Bridging an amp
Eugene_biker
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Hello all,
Planning what to do for amps in my theater.
Thought about getting a smaller 2 channel amp that can be bridged to run the center channel.
Always wondered, When you bridge, do you lose sound quality?
Thinking about using a Rotel amp with Rti a6.
Thanks
Planning what to do for amps in my theater.
Thought about getting a smaller 2 channel amp that can be bridged to run the center channel.
Always wondered, When you bridge, do you lose sound quality?
Thinking about using a Rotel amp with Rti a6.
Thanks
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I bridged my Rotel RB-1070 for center channel duties and never had any issues with it. I believe that Rotel states using 8 ohm speakers. My Revel center is a 6 ohm speaker. Probably borderline. I am now bi-amping using the same amp/speaker combo.
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Generally you do lose quality, but for HT it's not that much of an issue. But be sure to use an 8 ohm speaker. When you bridge a stereo amp it "see's" 1/2 the load so a bridged mono running an 8 ohm speaker is essentially only seeing 4 ohms. You start to drop below 4 ohms and there could be issues.
H9"Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Puritan Audio PSM136 Pwr Condtioner & Classic PC's | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node3 - Tubes add soul! -
in most cases it wont , the amp says 4 ohms minimum in stereo the bridge load can only be 8 ohms . I had a audiosource amp it was printed on it 4-8 ohms in stereo I tried to bridge it for my kef center but the kef was a 6 ohm and the amp would not do it , it needed to be a 8 ohm speaker for the bridge .
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You start to drop below 4 ohms and there could be issues.
H9
To be clear, when I stated this I meant the amp "seeing" 4 ohms, not that you could use a 4 ohm speaker, then the amp would be "seeing" 2 ohms and that would not work out to well.
H9"Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Puritan Audio PSM136 Pwr Condtioner & Classic PC's | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node3 - Tubes add soul! -
in most cases it wont , the amp says 4 ohms minimum in stereo the bridge load can only be 8 ohms . I had a audiosource amp it was printed on it 4-8 ohms in stereo I tried to bridge it for my kef center but the kef was a 6 ohm and the amp would not do it , it needed to be a 8 ohm speaker for the bridge .
Good to know. Thanks all.
