Mark, If you are hung up on proving that you're right and I'm wrong,
don't waste your time.

I don't plan on it. I was offering to you literature free of charge
preventing you from having to track it down in a library.

And set your mind at ease, I haven't cringed at
anything you've written. If you happen to be of the belief that an
average amp is working at it's optimum in every way into 2 ohms, and not
degrading the sound in any way, and at the same time not running hotter
and suffering any long term effects, audible or not, fine.

When did I say all that?

But I'm
hoping young guys who may be just starting in this hobby(work?), and may
have these average amps of the world, will realize that SOME
recommendations, such as this debate, are overrated because they are
often nothing but an ego boost. As in, "I'm running my speakers in
parallel. It's pouring out 100 watts per instead of 50. The differences
I can hear are staggering." That's not true, although some have been led
to believe it.

Not by me...

If a system sounds great with a 2 ohm set-up, then it
will sound better into 4.

No it won't. The ONLY difference is the decrease in power when running 4
ohms. That means it will sound WORSE running 4 ohms than 2, because most
everybody drives their amplifiers into clipping at some point. It will
occur less frequently at 2 ohms. There are ZERO other sonic differences.
I'd love to hear from you exactly what you think degrades sound quality.

It's a beneficial move. In spite of what some
say, if the system is tuned properly, 2 ohms is unnecessary.

Tuning doesn't necessarily have anything to do with it. If you've got a 50
watt amp, no amount of tuning will allow you to reach 90 watts.

And if you
have an amp that won't play loud enough and clean enough onto 4 ohms,
then it's inferior in some way and certainly won't benefit from running
into 2.

Or it's just too small for your needs. As I've said repeatedly, but which
you mustn't understand having obviously never been on a tight budget in your
life, not everyone can afford the amount of power necessary to listen to
music at a given volume level without clipping. Running at 2 ohms simply
helps to prevent clipping by increasing power output. The result: improved
sound at the volume levels that require it.