how to bridge my sda-srs

jnilson
jnilson Posts: 7
edited April 2006 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
hi,
I am wonder how to bridge my sda-srs speakers. I am also wondering too if i can leave the interconnect cable on and also i have a carver tfm-55 and i want to bridged it with a hafler xl-600 is that possible then i want to hook up both amps to my sda-srs. Please help me
thanks
aj
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  • candyliquor35m
    candyliquor35m Posts: 2,267
    edited April 2006
    I better try to answer this before you get impatient and try it. You cannot bridge them mono and leave the interconnect connected or you will damage the speakers or amp or both. It has to do with losing the common ground which the sdas require. There are plenty of threads about this so don't do it without reading them or asking more questions.

    welcome to the forum.
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  • jnilson
    jnilson Posts: 7
    edited April 2006
    Can you direct me to some threads about this. Can you also help me to get these speakers bridged with two amps.
    thanks
    aj
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  • candyliquor35m
    candyliquor35m Posts: 2,267
    edited April 2006
    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32103&highlight=sda+common+ground
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited April 2006
    jn,
    You are saying "bridge"... Do you mean bi-amp?
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • jnilson
    jnilson Posts: 7
    edited April 2006
    i do not mean bi-amping. I mean mono two amps on those speakers
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  • thehaens@cox.net
    thehaens@cox.net Posts: 1,012
    edited April 2006
    jnilson - I am not sure about the SRS's you have. I have a set of 1.2's and didn't have any problem w/ running my amps mono on my speakers. I simply ran a 12 ga. speaker cable and tied the two ground posts together on the amps (Monster MPA-2250's). I own one and was babysitting another one while a friend was out of town....

    It is my understanding that as long as you can share a common ground between the amps you should be good to go. However, with that said you should contact the amp manufacturer to ask them if you can tie the grounds together without complications...

    Scott
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited April 2006
    jnilson wrote:
    i do not mean bi-amping. I mean mono two amps on those speakers
    Well in that case you mean you want to bridge the amps, not the speakers...

    Wanting to do this with disimilar amps, sounds like a recipe for disaster. Even they did manage to coexist, strpped together or whatever, I don't think it would sound very good.

    But knock yourself out there, Sparky...
    More later,
    Tour...
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    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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