From: mark_zacharias@labolgcbs.net   
      
   "Trevor"  wrote in message   
   news:m5jjac$s85$1@speranza.aioe.org...   
   > On 2/12/2014 12:19 AM, thekmanrocks@gmail.com wrote:   
   >> geoff:  My 1995 JVC receiver specifies 8-16ohms.  Guess that's an oldie   
   >> then!   
   >>   
   >   
   > Many cheap receivers with limited current capability specify 8 ohms or   
   > more, regardless of age. Conversely many good amps can handle loads as low   
   > as 2 ohms without a problem.   
   >   
   > Trevor.   
   >   
   >   
      
      
   Speaker impedances have not really changed - they are rating them a bit more   
   accurately these days.   
      
   Mark Z.   
      
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