bi-amp RTi12 imped

ronnie
ronnie Posts: 150
edited March 2006 in Speakers
my RTi12's are bi-amped, so my reciever is running the tweets and mids and my adcom is running the 6 woofers. now to the ? what should i set my reciever at ...6 or 8 ohms. maybe a dumb question but i don't wanna kill my reciever....it's my pride and joy and also expensive
Yamaha RX-V2600
Adcom GFA555 x 2 :D
Yamaha CD685 cd changer
Yamaha Dvd c950 dvd changer
Polk RTi12 mains
Polk CSi3 center
Polk psw303
Polk RTi6 (surround and surround back)
Acoustic Research 12in 200 watt sub(8 years old and still hits hard:D)
WindyWillys cooling fan (works great)
Mitsubishi 52in big screen
blue jeans cables
AR interconnects
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  • ronnie
    ronnie Posts: 150
    edited March 2006
    anybody have any ideas????
    Yamaha RX-V2600
    Adcom GFA555 x 2 :D
    Yamaha CD685 cd changer
    Yamaha Dvd c950 dvd changer
    Polk RTi12 mains
    Polk CSi3 center
    Polk psw303
    Polk RTi6 (surround and surround back)
    Acoustic Research 12in 200 watt sub(8 years old and still hits hard:D)
    WindyWillys cooling fan (works great)
    Mitsubishi 52in big screen
    blue jeans cables
    AR interconnects
  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited March 2006
    Your speakers are 8 ohm, set the receiver accordingly.
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  • ronnie
    ronnie Posts: 150
    edited March 2006
    are they still 8 ohms when their bi-amped....wouldn't the top half be 4 to 6 ohms...im not worried about the adcom im sure it can handle it but ive killed my other yamaha htr-5890 with a pair of cewin vega vs-120's
    Yamaha RX-V2600
    Adcom GFA555 x 2 :D
    Yamaha CD685 cd changer
    Yamaha Dvd c950 dvd changer
    Polk RTi12 mains
    Polk CSi3 center
    Polk psw303
    Polk RTi6 (surround and surround back)
    Acoustic Research 12in 200 watt sub(8 years old and still hits hard:D)
    WindyWillys cooling fan (works great)
    Mitsubishi 52in big screen
    blue jeans cables
    AR interconnects
  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited March 2006
    no, I believe the ohm rating stays the same upon biamping
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