2 ohm or 4 ohm

Is it wise to wire these speakers 2 ohm x 120 watts, because I have heard having more power than required is preferable to under powering a speaker, and is there any degradation to the sound quality, going the 2 ohm way.

Thanks

Geoff

Thankyou for the reply, maybe i asked the wrong question. In the setup below, the speakers are wired for a 2 ohm load. This is what I am thinking off doing, would this draw 120 watts per channel from my amp; see first post, or am I off track here.

2 x 4 Ohm speaker = 2 Ohm load

How many speakers do you have, total? If you've only got 1 pair of 4ohm speakers, you can only wire 1 to each channel, for a 4ohm stereo load = about 60watts RMS x 2 @ 4ohms.

If you've got 2 pairs of 4ohmers, you can wire the 2 left speakers to the left output of the amp and the 2 right ones to the right output of the amp =120watts RMS x 2 @ 2ohms. -Your diagram for parallel wiring is correct. Note, you will lose fader capabilities.