Yamaha RX-V4A: should the 4 Ω setting be switched on for Klipsch RP-600M II?
No. The speakers never fall below 4.4 Ω and the receiver is rated to 4 Ω. Switching it on «to be safe» trades away the 0.6 dB of headroom you have over reference level.
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Requires minimum +60dB of clean pre-amp gain. Most budget entry interfaces max out at +50dB to +56dB and introduce hiss at max pot. An inline preamp booster (Cloudlifter CL-1 / FetHead) is strongly recommended.
The interface preamp provides sufficient headroom.
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Focusrite Scarlett Solo (Gen 4)
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No. The speakers never go below 4.4 Ω, and the setting costs you headroom.
The RP-600M II is 8 Ω nominal with a 4.4 Ω minimum. The RX-V4A is rated to 4 Ω. The load never leaves the receiver's envelope, so the impedance selector addresses a problem you do not have. It is a protection mode, not a performance mode: it keeps the output stage inside its safe operating area with low-impedance loads, and it does not give the amplifier more current.
What it costs. At 2.5 m the receiver's 80 W into 8 Ω produce 105.6 dB — 0.6 dB above the 105 dB reference peak. That margin is what you would trade away for protection against a dip that does not exist.
While you have the spec sheet open. The 4 Ω rating of 115 W is measured at 0.9% THD; the 8 Ω rating of 80 W at 0.06%. The bigger number is not more power — it is the same amplifier measured at fifteen times the distortion. Denon publishes the same shape of curve: 70 W at 0.08% into 8 Ω, 110 W at 1.0% into 4 Ω. Whenever a receiver appears to gain power into a lower impedance, check the distortion column before believing it.
When you do want the setting on: a speaker whose published minimum sits at or below 4 Ω, or two pairs wired in parallel.