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Silver Member Username: InvainMichigan United States Post Number: 248 Registered: Aug-04 | Ok, supposedly my crappy 100x4 watt amp is not bridgeable, but I was wondering what exactly would happen if I did bridge 2 channels on each side so I have 200x2? I doesn't say it's bridgeable, but I am really curious why it isn't, because I don't see many that aren't, and what would happen if I did bridge it? |
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Anonymous | you could try it some times it just wont work and somtimes it just blows your amp and some times it sounds like crap |
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Silver Member Username: InvainMichigan United States Post Number: 253 Registered: Aug-04 | OK. Thanks. |
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Gold Member Username: GlasswolfNorthWest, Michigan USA Post Number: 4502 Registered: Dec-03 | you'd fry the amp, yes. when you bridge an amp, you invert the signal on one of a pair of channels, so the sine wave is reversed for one channel of the pair. this has to be done by pushing in a button, or flipping a switch. if you can't invert a channel, you can't bridge teh amp. if you join two channels (left front and rear) together on one speaker, you'll short out the amplifier. more on bridging: http://www.bcae1.com/bridging.htm |
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Silver Member Username: Audiobahn_manFreakmont, MI Post Number: 170 Registered: Aug-04 | I have a sony 1200watt amp is it bridgeable? http://www.xplodsony.com/products/?CATEGORY=Amp/EQ&MD=XM-2200GTX |
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Gold Member Username: GlasswolfNorthWest, Michigan USA Post Number: 4509 Registered: Dec-03 | its not 1200 watts, just to be clear. that's peak rating. real RMS is: "200W x 2 RMS into 4 ohms" "Speaker impedance -- 2 - 8 ohms (stereo) Speaker impedance -- 4 - 8 ohms (when used as a bridging amplifier)" yes it supports bridged mode. it'd put out 800 watts RMS @ 4 ohms bridged, theoretically. actually, closer to 600 watts RMS, since you lose some power to heat and inefficiency when decreasing impedance. |
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Silver Member Username: InsearchofbassPost Number: 870 Registered: Jun-04 | 500W x 1 RMS into 4 ohms, 20Hz - 20kHz @ 0.15% THD yes |
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Silver Member Username: InsearchofbassPost Number: 871 Registered: Jun-04 | i copies from his link he gave and again i post the same time as you glass |
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Gold Member Username: GlasswolfNorthWest, Michigan USA Post Number: 4515 Registered: Dec-03 | ah ok I just skimmed the page. I didn't see the bridged output rating. hey my guess was close though! hehe |
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Silver Member Username: Audiobahn_manFreakmont, MI Post Number: 171 Registered: Aug-04 | ok, so would it run at 2 omhs bridged?? should i try it?I wouold be running 2 v-max 12''s off it in a 4.7 cubic foot box tuned to 32 Hz?How would i wire it? |
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Gold Member Username: GlasswolfNorthWest, Michigan USA Post Number: 4536 Registered: Dec-03 | no. if it's stable to 2 ohms stereo, it'll see half that load bridged, so only stable to 4 ohms. 2 ohms bridged is like 1 ohm stereo |
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Silver Member Username: Audiobahn_manFreakmont, MI Post Number: 173 Registered: Aug-04 | yea, i ran it at 1 ohm with my audiobahns and it got so hot after 5 min ya couldnt touch it so i wont bridge it |