sub /amp wattage wiring question

schwerhaiv
schwerhaiv Posts: 72
edited March 2006 in Subwoofer Hookup & Bass Management
Hello,
I just had this thought. If can not bridge an amp, can you connect both the left and right channels to the left and right channels of the sub? If so, does this effectively double the power each channel so a 150 wpc amp would deliver 300 wpc? I'm sure that there may be a very good reason NOT to do this, but I wanted to see if anyone would know?
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  • labrat
    labrat Posts: 120
    edited March 2006
    Two things come to mind,

    1 Bridging the amp will reduce the damping factor - that is the ability of the amp to accurately control the movement of the driver.

    2 Bridging the amp results in it effectively seeing half the resistance - a 4 ohm driver is seen as a 2 ohm load when bridged.

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  • unc2701
    unc2701 Posts: 3,587
    edited March 2006
    If you're asking if you can hook L&R outputs to a single speaker terminal the answer is NO!!! If you've got a DVC sub, then yes you can hook up L to 1 and R to the other and double your power.
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