAnswer

Grand Maestro

The original owner might have been using two amplifiers.

The impedance of these speakers is a little low to attach both pairs to an AMP. Impedance matching Volume controls could be inserted for each pair or an A/B switch if you only want to use one pair at a time.

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