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

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

thanks jay cee

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, 201015 yr by nickeveready

4 channel amp?

4 channel amp?

2 channel stable down to 2 ohms

Edited March 20, 201015 yr by nickeveready

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

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.

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.

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. .

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.

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

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.

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.