NAD T742 and 4ohm speakers

TWN Unregistered guest	Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 21:22 GMT I am using NAD T742 and Polk Lsi 9 and C speakers for L, C, and R, and a pair of Bose 161 speakers as surrounds. My problem is that I am thinking to get a pair of Lsi 7 to replace the crappy Bose 161. Although I have no trouble at all with my original set up. T742 can work perfectly with the L, C, and R. I am a little worry about getting all 5 channels at 4 ohms will hurt my receiver. Q1: Should I just keep using my good old T742 (anyone had any experience about using all 5 channels at 4 ohms?), or I should get a new receiver? Q2: Or is it better to keep the T742 as pre-amp and get a power amp? Since I am still a poor grad student, I don't think I can affort a good 5-channel power amp, is it okay to just get a stereo power amp such as NAD 270? Thank you for any input.
KEGGER Silver Member Username: Kegger MICHIGAN Post Number: 758 Registered: Dec-03	Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 21:33 GMT well you could definatly add an amp to take the load off. but generally nad recievers have no problem with 4 ohm loads all the way around. you were probably allready thinking this way but if you add an amp i would put my main 2 front speakers on it. and many other reciver company's have problems with 4 ohm loads so another reciever may be difficult to find and expensive.
Willow Bronze Member Username: Willow Post Number: 14 Registered: Feb-04	Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 11:40 GMT Your room size will also determine the need to add another power amp. I have my 742 setup with 6 ohm speakers on all channels except stage center and it handles these pefectly fine. Room is 12 x 20 I dont know the Polks sensitivity, but my guess is it should work fine with 4 ohms speakers as well.

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