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You also don't need to worry about underpowering because of the parallel operation; this actually takes less power.




John, running 8 ohm speakers in parallel will make it 4 ohm , that is half the original resistance, which requires more current (ampere). It should equate to more power being needed. Ohm's Law (V = I x R). No? anyways.. Never like Physics in college.

Daniel, John has a good point, you won't know until you try. Your receiver should have some protection circuitries built in that it will shut down automatically if too much current is going through it. At the very worse, you are going to blow a fuse; so you might be out a few dollars.
Goodluck!