# Running 8 ohm speakers on a 4 ohm amp?

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**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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**Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/running-8-ohm-speakers-on-a-4-ohm-amp/27010/7 "2007-04-03T11:49:15Z")

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well, as long as i wont damage the amp, im going to wire them as two 8 ohm speakers. if i bridged the amp, and ran them as one 4 ohm speaker, they’d each be getting more than twice the power they are rated for, and im going for SQ, not SPL.

Thanks for all the responses!

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