I need advice about speakers

[alisanos]

I recently had to buy a new amp, as my 20year old amp broke.

Not having much money I bought a Yamaha AS500 at a discount. I am using some really old speakers with the amp - Hitachi HS 420's which give out a wonderful sound.

A friend just gave me a set of Wharefdale Diamond 9.1's he was getting rid of.

Question is - can I connect both sets of speakers to the amp without a problem, the Hitachi are 8 Ohms and the Wharefdale 6 Ohms (says these speakers can be used with 8 Ohms amp).

There is a selector on the amp for low/high impedance.

High impedance says if using 4 speakers, impedance must be 12 Ohms or higher.

Low impedance says if using 4 speakers, impedance must be 8 Ohms or higher.

I take it I should set the selector to low, but does it matter that the Wharedale are only 6 Ohms?

Thank you for any response, I am a total illiterate when it come to Hi-FI.

 

[Anonymous]

Hello,

You want the switch set to low but I have to say that you run a chance of blowing the amp and also using 2 sets of speakers never sounds as good using just 1 (in stereo applications). So, personally I would just use Wharefdales...

 

[matthewpiano]

I agree with nawty. All you will do by using both pairs is cancel out the many qualities of the Wharfedales. Stick to using the Wharfedales on their own.