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by cushychicken 2500 days ago
That's not correct. These are class D amps. No load = no current flowing.

Too much load (low ohmage speakers - things that dip below 1.5ohms for extended intervals) means too much heat dissipated as switching current in the amplifier IC, which burns out a driver FET or some other part of the silicon die.