Panasonic digital amps and 4 ohm speakers


I've been looking at buying one of the new Panasonic XR digital receivers (SA-XR50 or SA-XR70), but the XR50 specifies 6-16 ohms. Anyone tried using one of these (or the older XR45) with a 4 ohm speaker?

I've got some GMA Europas on order, and was hoping to mate them with one of the new Panasonic receivers. Any reason not to?

My room is only 12 x 19, I listen mostly to 2 channel, and mostly listen at low to moderate levels. Definitely want to be able to crank it up every now and then, though. Thanks for any help.
ragan

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Gmood, Help rid me of my boat anchors...I WANT to believe! But let me see if I'm understanding all this correctly:

These digital amp rx's are great for cd. But for good quality SACD (and the ultimate boat anchor, vinyl) I still need amps that perform better in the analog world, judging from earlier posts above. What about movie sound playback?

It seems like getting rid of my old gear will leave me with mediocre playback of all sources except cd -- and according to Huggy Bear, word on the street is that cd's days are numbered.

I'm not doubting the prowess of this class of digital rx -- I'm gonna get one to check them out for myself, after I finish paying off the new basement, into which I will move my audio den of treasures. I just want to make sure i understand it all clearly so I can map out my future system configuration accurately. Thanks for edumacating us!
-BS