If your AV receiver or amplifier is designed for 8-ohm loads, running 6-ohm speakers should not present any challenges; low-impedance speakers create a gentler load for amplifiers.
Mind that speaker resistance will have an effect on sound quality.
Impedance
Impedance of speakers is of utmost importance when selecting amplifiers that match with them; you want to ensure that each wattage provided by your amplifier matches with what the speakers require; otherwise, any mismatch can cause distortion that diminishes sound quality.
Assuming your speakers have an impedance rating of 8 ohms or lower, then they should handle 4 ohm speakers without issue. To determine their impedance level accurately. you can refer to their wattage rating. Alternatively, check your receiver or amplifier’s power rating; this may give an idea as to their impedance level as well.
Most modern amplifiers and receivers are designed to support various speaker impedances, thanks to power supplies and output circuitry that can accommodate lower impedance loads. It’s important to remember that overloading equipment may shorten its lifespan by making it work harder.
Load Capacity
Most receiver/amps are engineered to accommodate speakers of various impedances, as the wattage delivered by your amplifier to your speakers is made up of both voltage and current.
Impedance measures the resistance or load presented by speakers when playing back a specific frequency and is represented by the Greek letter omega (). Although this measure can be tricky to interpret, what’s essential to keep in mind is that power decreases as impedance rises.
Higher ohm speakers typically require more current to perform at the same volume level than lower ohm ones, which means if your receiver cannot supply sufficient current to your speakers, sound may become compressed or even distort. However, this should rarely happen due to modern receivers featuring built-in protection circuits which will shut off amplifiers that draw too much current from their power supply. A simple solution to this issue would be adding an extra resistor between positive connection of amp and positive pole of speaker in order to increase speaker ohm rating which will bring into line with amp.
Power Capacity
Home audio speakers typically fall between 4 and 8 ohm ratings, the lower of which draws less current from amplifiers and receivers, reducing power-sucking distortion that occurs when speakers draw too much energy from them.
All electrical circuits and components resist the flow of electricity in some capacity; this resistance is known as impedance and measured in ohms. To ensure optimal performance from speakers and amps, matching impedance levels between them should be done carefully to achieve balance – any mismatches can compromise sound quality or cause equipment damage.
Many speaker manufacturers choose to rate their products at nominally 8 ohms to make them more accessible to a wider audience and gain acceptance, but this doesn’t necessarily equate to inferior speakers; it simply means you may require a larger, more powerful amplifier/receiver for them to play properly. So it is crucial that before adding any speakers you consider the power capacity of your amplifier/receiver beforehand.
Safety
If your receiver can handle 4 ohm speakers without issue, there should be no issues at all. Keep in mind, however, that its maximum power output may be cut in half when compared with 8-ohm rated speakers due to impedance changes during playback; speakers vary up and down in their impedance ratings over time.
However, in real world applications this usually does not matter as amplifiers designed specifically for HiFi systems are typically capable of providing enough power to handle even low impedance speakers. Furthermore, protection circuits in most receivers/amps will shut off before any damage can occur – which is both good news for you and protects valuable equipment from overheating! In addition to that benefit it also helps make sound clearer without distortion.