I have an old Orion that puts out about 60 watts @ 4 ohms per channel in 2
channel operation but jumps to 260 watts in bridge (mono) mode. I was
wondering if the output in bridge mode is as clean as say two channel mode?
Is there a lot more distortion present in bridge mode?

I have an old Orion that puts out about 60 watts @ 4 ohms per channel in 2
channel operation but jumps to 260 watts in bridge (mono) mode. I was
wondering if the output in bridge mode is as clean as say two channel
mode?
Is there a lot more distortion present in bridge mode?

There's less distortion involved with bridging when you take into account
the possibility of clipping.

I would agree that obviously you can drive an amp with more watts before it
clips and distorts. I just know that I had a bridgeable sub amp for my home
subwoofer and it definitely played cleaner in normal mode vs. bridge.

"MZ" wrote in message
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I have an old Orion that puts out about 60 watts @ 4 ohms per channel in
2
channel operation but jumps to 260 watts in bridge (mono) mode. I was
wondering if the output in bridge mode is as clean as say two channel
mode?
Is there a lot more distortion present in bridge mode?

There's less distortion involved with bridging when you take into account
the possibility of clipping.

I would agree that obviously you can drive an amp with more watts before
it
clips and distorts. I just know that I had a bridgeable sub amp for my
home
subwoofer and it definitely played cleaner in normal mode vs. bridge.

I don't know the details of your home amp, but I can tell you that 99.9% of
car amplifiers produced today don't exhibit a significant increase in
distortion when bridged.

That's good news.

Thanks
"MZ" wrote in message
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I would agree that obviously you can drive an amp with more watts before
it
clips and distorts. I just know that I had a bridgeable sub amp for my
home
subwoofer and it definitely played cleaner in normal mode vs. bridge.

I don't know the details of your home amp, but I can tell you that 99.9%
of
car amplifiers produced today don't exhibit a significant increase in
distortion when bridged.