zackolesouth Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Can you bridge a 2 channel home amplifier? If you can how do you hook it up ? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Some, not all. Amp in question? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackolesouth Posted August 3, 2017 Author Share Posted August 3, 2017 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackolesouth Posted August 3, 2017 Author Share Posted August 3, 2017 Some, not all. Amp in question? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 No Bridging means having both left and right outputs combine to increase the wattage output therefore making a more powerful single, mono amp. This would be selected on the amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackolesouth Posted August 3, 2017 Author Share Posted August 3, 2017 NoI am new to this ? Y can you do it to some but not all ? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridged_and_paralleled_amplifiers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackolesouth Posted August 3, 2017 Author Share Posted August 3, 2017 No Bridging means having both left and right outputs combine to increase the wattage output therefore making a more powerful single, mono amp. This would be selected on the amp.So you can't hook it up + on the left and -on the right like a car amp ? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 What are you trying to accomplish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackolesouth Posted August 3, 2017 Author Share Posted August 3, 2017 It is 25watts a channel 50 total wanted to use one speaker and get more power to the speaker Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 some reading materialhttp://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/can-tube-amps-be-bridged.309109/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Just now, zackolesouth said: It is 25watts a channel 50 total wanted to use one speaker and get more power to the speaker Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk so you are going for mono, not stereo? or are you using two of these critters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackolesouth Posted August 3, 2017 Author Share Posted August 3, 2017 so you are going for mono, not stereo? or are you using two of these critters? Just one amp one speaker and rca to aux Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Well, I didn't sleep in a Holiday Inn express last night but I would think that this would depend on the topography of the amp in question. More learned folks on the tube buld might stop by soon. BTW, how are you using this and with what speaker? Give us an idea of the setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackolesouth Posted August 3, 2017 Author Share Posted August 3, 2017 I have a klipsch heresy Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teaman Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 My Emotiva 300 wpc stereo amps bridge to become 1000 wpc mono monsters....although I have never tried it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackolesouth Posted August 3, 2017 Author Share Posted August 3, 2017 My Emotiva 300 wpc stereo amps bridge to become 1000 wpc mono monsters....although I have never tried it.Do you no how the wires are getting hooked up to do it ? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Youthman Posted August 3, 2017 Moderators Share Posted August 3, 2017 12 minutes ago, zackolesouth said: Do you no how the wires are getting hooked up to do it ? You typically use the positive of one channel and the negative of the other but a lot of amps require you to toggle a "Bridge" Switch on the back of the amp. If you look at teaman's Emotiva XPA-2, you will see what I mean. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teaman Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Thank you Youthman! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Zach, I think I see what you are thinking. You want to take the speaker wires from both the L and R and connect them to a single speaker trying to turn 25 wpc stereo into 50 wpc mono. With your particular amp, the answer is "no," it doesn't work that way. The only way you can bridge your amp is if your manual specifically tells you that you can and gives you instructions on how to do that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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