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Will a 4 ohm sub work on a 8 ohm system?

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With system you mean the output impedance of an amplifier. No Problem to do this, but there are really no amplifiers with an output impedance of 8 ohms on the market. All loudspeaker amplifiers have an impedance of less than 0.5 ohm. Scroll down to related links and look at "Impedance bridging - Wikipedia".

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