No, our JBL B-6IW needs an amplifier to work.

That is correct.

Hey Zayn, great questions you got for us. Our JBL B-6IW in-wall speakers require an external receiver/amplifier to power them as they do not have built-in amplification. As for your other questions, we may need to get more details from you about the kind of setup you want before we can answer them. So we can help you, we suggest that you reach out to our Customer Support team. You can reach us through here: https://support.jbl.com/us/en/customer-service/contact.html

We would like to work with you directly to help you with your issue. Please submit a case request at  https://www.harmanaudio.com/support-contact.html and the Customer Service Team will be more than happy to assist you.

Let's try to answer this question for you. A loudspeaker's impedance always dictates how much power a receiver will put out. The lower the impedance a receiver detects from the speaker, the higher audio power it will send to the speaker. In this case, our Harman Kardon AVR 1710S can put out 100 watts of continuous power at 6 or 8 ohms and our JBL B-6IW speaker is capable of handling only 35 watts of continuous power at 4 ohms. We don't recommend these two products together because the AVR will end up sending too much power that the speaker can't handle. If you'd like to find out what speakers we do recommend for you to use, in line with what kind of set up you want to achieve, send us a case request through this link and we'll be happy to help you out further: https://www.harmanaudio.com/support-knowledgebase.html