Ok, so i have some 25-year old Bose 501 speakers and a Pioneer VSX-D411 Receiver lying around, and was planning on using the Receiver to power the speakers. However, the Receiver is 8-Ohm min and the ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

Ohms are one of the specs that both speaker and receiver manufacturers use to give you an idea about their performance. Speakers and amplifiers alike are usually rated around 8 ohms, but that's not ...