Bridging

[nickeveready 0]

when bridging a 2 channel amp do i need to have y adapters @ the hu as well as the amp inputs or do i just wire the rca's as normal? thanks in advance

[jcarter1885 995]

Wire the rca's as normal on the headunit and amp.

[nickeveready 0]

thanks jay cee

[nickeveready 0]

the reason i brought this up is because i have this old ass alphsonik(us acoustics) amp and the instructions were saying to use a y adapter and run the signal to a mono source..this amp will be powering a dual 12 4 ohm bandpass box

Edited March 19, 2010 by nickeveready

[Sir-Lancelot 216]

4 channel amp?

[nickeveready 0]

4 channel amp?

2 channel stable down to 2 ohms

Edited March 20, 2010 by nickeveready

[jcarter1885 995]

You cant bridge a 2channel amp to 2 ohms, most amps that I know of can only be bridged to 4 ohms.

[Sir-Lancelot 216]

You cant bridge a 2channel amp to 4 ohms, most amps that I know of can only be bridged to 4 ohms.

I would agree with this. 4 ohm if you bridge.

[Duran 387]

Jay-cee you both contradicted yourself.

Most amplifiers cannot be bridged to 2 ohms, they will go into protect, stick with 4 ohms. Think of it this way, what happens when you combine two different 2 ohm channels into one channel, you get one 4 ohms channel. Now apply that to a 2 ohm final load, a class A/B amplifier will not work with 1 ohm on each channel.

[jcarter1885 995]

Jay-cee you both contradicted yourself.

Most amplifiers cannot be bridged to 2 ohms, they will go into protect, stick with 4 ohms. Think of it this way, what happens when you combine two different 2 ohm channels into one channel, you get one 4 ohms channel. Now apply that to a 2 ohm final load, a class A/B amplifier will not work with 1 ohm on each channel.

Thanks and Fixed, definitely didnt proof read at all. .

[Kanaworm$ 292]

That old of an amplifier from Alphasonik will be able to be ran bridged but only at 4 ohms and please follow the directions of the manufacturer.

[nickeveready 0]

thanks for the replies and yes the amp will be ran in 4 ohm, so i'll just follow the manufactures instructions and use the y-cables i guess

[todd.brust 29]

Jay-cee you both contradicted yourself.

Most amplifiers cannot be bridged to 2 ohms, they will go into protect, stick with 4 ohms. Think of it this way, what happens when you combine two different 2 ohm channels into one channel, you get one 4 ohms channel. Now apply that to a 2 ohm final load, a class A/B amplifier will not work with 1 ohm on each channel.

Mine Will

But that is a good rule of thumb. There is only a handful of multi a/b channel channel amps that will run 1 ohm stereo/2 ohm bridged.

[Duran 387]

Jay-cee you both contradicted yourself.

Most amplifiers cannot be bridged to 2 ohms, they will go into protect, stick with 4 ohms. Think of it this way, what happens when you combine two different 2 ohm channels into one channel, you get one 4 ohms channel. Now apply that to a 2 ohm final load, a class A/B amplifier will not work with 1 ohm on each channel.

Mine Will

But that is a good rule of thumb. There is only a handful of multi a/b channel channel amps that will run 1 ohm stereo/2 ohm bridged.

Yes there are freaks out there Turd, but they are few and far between.