IMPEDANCE AND SPEAKER SETTINGS FOR SONY 5400 and MA RX6 AV

BJB

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I have a SONY 5400 amp, which is currently being installed. The manual recommends changing the speaker settings depending on the impedance of the speakers. If the impedance of the speakers are 8 ohms or more, there is an 8 ohm setting. If the impedance is below 8 ohms, there is a 4 ohm setting. My problem is that the front channels and the center speaker are 6 ohms and I have radius HD90's at the rear which are 8 ohms. What to do? Thanks for your assistance.
 

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What with this and your previous post, these installers don't sound very good. Are they CORGI registered...?
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(BTW, tell them to use the 8ohm setting, and that the red terminal for the speakers is the positive, and the black one the negative)
 
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Andrew Everard:
What with this and your previous post, these installers don't sound very good. Are they CORGI registered...?
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(BTW, tell them to use the 8ohm setting, and that the red terminal for the speakers is the positive, and the black one the negative)

Thats where I am going wrong, guessing the wiring works...........sometimes.
 

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Andrew Everard:

What with this and your previous post, these installers don't sound very good. Are they CORGI registered...?
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(BTW, tell them to use the 8ohm setting, and that the red terminal for the speakers is the positive, and the black one the negative)

Thanks Andrew. I need your honest advice. As you can uderstand I am not particularly impressed with the installers. I live in South Africa by the way. As you may have seen from my other post, they previously installed B&W684 , HTM-61 , M-1, ASW610XP. I was unhappy with the sound and decided to upgrade to the MA RX6 speaker package. The difference in price was not insubstantial. I have taken great care in using only the finest cables I could afford. It has subsequenlty transpired that the B&W speaker packages was connected with standard run of the mill rca's for sound. Had the system been installed correctly ie via quality hdmi only, maybe I would have been happy with the B&Ws and no upgrade/epense would have been necessary? Do you think that it would be reasonable to deduct the cost of the installation from the amount that I owe for the upgrade?
 

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Absolutely reasonable, and while the MA speakers are excellent, I can't help thinking you would have been satisfied with your original set-up had it been installed correctly. I assume they are using proper speaker cables. too?
 

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My family's moto comes to mind here:

'If you want a work done properly..........do it yourself!!'

These 'installers'............they wear hats, and have a gun holster, by any chance?
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BJB:Andrew Everard:

What with this and your previous post, these installers don't sound very good. Are they CORGI registered...?
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(BTW, tell them to use the 8ohm setting, and that the red terminal for the speakers is the positive, and the black one the negative)

Thanks Andrew. I need your honest advice. As you can uderstand I am not particularly impressed with the installers. I live in South Africa by the way. As you may have seen from my other post, they previously installed B&W684 , HTM-61 , M-1, ASW610XP. I was unhappy with the sound and decided to upgrade to the MA RX6 speaker package. The difference in price was not insubstantial. I have taken great care in using only the finest cables I could afford. It has subsequenlty transpired that the B&W speaker packages was connected with standard run of the mill rca's for sound. Had the system been installed correctly ie via quality hdmi only, maybe I would have been happy with the B&Ws and no upgrade/epense would have been necessary? Do you think that it would be reasonable to deduct the cost of the installation from the amount that I owe for the upgrade?

You do realise that for a start, you wouldn't have heard HD audio through your BD player using coaxial with the B&W speakers? I would install it yourself - it's easy with a little help from people on here and reading the manual.
 

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Andrew Everard:Absolutely reasonable, and while the MA speakers are excellent, I can't help thinking you would have been satisfied with your original set-up had it been installed correctly. I assume they are using proper speaker cables. too?

Thanks again. I thought that's what you might have said. I supplied all the cables. Chord Carnival Silver Screen Bi-wires in the front and standard silver screen for the rears. Well, at least I have not paid yet for the upgrade.
 

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Gerrardasnails:BJB:Andrew Everard:

What with this and your previous post, these installers don't sound very good. Are they CORGI registered...?
emotion-3.gif


(BTW, tell them to use the 8ohm setting, and that the red terminal for the speakers is the positive, and the black one the negative)

Thanks Andrew. I need your honest advice. As you can uderstand I am not particularly impressed with the installers. I live in South Africa by the way. As you may have seen from my other post, they previously installed B&W684 , HTM-61 , M-1, ASW610XP. I was unhappy with the sound and decided to upgrade to the MA RX6 speaker package. The difference in price was not insubstantial. I have taken great care in using only the finest cables I could afford. It has subsequenlty transpired that the B&W speaker packages was connected with standard run of the mill rca's for sound. Had the system been installed correctly ie via quality hdmi only, maybe I would have been happy with the B&Ws and no upgrade/epense would have been necessary? Do you think that it would be reasonable to deduct the cost of the installation from the amount that I owe for the upgrade?

You do realise that for a start, you wouldn't have heard HD audio through your BD player using coaxial with the B&W speakers? I would install it yourself - it's easy with a little help from people on here and reading the manual.

Thanks Gerard. In retrospect I should have installed myself. The original idea was to pay for a professional installation and to save time. Anyway so far, so good. I will post again if I have any further questions.
 

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Pistol Pete1:Maybe arrived on horseback too??
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Not quite. But what I will say is that they arrived 45 minutes late bacause they couldn't find my address..
 

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