ohms

when hooking up a speaker to an amp if the amps channel for example is 4ohms and the speaker is 2ohms it will opertae fine BUT if the amp channel is 2ohms and the speaker is 4ohms this will blow the speaker is this correct?

Actually, you've got it backwards.  If an amp is stable to say, 4 ohms per channel, anything below that- say 2 ohms could cause the amp to act weird.  It could fry, overheat or go into protect mode. 

There is nothing wrong with hooking up a 4 ohm speaker to an amp that's 2 ohm stable per channel.

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thanks. the higher the ohms the more restricted the currents is aye?

yes.

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My ex once told me I have a perfect face for radio.

but you do lose watts when hooking up a 2 ohm stable amp to a 4 ohm sv sub

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Yes, an amp will put out less power at 4 ohms than 2 ohms, however other factors come into play as well.  Usually you end up with a slightly cleaner sound, and the amp will run cooler as well.

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geepherder wrote:

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Yes, an amp will put out less power at 4 ohms than 2 ohms, however other factors come into play as well.  Usually you end up with a slightly cleaner sound, and the amp will run cooler as well.

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is this with a 4 or 2 ohm speaker?

I'm sorry, that wasn't clear.  It should have read something like this: "When running an amp at a higher impedence- 4 ohms per channel as opposed to 2 ohms per channel, you usually end up with a slightly cleaner sound, and the amp will run cooler as well."

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