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These are some of the speaker combinations I've used with my Yamaha RX-V2400:

Magnepan MG-12 - 4ohm, sensitivity=86(not an easy load, comparitively speaking)
Kef Q-95 center - 4ohm, sensitivity=91
Kef Q-75 mains - 6ohm, sensitivity=91
Kef Q-15 surrounds - 6ohm, sensitivity=91

The 2400 has performed flawlessly in my 15'X20'X14'(vaulted celing), well dampened room with no diminished dynamics, no clipping (at fairly high levels {as high as the pain threshold would allow}), no image smearing and the unit does not get any hotter than any other SS, receiver I've ever used. In fact, it has run considerably "cooler" than the Denon it replaced. BTW, the Denon with a power rating of 85 w/ch had no problems driving these speakers either.

Of course, your milage may vary but unless you have just a humongous, sonicly dead room, the Yamahas' should not pose any "matching" problems with most relativly effecient speakers of the 4ohm ilk. IMHO.