I have a MTX thunder 302 amp and a pair of 8 ohm 12" kickers. The speakers were cheap. By bridging the 8 ohm speakers in a parallel what am I doing? I don't want to destroy anything and I don't know much about running 2 ohms. Should I buy 4 ohm speakers?

 

By connecting two 8ohm speakers in parallel, you create a 4ohm load. If you bridge two channels of the amp the amp will "see" a 2ohm load. This setup will put out the most power.

 

Not trying to correct you so much as trying to help him. So read in "open minded" mode, OK? When you bridge a 2 channel amp, like what you are talking about, then that bridged amp will see a total resistance of 4ohms. You are correct on the parallel part. But if you have the amp bridged into a 4ohm load, then each channel of the amp will have a 2ohm load.

Whenever you bridge an amp, you are combinding the 2 channels together (obviously ) and splitting the resistance to each channel. If your amp's owner's manual says that each channel is stable at 2ohms, then you will be fine.

You did good by buying 2 8ohm subs. Better safe than sorry.

AJ