Lsi with yamaha

bankshot

I know this has probably bean asked to death, but I am still not 100%.

So can somebody tell me if I can run LSi speakers on a reciever rated at 100w at 8ohms without damaging the speakers.
Im not sure about the rating at 4ohms, it does not say.

It is a yamaha HTR-5280

thanks

VR3

at moderate volumes - YES

otherwise...no

bankshot

What if I just hook up the center speaker to the reciever, and use seperates for the rest. Would that allow me to turn the volume up considerably.

VR3

Id do it with the surrounds on the receiver.

The surrounds do mostly ambience - the center works the hardest in HT.

Mains and centers with seperate amps...

Surrounds on receiver would do the trick.

bankshot

Sorry, I was not completely clear. I only have 2 mono amps for the left and right, I am going to have to leave the surronds out of the HT for now, but I would like to hook up the center speaker. Would you recommend against hooking the LSic to the reciever and just keep listening in stereo or do you think it would be ok to hook up the center.

VR3

Well its up to you...

I run a 2.1 HT with no issues what so ever - but I watch movies alone the majority of the time...

bankshot

Cool. Ill just keep listening in stereo until I get 3 more m200s.
These speakers are great but their killing my budget.

Airplay355

just get 1 more, you can use your receiver to power the surrounds

brettw22

A lot of the answer depends on specifically which LSi's your asking about running. If the answer is any of the towers, I'd say don't even try it. If you're talking the 9's, as Sid said moderate volumes only, and with the 7's, you might be ok, but you'll need a sub.

If you're asking about just 2 channel, you have a better chance of that working over doing a full surround setup because I think you'll be clipping your amp if you try to push a 5 or 6 channel LSi setup on that Yamaha......you need more current all the way around IMO.

wingnut4772

I bought my LSIs at Sound Advice last year and the sales guy said that my Onkyo receiver would have no problem...yeah...riiiigggghhhttttt. I have learned so much since then. Pretty much all of my upgrades were inspired by my LSI purchase. Let's just say that they ended up being very expensive.

Gaara

I personally did this for quite some time with no problem. I got a great deal on a new B&K Ref 50 and jumped on it, and my dealer let me have a in home trial with my Halo A23. I used my Yamaha HTR-5590 for center and surround duty, and the A23 for the fronts, did this for about a month and a half, never had any issues. I listen to movies generally around 80-85db, music more around 70.

Jared

bankshot

Thanks Gaara, I will do it that way for a couple of months. I hate to see my whole setup just sitting there.