I have a yamaha htr-5860 receiver that I need to hook up some speakers to. The only spare speakers I have available right now are from a samsung 5.1 htib. It is the x40 I believe. My concern is that the speakers are 3 ohm, Would it damage my receiver if I use them? I know I can safely hook up 4 ohm speakers because the receiver does have a 4 or 8 ohm setting on it.

I have a yamaha htr-5860 receiver that I need to hook up some speakers to. The only spare speakers I have available right now are from a samsung 5.1 htib. It is the x40 I believe. My concern is that the speakers are 3 ohm, Would it damage my receiver if I use them? I know I can safely hook up 4 ohm speakers because the receiver does have a 4 or 8 ohm setting on it.

As long as they don't dip much lower than that. Make sure the xover is set high like 100Hz or more.

they're from a HTiB so they can't be hard to drive. Shouldn't have a problem.

Mostly theyll just be used for tv and movie viewing until I can get some more appropriate speakers.

What are your opinions on new speakers? Would 6 ohm be ok or should I just get 8 ohm?