* Even if you double the amp's output(doubtful), how many db
can you gain? Enough to notice?

Yes.
OK, if you say so.

You don't have to take my word for it. In fact, I'm glad you didn't. Just
try it. Or if you want a "scientific" explanation, consult some papers on
psychophysical thresholds as they pertain to this subject. I'll be more
than happy to help if you're interested.


It takes something in the neighborhood
of 10 times the output to increase 10db, so it's doubtful it's
noticeable to run 2 ohms vs. 4 ohms.

Have you tried it?
I've been at this for over 30 years. I've tried a little of
everything.

Under what conditions did you try it yet not notice a difference?

Why not just buy quality amps and
set gains properly for a nice system balance into 4 ohms? I think
this
whole 2 ohm debate for the average amp is overrated.

Because a lot of people are on tight budgets.
You gotta pay to play.

Not necessarily. My system is proof enough.

And good amps aren't that expensive. One can
get a truly good amp for $400.

One can get a truly good amp for $200. But the point is that there are TONS
of people out there that don't have $200 to spend on a car audio amplifier.
Budgets can be tight.

If that's out of the realm of
possiblity, then maybe this hobby isn't for some people.

Then maybe you shouldn't look at it as a "hobby". It's only a hobby for
people who have money to blow, and I think they've got issues anyway.

I wish
everyone could afford whatever they want, but it doesn't work that
way. I'd like to have a $650,000 Ferrari, but it's not likely to
happen. That's the breaks. But it's an unfair expectation of some of
us to try to make an amp perform in a way it's not designed for, even
if it's capable of it for a time.

That's quite a stretch. You're saying that people who don't have megabucks
to spend on car audio shouldn't get anything, and they shouldn't run their
amps at 2 ohm either. Instead they should opt for their stock system.
That's a load of crap. There's nothing, absolutely nothing, wrong with
running a 2 ohm stable amp at 2 ohms. It's absurd to imply that it's an
"unfair expectation" and that 2 ohm stable amps aren't "designed for"
running at 2 ohms.