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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GSteg" data-source="post: 95064" data-attributes="member: 543107">you're right that at 2ohm will have more distortion than at 4ohm, but the distortion is so little that even a well trained ear can't tell if it's 4 or 2ohm. most amps nowadays that are rated 2ohm still have a THD of less than 1%. technically 4ohm is cleaner than 2ohm, but the real differences is if you can actually hear it or not.if you have a speaker that is 8ohm, then you'll be wasting efficiency of the amp (less power than you'll want). if you get a speaker that is 2ohm, then the amp will run hotter and eat up more electricity. 4ohm seems to be the sacrifice between 2 and 8ohm and thats why a lot of companies make 4ohm speakers.</blockquote>

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