# Running 8 ohm speakers on a 4 ohm amp?

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**Created:** [April 3, 2007, 8:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/running-8-ohm-speakers-on-a-4-ohm-amp/27010 "2007-04-03T08:04:20Z")\
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[quote=“01AudiS4,post:3,topic:27010"”]

Nope, will not damage the amp. I would bridge them and run it 4ohm that way if I were you though.

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but this may damage the amp; some amps can’t handle 2 ohms per channel…

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