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<blockquote data-quote="gunz4me" data-source="post: 5526597" data-attributes="member: 596464">The general rule is that every time you reduce that load by a factor of 2 (8 to 4, 4 to 2, 2 to 1, 1 to .5), distortion rises to double the power output, current draw doubles, and your damping factor is cut in half!&nbsp; If all you listen to is slowed down, distorted cRap (commercial rap) music, damping factor won&#039;t mean jack to you.&nbsp; If you listen to metal where those double bass pumps come in at 170, or more, beats per minute, they will get lost as the damping factor goes down to nothing.Another by product of this &quot;free flowing&quot; energy is HEAT in addition to the components in the amp that will have to work twice as hard and possibly have their useful life reduced due to excessive heat and additional work.I&#039;ve personally heard my JL Audio 10w3v2s tighten up on my Crossfire BMF 1000d just by wiring them at 4 ohms versus 1 ohm.&nbsp; The increase in SQ was worth wiring them @ 4 ohms over giving them more power @ 1 ohm.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gunz4me, post: 5526597, member: 596464"] The general rule is that every time you reduce that load by a factor of 2 (8 to 4, 4 to 2, 2 to 1, 1 to .5), distortion rises to double the power output, current draw doubles, and your damping factor is cut in half! If all you listen to is slowed down, distorted cRap (commercial rap) music, damping factor won't mean jack to you. If you listen to metal where those double bass pumps come in at 170, or more, beats per minute, they will get lost as the damping factor goes down to nothing. Another by product of this "free flowing" energy is HEAT in addition to the components in the amp that will have to work twice as hard and possibly have their useful life reduced due to excessive heat and additional work. I've personally heard my JL Audio 10w3v2s tighten up on my Crossfire BMF 1000d just by wiring them at 4 ohms versus 1 ohm. The increase in SQ was worth wiring them @ 4 ohms over giving them more power @ 1 ohm. [/QUOTE]

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