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Message: <blockquote data-quote="helotaxi" data-source="post: 366499" data-attributes="member: 550915">You could do this, but you will not get any benefit from it.  Here's why:The amp will see a 2 ohm load and will produce 80watts per channel, but that power will be split between the loads on that circuit.  In the case you mentioned the speaker would get 40 watts (no improvement over running it at 4 ohms) and the resistor will be turning 40 watts into heat.  Basically you will be heating up the amp and the resistor for no benefit.If you have four speakers to run, run each speaker on its own channel of the 4 channel amp.  That's the most power you will be able to get to your 4 ohm speakers from that amp.</blockquote>

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