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<blockquote data-quote="1mathom1" data-source="post: 1673846" data-attributes="member: 11736"><p>8-ohm will work just fine. tRdoc is correct. Quite likely that Panasonic only used 6-ohm in the first place because they wanted to advertise a few more watts output from the amp. One of the tricks of the industry.</p><p></p><p>I don't know if your Panasonic unit has the amp rating printed on the back....sometimes they do. If so, buy speakers with a rating slightly over what the amp says and you will be less likely to overspend. Example: if the Panasonic is maybe.....50 watts per channel.....try to find speakers rated at 75 to 150 watts input RMS....which is the average...not PEAK power. Probably in the bookshelf size speaker selection. </p><p></p><p></p><p>If you have the ability to check them when shopping, look for speakers with better sensitivity....usually listed as the decibel output measured at 1 watt with the measurement mic placed 1 meter way. On the specifications it will look like 80dB 1w/1m........or some such. The higher the number the better and the more sensitive speakers are........and the louder they will play at a given volume setting but more importantly, they will give you the sound you want at a lower volume setting and make the amp work less hard. The fancy term is headroom....but you don't really care about that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1mathom1, post: 1673846, member: 11736"] 8-ohm will work just fine. tRdoc is correct. Quite likely that Panasonic only used 6-ohm in the first place because they wanted to advertise a few more watts output from the amp. One of the tricks of the industry. I don't know if your Panasonic unit has the amp rating printed on the back....sometimes they do. If so, buy speakers with a rating slightly over what the amp says and you will be less likely to overspend. Example: if the Panasonic is maybe.....50 watts per channel.....try to find speakers rated at 75 to 150 watts input RMS....which is the average...not PEAK power. Probably in the bookshelf size speaker selection. If you have the ability to check them when shopping, look for speakers with better sensitivity....usually listed as the decibel output measured at 1 watt with the measurement mic placed 1 meter way. On the specifications it will look like 80dB 1w/1m........or some such. The higher the number the better and the more sensitive speakers are........and the louder they will play at a given volume setting but more importantly, they will give you the sound you want at a lower volume setting and make the amp work less hard. The fancy term is headroom....but you don't really care about that. [/QUOTE]
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